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Old Jan 30, 2005 | 03:47 PM
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I was jsut wonderring why knowbody on here ever talks about both oil and liquid cooling there turbo's.

Ive got both fittings just going to be sitting there useless and I was wonderring what it takes to make liquid cooling work effectively and why I should shouldnt do it.

Is it basically just like oil cooling? Just a feed and a return?

Can I just tee into a rad hose, I dunno, neeed some info

Turbo is a T3 .60/.63, motor is a D16a6
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Old Jan 30, 2005 | 03:52 PM
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everyone has talked about it.

just use the water lines that go to and from your throttle body
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Old Jan 30, 2005 | 04:18 PM
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Mine is water cooled, I took the one from the head and cut it in half and ran one to the feed and one to the return. Works like a charm.
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Old Jan 30, 2005 | 04:24 PM
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So there isnt any gravity being used like we do for oil returns?

Im not getting it totally
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Old Jan 30, 2005 | 04:29 PM
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in reality, if you think about it, if the oil lines are perpendicular to the ground, the oil return will be using gravity. But since the water lines are parralel, it doesn't matter which goes where really, b/c it will have the same gravitation on either side.
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Old Jan 30, 2005 | 04:31 PM
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the pressure/flow from the water pump will force the coolant through the housing
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Old Jan 30, 2005 | 04:33 PM
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Exactly, hence the reason for not having a drain, and that is why the in/out are parallel to the ground.
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Old Jan 30, 2005 | 04:35 PM
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Old Jan 30, 2005 | 04:36 PM
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haha, very true, we just need some pictures and junk for every thread that comes up every two weeks.
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Old Jan 30, 2005 | 04:38 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by wantboost &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">the pressure/flow from the water pump will force the coolant through the housing</TD></TR></TABLE>

what type of water pump are you going to be runing, i hope not stock.

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Old Jan 30, 2005 | 04:38 PM
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hehe, yea. i'll send you a pic and we can photoshop em' together and put them at the end of every thread
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Old Jan 30, 2005 | 04:39 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by platinum00 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

what type of water pump are you going to be runing, i hope not stock.

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the stock water pump can handle that. just tee it inline with the hose that goes from your block to the throttle body. its not like its some big *** extra volume of water that has to be moved
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Old Jan 30, 2005 | 04:39 PM
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liquid cooling=chances of coked bear go down 8000000000000000000%
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Old Jan 30, 2005 | 04:40 PM
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yep, helps protect the turbo and ensure a long happy life of boosting
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Old Jan 30, 2005 | 04:41 PM
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So it isnt really a feed/return line? I know there are a few small hoses on the back of the throttle body, say I tee into one of those lines, run it to one of the coolant fittings, then on the other fitting I..... run it where?

I dont even know where the coolant goes when inside of the turbo and if its aloud to stay there and such

Ill defientely do it for added assurance on a high boost daily driven setup

BTW- I do see you guys in almost every thread, HT ownz you
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Old Jan 30, 2005 | 04:44 PM
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yea, lol we have no life

just take that fitting and run it back to the throttle body, or just bypass the throttle bosy and hook it up to the line that runs from the back of the throttle body.

The coolant goes around an external chamber cast in the housing. it never touches the oil or anything, just flows around the bearings and all
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I have a life, but it is homework in front of the computer.... that always has honda-tech on it.
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Old Jan 30, 2005 | 05:02 PM
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lol, homework???? whats that?
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Old Jan 30, 2005 | 05:14 PM
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SO

I Tee into a line going to the t/b, run it to one side of the turbo, then with the return line can I tee it back into the same line I tee'd 3 inches earlier?

Just seems like the coolant on each side would be pushing pulling eachother and Id be stuck using hot coolant

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Old Jan 30, 2005 | 05:15 PM
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yea, cut it. take the end rnu itto one side of the turbo, put a line on the other side ofthe turbo, then lead that one to the other end of the line you cut

edit:: dont t into it, do it like above
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GOD DAM i want to get this turbo on already...dam winter
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Old Jan 30, 2005 | 06:54 PM
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ditto, Im waiting on a slow shipper for my manifold and downpipe and Im ready to go
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Old Jan 30, 2005 | 07:43 PM
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im goin nuts bro...its been sitting in my room in the corner for like a month already...**** jack frost...**** him
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Old Jan 30, 2005 | 07:59 PM
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don't feel bad, I have had the turbo for my rx7 for 2 years.... I bought it 1.5 years before I even owned a civic.. its just soo easy to turbo a d-series civic.... compared to a carbed rotary.
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thats harsh...i just wanna feel boost again
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