This is getting ridiculous! I have been looking for these fittings now for over a year! I keep searching and then give up, searching and giving up...

I have gone to many Home Depots, ACE Hardware stores, various tuning shops, and even a professional pipe fitting supply store with so success!

I am looking for the fittings that fit into the water jacket of my turbo so I can run some coolant lines... seems pretty easy and basic but I guess not. Maybe I'm not looking in the right place...

Here's the turbo I have... -----> T3 60 Trim .48/.60



Last week I even ordered some fittings from ATP turbo and paid over $40 with shipping for the two of them.... these are the ones I bought...



On ATP Turbo is says that these fittings fit the GT25R/GT28R/GT30R/GT35R turbos... I know I don't have one of those but I assumed it would fit...

I was sooo excited when they arrived at my house yesterday.... I thought the search was finally over... but then I go out to the garage to make sure they fit and they are too small!

Great... so I just wasted $40 on some fittings I can't even use...

Is there anyone on this board with the same turbo that I have who has run coolant lines? If so, where did you find these fittings?

Do you guys have any other suggestions as to where I should look?

Thanks!

 

Help!

 

I believe the thread size is 5/8" NPT
Mine is the t3 60-1 water-cooled
I purchased the fittings from home-depot
What you have in the picture is probably for the oil feed...actually they look like the fittings from the tial wastegate.

 

I think you pm'd me about getting the ones that came with my T3 .60/.63 a while ago. Well I decided to not water cool and there still brand new, screwd em in with teflon tape but theyve never been heated, there not the banjo fittings though, just a normal fitting with a nipple

Maybe it wasnt you that pm'd me, I dunno, I read that they are a size that is not made for general ****

 

Hey,

I am having the same exact problem you are! I have tried the hardware stores as well and want just the frickin straight nipple fitting.. no banjo crap, its not a damn brake line lol..

here is the thread https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1161197

 

I am so sick of looking for these stupid fittings!

Does any one know what car my turbo originally came on? If I figure that out, I might be able to buy the fittings from a dealership or find some at a junk yard...

I think my turbo came from a Ford Thunderbird Turbo, but I'm not sure... how can I find out for sure?

I guess the next stage of my search will include going to every junk yard in the Portland area... shouldn't take me more than a month or so if I go to a few every Saturday morning... what a PITA!

 

if i can find batteries for my camera, ill show you what i got at lowes. a 90* box looking thingy that goes to a nipple.

 

If I could find my center cartridge Id show you what Ill send you in the mail for a whopping $5 shipped

 

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Do you have any pics? Are you sure it will fit?

 

I had pics on WTDR and you replied and pm'd me about getting them off of me. Since then I just took the housings off the turbo and put then on my good center section. Just cant seem to find (looked for about 8 seconds) the rebuilt center cartridge

Ill find it though, I dont even care about the money, just because Im in Canada, having some crisp $1's would be pretty cool

 

Shoot Flamenco-T a PM. He is a good guy and will know what you need. I placed a good sized order with him last week.

 

The one's on my T4's are 3/8" NPT. I'd call Inovative turbo and ask them what the port size is on T3's

 

I need some too, I bought a ghetto *** looking brass elbow from a hardware store, hardly automotive quality. it works but i need something else. And it must be 90' to clear the front and back

 

I ended up using some straight brass fittings that I found at a hardware store... they don't fit perfect but they are holding and haven't leaked yet...



I would much rather have nice banjo fittings that point down... but I guess if it works, it works....

 

call stan at fast-turbo.com he should have all the fittings you need.
888-887-2658. toll free

 

On my 48/60 I used 3/8 pipe thread to 3/8 barb. This allowed me to attach -6 stainless line to the 3/8 barb. Be careful with the straight fittings and stainless line on the 88-91's as the stainless doesn't make very sharp bends, and if it touches your radiator you'll be buying a new one shortly after. Try 3/8 pipe thread to 3/8 barb in a 90 degree in that situation.

 

The fitting is most likely a 16 x 1.5 mm type. Hard to find - went to a hydraulic shop and they made my hoses for me - $35 for both. Make sure you tell them what temps you will be seeing.