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TeamAvengerApr-01-04 03:06 PM
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#68157, "Water cooling your turbo?"




          

If you are I'd like some pics on how you have that setup.

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RE: Water cooling your turbo?, MrSlick, Apr-01-04 03:30 PM, #1
RE: Water cooling your turbo?, Teamner947, Apr-01-04 03:44 PM, #2
      RE: Water cooling your turbo?, GhEttOrAiD, Apr-01-04 06:24 PM, #3
           RE: Water cooling your turbo?, siueclipse, Apr-01-04 06:32 PM, #4
                RE: Water cooling your turbo?, TeamJasonESi_T, Apr-02-04 02:06 AM, #5
                     RE: Water cooling your turbo?, Breezio, Apr-02-04 03:07 AM, #6
                          RE: Water cooling your turbo?, Teametx, Apr-02-04 03:33 AM, #7
                          RE: Water cooling your turbo?, Moderatormicyek, Apr-02-04 03:49 AM, #8
                               RE: Water cooling your turbo?, JustOne, Apr-02-04 04:23 AM, #9
                          RE: Water cooling your turbo?, Skrilla, Apr-02-04 05:02 AM, #10
                               RE: Water cooling your turbo?, Breezio, Apr-02-04 02:42 PM, #11
RE: Water cooling your turbo?, TeamAvenger, Apr-02-04 04:50 AM, #12
RE: Water cooling your turbo?, Global Ruler Of All ThingsDarkOne, Apr-02-04 04:55 AM, #13
      RE: Water cooling your turbo?, Super20G, Apr-02-04 08:30 AM, #14
           RE: Water cooling your turbo?, Teametx, Apr-02-04 08:35 AM, #15
                RE: Water cooling your turbo?, jsupetran, Apr-02-04 10:16 AM, #16
                RE: Water cooling your turbo?, MrSlick, Apr-02-04 03:28 PM, #17
                     RE: Water cooling your turbo?, tim97rs, Apr-02-04 07:25 PM, #18
                          RE: Water cooling your turbo?, JustOne, Apr-03-04 06:32 PM, #19
                               RE: Water cooling your turbo?, TeamAvenger, Apr-03-04 08:20 PM, #20
                                    RE: Water cooling your turbo?, JustOne, Apr-04-04 08:12 AM, #21
                                         RE: Water cooling your turbo?, er0ckz, Oct-08-04 11:02 PM, #22
                                              RE: Water cooling your turbo?, Global Ruler Of All ThingsDarkOne, Oct-09-04 01:53 AM, #23
                                                   RE: Water cooling your turbo?, AdministratorStar Turbo Talon, Oct-09-04 07:47 PM, #24
                                                        ANyone do this with theT3/T4?, Semperboost, Oct-10-04 04:50 AM, #25

MrSlickApr-01-04 03:30 PM
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#68159, "RE: Water cooling your turbo?"
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Teamner947Apr-01-04 03:44 PM
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#68162, "RE: Water cooling your turbo?"
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#68172, "RE: Water cooling your turbo?"
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what inspired you to switch to water cooling the turbo? I dont get it... strikes me as risky/wrong... but I guess it wouldnt be any better or worse than oil...

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siueclipseApr-01-04 06:32 PM
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#68174, "RE: Water cooling your turbo?"
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for an hrc turbo there is no point. even hrc will tell you that.



  

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TeamJasonESi_TApr-02-04 02:06 AM
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#68184, "RE: Water cooling your turbo?"
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No point?

I fail to see where adding water coolant through the heart of a 1500+ degree turbo is totally without point. And I can't believe HRC would say that. Perhaps for only 5 or 6 psi, there is "no point", but I would believe that adding water cooling might really help things in terms of the longevity of the turbo and lessen the the amount of time needed to "turbo time."

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BreezioApr-02-04 03:07 AM
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#68188, "RE: Water cooling your turbo?"
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is the oil from your motor that it's normally cooled by run all that much warmer then the water temp?

  

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TeametxApr-02-04 03:33 AM
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#68190, "RE: Water cooling your turbo?"
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I plan on doing this as well. Probably at the same time as I pull the head. I think it's a great idea, and will probably help keep my oil from breaking down so quickly.

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#68192, "RE: Water cooling your turbo?"
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I have mine water cooled..how can it hurt? You just tap into the heater line that comes back from the fire wall along the drivers side of the engine and then goes down to a lower radiator line....there's a nice rubber splice right there for you and everything. One of the easiest things you can do to help keep your turbo happy IMO.

