Water cooled turbo guys, how to run lines/hoses??
04-29-2011, 10:44 AM
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Water cooled turbo guys, how to run lines/hoses?? I'm going to be running a water cooled turbo. It has 3/8 fittings in it to hook up line or hose. I was just thinking of running.2 hoses to a tee spliced into the heater hoses. Will that work and if so where do I find tees that are 5/8 and 3/4 that go down to 3/8? Also is heater hose ok or should I do steel braided?
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04-29-2011, 12:21 PM
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I just picked up the T's you are talking about at a local auto parts store. They had them hanging on the wall. I think it was $10 for 2 of them. I'm planning to just grab the heater core lines.
04-29-2011, 02:22 PM
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It was a local store called Maaza. They aren't a chain. I think the main pipe size was something like 5/8ths. They are plastic. I'll look to see who makes them and post a PN tonight or tomorrow.
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04-30-2011, 07:37 AM
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The part is made by HELP!. It's in a red, white, and green box PN 47112 for a Ford/Mercury. Heater hose T 3/4 x 3/4 x 3/8.
Heater hose T
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04-30-2011, 07:42 AM
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you can't just slap some hoses on their from the heater core and expect it to work correctly
ideally you want it setup almost like a tank heater on a block so that convection currents still move coolant when then the engine is off, and continue pulling heat from the bearing assembly
ideally you want it setup almost like a tank heater on a block so that convection currents still move coolant when then the engine is off, and continue pulling heat from the bearing assembly
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How about this. Im runing coolant tubes to the front and rear heads for cooling. Its a modified tube from the earlier year cars. Then I have it tapped right into the radiator under the cap for a return. I could run the return back to the turbo as a feed then the return from turbo to the radiator.
