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"forcast for tomorrow... a few sprinkles of genius and a chance of doom"

oops, forgot description

i modified a earls bulkhead firtting, by cutton half off and putting it in the pan with gaskets and goop since i made the hole slightly too large..




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"forcast for tomorrow... a few sprinkles of genius and a chance of doom"

brandons set up looks identical to me =) othats because i copied his heh. but thats how i did it to.


http://www.cardomain.com/id/StylezTA

Unlike the others above, I kept the actual hose on the engine side of the half-shaft. Originally, I had a 45 degree fitting in the pan to go up at an angle towards the turbo like so...



Then, I decided I didn't like that and went to a 90 deg fitting up at a slight angle as shown here:



After playing with the length of the drain line I finally got to a length where the hose would bend in the slight S shape I needed without thinning/collapsing. (When you bend thick rubber hose it wants to kink and collapse). The only thing I don't like about my drain line is that I tapped the oil pan without looking to see where the stupid balance shafts are at first. Where my drain enters the pan, it only has about .5" or maybe less before the oil splashes into the balance shaft shield/cover thingy. I recommend trying to place your fitting so that the oil has a free and clear shot into the pan. I haven't run into any problems with my drain line, but I would certainly feel better about it if the oil had a little more of a straight shot to the rest of the oil in the pan. Some people might argue about me going straight down from the turbo and then 90-ing into the pan, too. I don't think the 90 will have that much effect, but that's just my personal opinion. Maybe the 45 would have been better, but it put the line in a funny position, making it hard to get back to the turbo.

my only concear about the pan taps is that the port can become submerged on acceleration ... i think.




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"forcast for tomorrow... a few sprinkles of genius and a chance of doom"

^ Yeah they can, but the pressure in the line should push the oil out, although there will be a backpressure and on really hard accelerations the oil pressure in the turbo would probably go up due to a restriction trying to push the oil out.





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Chris, answer my darn email and I'll post a picture. I'll give you the benefit of the doubt... Do yourself a favor and make sure you have a fitting welded in, saves having to do it again (trust me on this one)

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Matt, you have been emailed. Thanks for the pic and the benifit of the doubt.

-Chris-



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