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Old 05-28-08, 10:27 PM
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Default coolant lines for turbo

For you guys that have turbos that also use coolant lines (like ball bearing turbos)
where did you tap into, or line your lines to/from?

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Old 05-29-08, 11:44 AM
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do a search on clubna-t.com they have a lot of write ups on it. I'm sure they have some on here too.
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I used the water lines that used to go under the throttle body. Some people cap these off to keep the hot coolant from heating the throttle body, also makes removing the stock setup easier to remove.
One line is from the upper water neck and the other is located on the exhaust side near the firewall.


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for my swap (gte) i tapped into the upper water neck and on the water pump. their is a port on the water pump that serves as a feed and the upper water neck is the return.
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For 99% of the watercooled-turbo GE guys running around; they followed gadgetSC's excellent advice.
Old 05-29-08, 08:43 PM
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This is what gadget is talking about.... Basically you are reusing the stock lines from the twins. You can tap them like in the picture and run braided lines. Or you could just simply run coolant hose with barb fittings. But at the end of the day you will thank yourself with taking the time to do it right the first time. Good luck.

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