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just need a confirmation before i potentially put a hole in my new oil pan for turbo
Just wanted someone to say, yeah, that looks about right. I know there are a bunch of different options and pan configurations but this is a truck lq4 and I'm going to slap a single passenger side log manifold turbo on her. Want to get the turbo oil return fitting installed next and I'll use a restrictor feed fitting by on three in the supply hole up top. Does it look good to drill my pan here for the -10an? I read a bunch of posts and say where it was recommended to drill as high above the drain plug as possible.
block upside down gray circle where to drill oil return fitting
That picture hurts my brain. Is it a mirror image? Because the oil filter is on the driver's side, so your circle you have drawn would be on the driver's side of the pan. Not the best place to put it if you want the turbo on the passenger side.
Just throwing it out there. I’m putting mine i the driver side lower of the timing cover. Timing cover is cheaper and there’s room especially with an uderdrive pulley. I’d rather replace a timing cover than an oil pan.
That picture hurts my brain. Is it a mirror image? Because the oil filter is on the driver's side, so your circle you have drawn would be on the driver's side of the pan. Not the best place to put it if you want the turbo on the passenger side.
haha i was just looking at the pic scratching my head like wtf is wrong with this pic
Ok. I was giggling as I read the responses. Sorry about the picture orientation. I’ll take a better one when I’m back out to the shop. See...exactly why I asked; I’d be trying to figure out how to patch the hole now. I didn’t even pay attention to the side of the engine because the post I read simply said, “we tell our customers to put the return fitting just above the drain plug as high as they are comfortable with”. Sure glad I asked.
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Yep. That’s correct. I would have put it on the wrong side. So I guess it would be okay to install same orientation on the pan just in the opposite side?
ok. I see that now as I look at the starter bolts hanging there. I’ll dry fit the starter and see what space that leaves somewhere else. I wish the engine was at home. Now it’s all I’m going to think about until I get back to the shop to check it out.
Hurt me to drill my moroso pan but that is how it had to be. I put one in the timing cover first and it was slightly too high for my Huron v3 ac kit. I even bought one from ratical before that with two up a little in the timing chain cover. Anyone need that one for their kit contact me. I put mine a little further back than the one in the last picture per the Huron instructions. Go read their v3 ac kit for an f body instructions for another reference point. Bottom line is a slope of any kind with no belly in the line will get it done
What body style, steering linkage, x member. Somewhere in there is the return tube, tray.
When I drilled mine the hole was half above and below the tray.
What body style, steering linkage, x member. Somewhere in there is the return tube, tray.
When I drilled mine the hole was half above and below the tray.
If you're mounting the turbo high and forward with a truck pan, you can return the oil at the oil level sensor and not have to drill/weld at all. The height/angle is favorable for optimal oil drainage. You can buy the fitting that threads into the pan there with a 10 AN male on the end for $10.
If you're mounting the turbo high and forward with a truck pan, you can return the oil at the oil level sensor and not have to drill/weld at all. The height/angle is favorable for optimal oil drainage. You can buy the fitting that threads into the pan there with a 10 AN male on the end for $10.
i opted for the shorter pan I bought linked just above. I really wanted something with a little less depth than the standard truck pan since I’ll be lowering the truck 4” in the front. After a bunch of questions I was told that’s the pan I should get but now I just need the ports installed for the turbo.
I've been known to run extra oil in my own motor for turbos so I always tap a spot in my timing cover and I have never had issues with it actually there are some casted bosses in the timing cover thicker than other spots for welding and tapping easily but I prefer to wreld no shaving to worry about
05-07-2018, 03:16 PM
just need a confirmation before i potentially put a hole in my new oil pan for turbo 
