I know this has been disscussed before but the pics in the archived posts don't work. So could anyone with water cooled turbo post pics of how they routed the hoses. Thanks.

Sean

 

my 14B is watercooled..
ill be taking the feedline from behind the trotle body on the IACV and to the turbo and from there to the back of the block on the tube nipple right before the water pump.... that way the suction of the water pump will help the flow on the turbo

this is the way i figured since i beleive the water runs from the thermostat housing inside the block and out the top hose... so thats my idea

 

felix, if you had a IHI turbo that is both oil and water cooled, can you plug the water lines and just run it oil cooled?

 

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yes you do not have to run the water cooler on a turbo. oil is good enough. just put bolts to block the holes on the turbo so nothing gets in there

 

If I were you I would run the water even though its not required, it definetly doesn't hurt. I ran my lines from the Heater hoses as it is a good size.

 

care to put up a diagram of how to do this. Ive never touched a water cooled turbo and have no knowledge of how to run everything.

 

i would take a heater hose cut it in half run one side to one end of the turbo n the other end to the other side of the turbo. but thats just me.

 

If you have a turbo that is water cooled then hook up the water lines... It can only help.

 

That seems to be the opinion of most everybody. I am looking at buying a water and oil cooled, but would like to see actual pics of how people connected them. Most use the throttle body and I would like to see other ideas also!

Sean

 

I don't have any pics of my setup, but its a pretty basic concept to grasp. All you do is cut heater lines. put a <U>T</U> in either one then run the hoses down to the turbo. The reason why its not cool to send and receive through the same line is because you have to make sure that there is flow. By teeing into the IN and the OUT of the heater youve ensured that there is a decent amount of flow...

 

would you take a pic for us?

 

Nobody has any pictures? Come on I know they are out there. Thanks.

Sean

 

This forum moves really fast... TTT

 

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yes

but the water helps to mantain the cartridge temps down , wich in terms lenghtents the life of the turbo a lot, that way u dont "coagulate" the oil in the turbo cartridge
helps the seals last a lot longer also on non ball bearings turbos
wich also in terms keeps the cartridge temsp down wich lowers the turbo temp, wich lowers the inlet charge ait temps, wich makes more power eventually....

as far as how to hook it up??

tap one of the lines of coolant that goes to the idle air control valve (IACV)
run that to the turbo and run the other hose and conect it (in case os SOHC VTEC motors) on the back of the block, on the pipe that goes to the water pump (right next to the pump) theres a nipple u can hook it up , that way the suction from the water pump can suck the water and mantain a circulation of the coolant thru the cartridge

 

Still no pics? Somebody has got to have pics.... TTT

 

Coolant line connected to intake manifold (8mm hose)


Coolant line connected to throttle body (8mm hose)



Hose routing