i bought this turbo from a friend and it seems in good condition , no shaft play and it spins smooth and is very clean , anyway, i have installed a turbo in a crx b4 and my question is this turbo seems to be water cooled (it has two other holes other than the oil feed and return) im guessing. im putting it on a b16, what would happen if i didnt hook up the water lines? or how would i go about connecting this turbo?

 

I would definitely hook them up... It's not that hard.

You can just t into any coolant line.

 

it wont break if you dont hook them up though the bearing life probly wont be as long but it will last long enough


but like this guy said its not hard to hook them up so maybe you should

 

Just get 2 barbed hose fittings and get a really long small coolant hose (the exact same size as the one going to the fast idle thermo valve. Take the hose and cut it to where it'll reach the part that goes from the fast idle thermo valve to the turbo. then use the other half of the hose you cut to go from the turbo back to where the fast idle thermo valve would've went to. Simple. BTW, use good clamps.