Converting my turbo ?????????????????????
 

Im sending off my turbo to blaast and they wanted to rebuild and also gap but they also told me about adding water cooling on top of the oil cooling ... is that a good idea or not worth it ?? this will be on a 99 civic Ek with a b20 vtec

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not worth it

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what are you talking about? :S

I see the inside of MANY T series turbos after they have been used for high performance purposes....
Believe me...watercooling is worth it. :y

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id do it if its 20$ or less

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how do you add water cooling to a turbo, is it a new casting for the center section?

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yes, it involves replacing the center housing. it has to be done during a rebuild because complete disassembly of the turbo is necessary.
http://www.blaastperformance.com/img_prod/chra.jpg

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Hi All

By using water to cool your turbo it greatly reduces coking (burning) of the oil on the turbo bearings as well as cuts down on the temperature of the compressor impeller and housing. Seeing as compressor is what is compressing the air, keeping it as cool as possible will lower the temperature of your intake charge. Thus the cooler air charge is denser, and if the fuel air mixture is right you will make more power. Money well spent :)

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Most newer Oem applications use this, I think is proves it is a good safety measure as they have to justify the various powertrain warranties that are out there.
Some down sides are the minor complexity of running cooling lines (though not that complex at all) and the fact that if not done correctly, could result in a nasty coolant leak. But ----, most of our setups are not going to last 70k miles though I may be wrong.

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Just dont beat on your car and then shut it off right away.
;)

Re: Converting my turbo ?????????????????????
 

run a oil cooler :S
im sure its a personal prefrence im sure each one has its up and downs, ive seen plenty of fast cars without water cooled turbo