I was debating with a friend over the oil feed lines for a tubro.I currently am piecing together a kit for my 92 gs.I thought i had everything until my friend asked if i had a pump to deliver the oil to the turbo.is this really required?? I’ve never heard of this or even seen it as a part in any of the “kits” i have looked at.any help would definately alleviate some headache.
no, not neccesary, or even feasable. People actually put restrictors in their oil lines to slow down the flow. Tell your friend to enjoy smoking his turbo to death.
i appreciate the help.is there any special way i need to run my oil lines? i know i need a send and return,but does it matter the placement on the oil pan?
Return needs to be as high as possible, or it will block flow. Put it at the very tip top. the feed line will be fine, the stock sender generates good pressure, just make sure you dont rub the lines against hot piping or anything.
Use a -3an feed line or 3/16 hard line as your feed from the oil pressure sending unit port
hit up stealthmode.com and get their oil lines, check acura in my club is runnin them without a problem
They’re online store is currently down but they have phone numbers on there that you can call and order. You just have to tell them what engine it is and what turbo and you’ll get a full kit. I think it’s around $110. Comes with everything you need and very nice.
the stealth kit is a complete waste of money. You can build a workable setup for under $10 or clone his for under $30. Steel brake line feed and fuel hose for oil return works just as well for a faction of the cost instead of an overpriced rice-looking kit.
One part that you will need is something to tap the oil off the block. Very easy to goto the parts store/hardware store and get something to make the oil sending unit hole double off, basicly Y it so a male end taps into the block; two female ends are open (one for oil sending unit, one for turbo oil feed). Next smart move would be to add a restrictor valve on the way to the turbo so you don’t blow out the seals from high psi (something that u won’t find on the overpriced kits).
Better yet, do it the safe way and just have an oil distribution manifold offset so you don’t have all that weight on the oil sending unit threaded hole on the block. I mean manifold by a cluster of either brass or aluminum that will act as the Y and have the restrictor valve all in one piece mounted on the firewall or wheel well. The parts stores have all the brass pieces that can make it come together or you can drill and tap your own manifold out of a chunk of whatever metal.
Get creative and go spend the money you would have spent on an overpriced oil line kit on something more worthwhlie, plenty of parts to buy/upgrade when piecing together a turbo.
^^^^ u just made my day :rockon:
One part that you will need is something to tap the oil off the block. Very easy to goto the parts store/hardware store and get something to make the oil sending unit hole double off, basicly Y it so a male end taps into the block; two female ends are open (one for oil sending unit, one for turbo oil feed). Next smart move would be to add a restrictor valve on the way to the turbo so you don’t blow out the seals from high psi (something that u won’t find on the overpriced kits).
You should do more homework, the fitting that comes off the block is 1/8" BSPT which you wont find in your local hardware store. A common mistake is to try and cram in 1/8" NPT threads which ends up leaking and/or stripping.
At the very least you should buy the $13 fitting that has BSPT and NTP fittings on it, it will save you alot of headaches. As for the oil lines, I had them both made with braided hose locally. I think they cost me around $40.00.
Oh and, have you seen the Turbo Guide, this is all in there. :salute:
Thanks for your input. You should maybe re-read where I said to goto the autoparts store or hardware store. I neglected to mention that the oil port on the block is 1/8" BSP. But I think that your larger auto parts store should stock that converter fitting (like a Napa hub location). I’m going to be checking here soon.
A few companies like Tuner Toys sell the 3 way adapter for just under $20. I would rather use a thread adapter to convert it to standard thread counts so you expand your options for oil gauges/oil feed lines. Not to mention that your typical oil pressure tester doesn’t have the BSP fitting (unless it’s made by MAC or SnapOn).
Yes I’ve read the turbo guide and I also have a copy of Maximum Boost
Lemme know when you find a 1/8" BSPT anything in a local AUTO store even and I’ll stand corrected. They are pretty hard to come by. :down:
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McMaster has it or just go with the Tuner Toys fitting.
Yeah I know McMaster sells the BSP-NPT fitting for under $5, and tuner toys has the complete 3 way manifold for around $20. I have no auto parts store hubs in my area, I’m gonna hit up Autozone and Orileys tomorrow and see what they have.
I’m thinking that my tap & die set has the correct threaded dies in it to either make my own or convert a NPT 1/8"-28 to a BSP 1/8"-27. As long as it works, right? Damn japanese cars using british standard parts.
I got the Tuner toys fitting and am happy with it. I got the Dual Outlet part but only ended up using one outlet. I Teed-off for the oil pressure guage closer to the turbo.
Went by my local Napa tonight and checked for the BSP - NPT fittings.
They had them at the warehouse, said they would be in tomorrow morning if I wanted them. Wanted ~$12 for two (BSP->NPT & NPT->BSP). Still cheaper than McMasters for the both + shipping.
I haven’t bothered to check any other auto parts stores yet.
McMaster has pretty much everything for the feed and return lines. And you don’t have to worry about an to npt converters to boot. After you get the bspt to npt conversion, everything can be run npt no problem. And you can find a package of oil fittings at an autozone. Basically its a package for the sunpro oil pressure gauges and its for tapping into (bspt to npt) the oil sending unit, so yeah, you can get it at a retail store, and the whole package comes for about 5 bucks
I never checked autozone, but that’s the best price yet for the converter.
I need to do an oil pressure gauge soon, I’ll be sure to record all my pricing.