saab turbo???
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Re: saab turbo??? (tzsir)
yay. I'd go to Lowes, or Ace Hardware or something, look for a 1/8th NPT (for the turbo) to 1/8th pipe thread(aka 3 or 4 an) adaptor, that would go from the turbo to the oil feed line. That's what I'm using. They even come in angles, from straight to 90 degrees. I love Lowes, such a great FI resource 
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From: ashEVILle, NC, USSR
Re: saab turbo??? (johnisenglish)
You can't get AN adapters at Lowes. You can get 1/8" NPT to 1/4" flare fitting, which is the same thread as the AN fitting but it has a 45 degree seat instead of a 37 degree seat.
I was going to test fire my friend's turbo ZC with the AN fittings run to the flare fittings, but I got paranoid last minute and lathed the fittings to the correct angle.
Personally, I think he, and you guys are crazy for spending all that money on ricey braided steel line. In the trailerpark we do it for $12, like so:
Securing the line immediately off the tee to relieve all stress is the biggest bit. I have the oil line braced at the front of the valvecover now, and again right before the turbo.
[Modified by J. Davis, 5:54 AM 1/3/2003]
I was going to test fire my friend's turbo ZC with the AN fittings run to the flare fittings, but I got paranoid last minute and lathed the fittings to the correct angle.
Personally, I think he, and you guys are crazy for spending all that money on ricey braided steel line. In the trailerpark we do it for $12, like so:
Securing the line immediately off the tee to relieve all stress is the biggest bit. I have the oil line braced at the front of the valvecover now, and again right before the turbo.
[Modified by J. Davis, 5:54 AM 1/3/2003]
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From: ashEVILle, NC, USSR
Re: saab turbo??? (tzsir)
Bah, you probably don't have to work outside in the rain, either.
FWIW, that is a Saab turbo you can barely make out in one of the pics above.
[Modified by J. Davis, 6:12 AM 1/3/2003]
FWIW, that is a Saab turbo you can barely make out in one of the pics above.
[Modified by J. Davis, 6:12 AM 1/3/2003]
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Re: saab turbo??? (J. Davis)
It looks like your lines are rigid. If this is so, I'd like to know how you did it...brake lines? I was going to use some regular oil/gas line, but I decided I'd spend the extra $20 and buy the stuff to assemble my own lines, just to avoid problems...(though, I could never get the return to work right and it's place has been taken by a piece of heater hose, clamps, and some thermal wrap (since it's by the downpipe) sigh...so ghetto....
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