If one was doing a home brew turbo conversion and had a donor turbo from another car........
The oil feed tends to be a hard pipe. Are any of these fittings standard or do I need to take pipes with the correct ends to Pirtek or whoever to get
a braided one made? Where is best to take the feed from? Vauxhalls have a spare port in the oil pump sealed with a grub screw normally don't
they?
Oil return needs to be oil resistant and flexible. Again I guess I need a flange with a spur on it for the turbo and a tapped fitting into the block?
Looking at Ebay these seem to be turbo specific? I've read that they needs to drain out above the oil level, but provided the core is above the
oil, and the hose falls down from there, why does the end need to be above the oil?
Water feed and return, again, do these tend to be standard fittings? I assume I can get banjos with spurs on them to use normal rubber hoses and
jubilees? Where is best to plumb it in? The heater matrix doesn't always flow, and the header tank is just a one sided spur....... Do I need to
tee the rad hoses or something?
Finally boost control, in its simplest form I assume I need a piece of hose from the inlet tract (after the throttle plate) to the waste gate actuator
via the boost controller?
Cheers
boost contoll....
from the turbo inlet housing straight to the acuator....will give you boost dependent on actuator spring preasure...or...via a bleed valve will give
you an adjustment over boost....or via an electronic boost controller such as an apexi avcr, this is the best way but the most expensive....
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Originally posted by alistairolsen
If one was doing a home brew turbo conversion and had a donor turbo from another car........
The oil feed tends to be a hard pipe. Are any of these fittings standard or do I need to take pipes with the correct ends to Pirtek or whoever to get a braided one made? Where is best to take the feed from? Vauxhalls have a spare port in the oil pump sealed with a grub screw normally don't they?
Oil return needs to be oil resistant and flexible. Again I guess I need a flange with a spur on it for the turbo and a tapped fitting into the block? Looking at Ebay these seem to be turbo specific? I've read that they needs to drain out above the oil level, but provided the core is above the oil, and the hose falls down from there, why does the end need to be above the oil?
Water feed and return, again, do these tend to be standard fittings? I assume I can get banjos with spurs on them to use normal rubber hoses and jubilees? Where is best to plumb it in? The heater matrix doesn't always flow, and the header tank is just a one sided spur....... Do I need to tee the rad hoses or something?
Finally boost control, in its simplest form I assume I need a piece of hose from the inlet tract (after the throttle plate) to the waste gate actuator via the boost controller?
Cheers
That would be great mate!
From what I gather the oil feed is generally a banjo fitting in a number of standard sizes that any hydraulics place should easily match.
Water lines are tee'd into the heater matrix pipes. Some turbos they're onto barbed connectors.
The return I guess if its a solid line Ill just trim off the flange and a stub and get some rubber to go over it and tap the sump.
Turbo needs to be mounted high enough so that cornering forces dont slosh oil back up the drain and into the bearing housing.
I had no choice but to go low with the mouting of the turbo so necessitating a scavenge pump. Shame cos they arent cheap + are quite heavy + need
extra hoses and wires etc + are something else to go wrong!
Go high - thats my advice.
Geoff
Just out of curiosity/nosiness for a possible future project, what are you using for fuel control?
its a MAF controlled engine, so good results can be had by increasing the MAF housing size and fuel pressure/injector size in proportion.
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Originally posted by alistairolsen
its a MAF controlled engine, so good results can be had by increasing the MAF housing size and fuel pressure/injector size in proportion.
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Originally posted by alistairolsen
I've read that they needs to drain out above the oil level, but provided the core is above the oil, and the hose falls down from there, why does the end need to be above the oil?
You may get good results regarding fuelling, but the timing will be way off, too advanced for load conditions.
Darren
[Edited on 17/2/10 by turbodisplay]
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Originally posted by MakeEverything
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Originally posted by alistairolsen
its a MAF controlled engine, so good results can be had by increasing the MAF housing size and fuel pressure/injector size in proportion.
MAP is more accurate and should make the engine run more consistently. Apparently.
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Originally posted by MakeEverything
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Originally posted by alistairolsen
its a MAF controlled engine, so good results can be had by increasing the MAF housing size and fuel pressure/injector size in proportion.
MAP is more accurate and should make the engine run more consistently. Apparently.