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I find that interesting because installing a water cooled turbo made no noticeable difference in coolant temps for me.
The topic is very similar to other watercooled parts.. e.g. watercooled wastegates, EGR cooler, etc... It depends on the amount of flow that is actually going through the turbo, vs your EGT's.
On some of the older turbo Nissans, there are sometimes small restrictors at the turbo coolant fittings and banjo bolts with very small holes to regulate coolant flow. The goal is to cool the turbo enough to prevent bearing damage, but nowhere needing to make the turbo match coolant temps. There is a couple of hundred of degrees of temperature difference there.
I would assume that my cars had too much flow and unrestricted lines and fittings going into the the turbo, and I do always drive at a high RPM when I cruise around town so the turbo is constantly hot. So my car will quickly see a temperature change.
On my new twin turbo setup on my Camry, I actually added a 3/16" resctrictor on both turbos and ran the line in series to limit flow. We'll see how that does
man i might have to copy this build for my hatch! Sounds good and good numbers, may not be that ambitious with numbers cause i want to daily it.
It's not just the numbers, but the size of the turbocharger itself. Suffice it to say that for 400whp on the same fuel, you can go much smaller and use the same fuel. (but I wouldn't use a Kooks-style manifold for 400whp. Kind of pointless). even the stock intake manifold can handle 400whp without blinking.
It's not just the numbers, but the size of the turbocharger itself. Suffice it to say that for 400whp on the same fuel, you can go much smaller and use the same fuel. (but I wouldn't use a Kooks-style manifold for 400whp. Kind of pointless). even the stock intake manifold can handle 400whp without blinking.
Yeah i'm really not sure what all I need to do to attain my goal, trying to go through mountains of setups in the FI thread and all of the faq, so I don't ask questions that have been covered.