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Where does your turbo drain to? Pan or Front Cover? Scavenge?

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10-10-2012, 06:07 AM

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Where does your turbo drain to? Pan or Front Cover? Scavenge?

I think my balancer will interfere with putting the turbo drain on the front cover like I have seen alot of guys do. Is it better to just scavenge pump it to the pan than gravity feeding it to the valve cover oil fill? Pictures anyone?

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I had mine into the front cover, and since I had a ASP balancer I had plenty of room....

Even with stock balancer's there's just enough room to run the drain into the front cover IIRC...

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I have the ATI damper. So there's not much room.

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mine go to the side of the pan. the only problem was that the side that the pick up tube was on, I had to modify the pick up tube to clear the drain.

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Mine is on the front cover.

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Side of the pan here.

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sts kit here....my pump is always on high and pushes the oil back to the filler cap.

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I welded two -10 90 degree elbows to my timing cover for the oil return. Even with the stock crank pulley there still enough room. I've since replaced it with a ASP 25% UD pulley though.

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front of the pan right side

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Mine drains to the oil level sensor hole. I have a scavenge pump though.

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Thanks guys!!

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Has anyone used a "fuel cell" bulkhead fitting for trainback to the pan?

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I used a 12an to 3/4 npt. I would think the fuel cell bulkhead fitting wouldnt seal to the aluminum pan because its designed to seal on a plastic cell. I did the npt fitting and no leaks.

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Or an aluminum cell. It has teflon seals.

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I wouldnt trust it on a cast aluminum pan. I would either weld it or use a npt fitting.

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I have used all three methods and never had a problem with any of them...

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I'm in the process of diside how i going to do oil feed and drain too.

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I'm in the process of diside how i going to do oil feed and drain too.

Drill and tap the adapter above the oil filter with a 4an fitting, thats what I did.

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