I used heater hose to run my water lines on my turbo however with one of the lines, it's real close to the exhaust housing and it's got me worried. Is there anything I can use to protect the hose from the heat? Any recommendations?




Modified by BigMoneyP at 8:59 PM 9/14/2005

 

try this...
http://www.thermotec.com/produ....html

 

trim that return line and get a 45 degree AN fitting

 

all of the turbo set ups i've seen on honda motors don't require the coolant line's being hooked up. usually they're just plugged.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by jayswift &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">all of the turbo set ups i've seen on honda motors don't require the coolant line's being hooked up. usually they're just plugged. </TD></TR></TABLE> so all the ball bearing turbos, plug there lines

 

I used it on ym turbo feed line to be safe, but you cold use it on your water lines as well. Just slip it over...

http://www.bakerprecision.com/insulat.htm

I got the aluminum coloured one. It's teh fyrejacket one.

 

fyrejacket definitely looks like what i'll need. Anywhere to find it locally? Socal area?

 

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Is this necessary?

 

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Its not about the motor, its about the turbo, you increase its life and oil life when you put the waterlines. If I had a watercooled turbo, I'd surely connect the waterlines too.

 

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Is this necessary?</TD></TR></TABLE>
yes

 

WAter line fixed, i'm going to leave the drain that way till i can get my hands on a 45 degree AN fitting

 

I would definantly look into trimming that return line and getting a different fitting. The length of the hose seems a bit excessive, and the slight bend might not flow as well as a straight line would.

 

Why not atleast cut off 2" of that return line. it's only clamped on anwayys at the trubo end. You don't wnana chacne fucknig the seals

 

 

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Yes. You want your return line to be as straight/downhill/and as short as possible. Any uphill direction in the line is very very bad.

 

ok i'll trim it 2 inches off.

 

Is that JBWeld I see holding that return fitting on the pan??? Keepin it gangster!!! haha

 

it's quicksteel, the mig welder couldn't weld that pan.

 

The cast aluminum oil pans are pretty thick on those single cams... There should be enough material for a 1/2" NPT fitting thread into the pan.

 

-BigMoneyP-

you could just clock the center section of your turbo to where the oil return faces down instead of that 45 degree angle and then you'd be cool/better on the drain

and then you could cut a lot of that drain off and it would look much cleaner