Hi-Flo "Street Killer" Install pics
04-18-2007, 01:18 PM
#22
Originally Posted by bc56f100
Hey is your fuel pick-up in the bottom of your stock tank? Without a sump you better watch the fuel level carefully and not let it get low cause when you get on it and the fuel goes to the back of the tank and uncovers the fitting your F@#$ed!!!!!!!
04-18-2007, 01:26 PM
#23
About the drain I am waiting for a reply on whether that location is proven yet or not otherwise it will be moved. Here was one of the guys at the shop's theory "the oil pump i salways pulling oil and there is also always presure going in to the turbo whitch in turn shoudl push and pull the oil back into the pan. " It was the shop owners decision to install it there? We'll see the outcome of that location.
04-18-2007, 04:31 PM
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wow, I'd be sure to get a flex section on that WG tube. you can pic up different diameter galvanized steel flex sections at pepboys pretty cheap, thats what I used here.
04-18-2007, 06:00 PM
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Ok thats an idea. I will see what my installer does with that problem. If Beasst heated his up and did the tightening sequence just right and has been driving for that past couple of months without any problems like cracked welds I would rather stick with what I have, but we'll see. The guy "Nick" who is doing my work is pretty sharp and knows his **** I trust whatever he decides to do with it. Maybe he will chime in here.
04-18-2007, 06:07 PM
#29
Originally Posted by smokinHawk
the oil wont fully drain and circulate there so it will cook, and probably smoke out through the bearings of the turbo.
i have never seen anyone put it there.
i have never seen anyone put it there.
04-18-2007, 08:55 PM
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our setup worked for awhile but started leakking today. We are taking a WG flange and shaving it to use as a spacer to help get everything lined up and seated correctly.
04-18-2007, 10:57 PM
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Originally Posted by ABeasst
our setup worked for awhile but started leakking today. We are taking a WG flange and shaving it to use as a spacer to help get everything lined up and seated correctly.
04-19-2007, 08:05 AM
#37
Originally Posted by 52172
Just heard back from the owner of the shop that is doing my install and he has used that location before and here is his words "i have used it before with no problems i think because we use such a large drain size it eliminates back up". Anyway looks like it is staying put where it is, which is fine with me as long as it works and is proven which is what I told him.
i wouldnt call that line big, it looks like 8 or 10an which would be a normal size.
04-19-2007, 09:44 AM
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Originally Posted by 52172
About the drain I am waiting for a reply on whether that location is proven yet or not otherwise it will be moved. Here was one of the guys at the shop's theory "the oil pump i salways pulling oil and there is also always presure going in to the turbo whitch in turn shoudl push and pull the oil back into the pan. " It was the shop owners decision to install it there? We'll see the outcome of that location.
Technically speaking however, so long as the oil discharge on the bearing housing is above the oil level in the pan, it will drain. The problem is, the oil level in the return line will never be lower than oil level in the pan. So the question is, is there enough of a buffer in the return line so gravity can pull the oil down through the already nearly full drain line faster than the pump is pushing it through the turbo. With the return line above oil level, that is never an issue.
