This is the best i could do with this manifold. That is with the turbo actually clocked somewhat to allow the drain to actually sit higher. Manifold is made for the motor. And my drain plug on my motor isnt that high (or at least to me it isnt).

 

I ran my old Precision T67 like that and I didnt have an issue, but it eventually bothered me enought to fix it, what fitting are you using on the turbo?

Do I see a low spot or is it the angle of the camera?

 

the drain looks ok...I would get ss line for the oil coming into the turbo..IMO

 

I would ditch the heater hose and get some hose that is rated for oil the heater hose is going to get soft and deteriorate and will start leaking after a while

 

Geez... Use enough Hondabond on that oil pan?

 

upgrading the hose is no problem. I have steel braided laying around here somewhere. It doesnt have any dips in it, its just parallel for a long period of time. Turbo oil drains call for no less then a 35* angle. This is just a straight 90 off the turbo and then its pretty much flat until it gets to the pan. You have no idea how much this worries me but the manifold i have sits the turbo so damn low. Just another reason for me to buy a top mount.

I dont like hondabond but a friend of mine swore by it and i got tired of hearing him say it. I always run a gasket with a VERY thin layer of RTV on both sides of the gasket. Thats how we did it on the race cars where i used to work so i just carry it over to my pieces of ****. Theres really not alot of it there. It just all pushed out when the pan was tightened and i didnt feel like taking a blade to it.

 

do you have a drain flange with an adapter on it? i can't tell from the pic.

a 90 degree fitting off the turbo is a bad idea though.

 

That's a boost reference line mang.


What if you clocked the center section the opposite way? I.E., looking at it from this photo, rotate the center section counter-clockwise about 60 degrees. Plug the current tap on the pan, and re-tap it on the other side of the compressor discharge. That would give the oil return the straightest route possible to the pan and require only a small length of return line hose. This would help to eliminate any oil backup that the current horizontal return setup might cause. I hope I described that well enough for you to be able to visualize. Anyways, the rule of thumb is to have the shortest return line possible, and what I described would definitely achieve that.

Let me know if that doesn't make sense. I might be able to make a diagram or something that would help describe what I'm thinking.

 

What he said.

 

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