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Water Lines SOHC?
Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2014 7:06 pm
by haseebgill12
Keeping it simple,
Water lines to and from the Turbo on a 2gn, how are you oil and water cooled guys doing it?
Thanks
Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2014 8:11 am
by haseebgill12
Bumpidy bump. Could do with some help regarding this
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Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2014 1:01 am
by quicksilvr
There's a nice spot on the back of the block to tap for a feed line, it's right next to passenger side freeze plug. If you run a hose barb, make sure it's clamped really well. I would recommend some braided hose and some -an compression fittings instead of hose barbs though.
For the return, we drilled a hole in the top coolant hard line that runs past the drivers side of the head. And then welded a barb onto it.
So my coolant feed is a braided line with compression fittings, and my return is just soft line with a couple clamps. However I'll be swapping it for some braided line and compression fittings whenever I get time to mess with it.
You can check the progress log to see some pics.....
Here you can barely see the coolant feed fitting on the right side of the picture...
And return
Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2014 10:07 am
by occasional demons
The one in the block is basically the block drain plug. They can be pretty snug, so be prepared for that. It is 3/8 NPT, IIRC.
Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2014 4:57 pm
by Caraudioholic24
They make t adapters that are barbed and then have -an fitting. thats what im using.. I believe I got them from treadstone performance.. talk to eric at asp..
Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2014 9:36 pm
by haseebgill12
Thanks for the info guys. Bill you were right, it took me a few tries with various different tools before I pulled out my impact wrench. 440nm of torque later it came out no problem.
Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2014 6:44 pm
by haseebgill12
Just to confirm the drain plug is definitely not a 3/8 NPT it is smaller, about 13.5 mm at the base to 13 mm at the tip. Anyone know what common NPT size this is?
Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2014 12:01 am
by occasional demons
Hmmm, maybe it is 1/4 NPT. It has been a while...
Maybe I was thinking the oil port and the coolant drain were the same size.
http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/npt-n ... d_750.html
Take the plug you removed to get the matching pipe nipple from your hardware/or whatever they call supply places on that side of the pond.
Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2015 4:09 pm
by Caraudioholic24
I will be selling my water line t adapters if interested.. my new turbo is not water cooled
Water Lines SOHC
Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2019 7:09 am
by HenryEasef
Does anyone know the best place to mount the aem water/meth tank and pump?
Re: Water Lines SOHC
Posted: Thu Mar 14, 2019 9:49 am
by occasional demons
HenryEasef wrote: ↑Wed Mar 13, 2019 7:09 am
Does anyone know the best place to mount the aem water/meth tank and pump?
Some people sacrifice their windshield washer tank.
You could mount it in the left fender area, where the air intake resonator is/was. You would need to fab a filler neck, and some way to determine fluid level though. There just isn't a lot of excess real estate in the engine bay.