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JustOneApr-02-04 04:23 AM
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#68194, "RE: Water cooling your turbo?"
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Pointless, hahahaha thats funny stuff.

  

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#68202, "RE: Water cooling your turbo?"
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Originally posted by Breezio
is the oil from your motor that it's normally cooled by run all that much warmer then the water temp?


actually it will. The oil isn't cooled by outside means and doesn't have the cooling capacity that water does, otherwise our engines would be cooled by oil instead of antifreeze and water emoji but that's nothing you didn't know

but it's also about thermal capacity, there will be more heat dissipated which means more heat taken away, which should also help underhood temps, spool up and (most importantly) power .

water cooled turbos are an excellent idea - oiling the turbo has 2 purposes though of course lubrication and cooling (why do I get bad thoughts of women when I think of Lube)

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#68274, "RE: Water cooling your turbo?"
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my vehicle has an engine oil cooler emoji hehe..

although I do not know if the turbo (pictured below) is cooled by water or oil..

interesting tid bit for you all... you guys talk about not getting the EGT's over 1600degrees... well on a motor like mine.. ya don't want the EGT's to ever go above 1350degrees.. hehe..
I think you all are NUTS emoji

  

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TeamAvengerApr-02-04 04:50 AM
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#68200, "RE: Water cooling your turbo?"
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Ok guys get back on topic. I still haven't see any useful pics (no offense Nate but I can't see crap in those pictures in where you tapped water lines and how you did it).

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#68201, "RE: Water cooling your turbo?"
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I'll show you where and how its done on Sunday T.

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#68223, "RE: Water cooling your turbo?"
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Can I drive over too, Dino? I will leave now.. maby I can make it by sunday, hehe emoji

  

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#68224, "RE: Water cooling your turbo?"
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Thura, you would tap into the short rubber line down in front of the trans. It connects to the main water pump line and feeds the heater core I believe. The flow of water through the turbo does not matter, it can go both ways. Get two NPT fittings with hose barbs and some coolant line. Remove that small hose and redirect the coolant through the line. Your HVAC is now a turbo cooler. emoji

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#68246, "RE: Water cooling your turbo?"
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Apr-02-04 10:19 AM by jsupetran



          

Is it just me but the pics only show one or two at a time? emoji

A write up would be greatly appreciated by this 2gnt member emoji.


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#68276, "RE: Water cooling your turbo?"
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Originally posted by etx
Thura, you would tap into the short rubber line down in front of the trans. It connects to the main water pump line and feeds the heater core I believe. The flow of water through the turbo does not matter, it can go both ways. Get two NPT fittings with hose barbs and some coolant line. Remove that small hose and redirect the coolant through the line. Your HVAC is now a turbo cooler. emoji


That's how I did it... Tapped in right there.

Anyone who is thinking about this mod should do it right away!
It's a very worthwhile mod... and I've had ZERO overheating issues with it... drov eit that way all last summer.

If your worried simply mod your fans so that the AC fan comes on with the regular radiator fan... makes a big difference... emoji

My coolant sits at 186f most the time... even with an 180f thermostat. emoji

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#68289, "RE: Water cooling your turbo?"
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#68328, "RE: Water cooling your turbo?"
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This is mine





  

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TeamAvengerApr-03-04 08:20 PM
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#68329, "RE: Water cooling your turbo?"
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Justone, what type of fittings did you use on the pipes to be able to have an male fittings to put the hoses on?

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#68357, "RE: Water cooling your turbo?"
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Off the pipes you need -10 nuts and sleeves then a -6 male to -10 male reducer (or what ever size you want to reduce to). The hose ends are -6 and the ends into the cartridge are 1/4 npt to -6 male. The stuff on top going into the thermostat housing is all -10.

You also need a flare tool to make the steel pipes work w/ the nuts and sleeves.

all in all a very easy mod but not cheap to do the way I did it.

  

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#77787, "RE: Water cooling your turbo?"
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Where can I get the fittings from?

HRC S16G. FMIC. 8.5:1 JE PISTONS. CROWER RODS.



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#77791, "RE: Water cooling your turbo?"
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Originally posted by er0ckz
Where can I get the fittings from?


www.anplumbing.com

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#77815, "RE: Water cooling your turbo?"
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compare prices with summit racing and jegs....AN plumbing as high as hell with some of their fittings.

Terry

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#77822, "ANyone do this with theT3/T4?"
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What fittings did you use for the inlet/ outlets?

  

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