Converting my turbo ?????????????????????
03-19-2007, 02:17 PM
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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
03-20-2007, 11:26 AM
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Re: Converting my turbo ?????????????????????
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
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
03-20-2007, 11:38 AM
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Re: Converting my turbo ?????????????????????
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.
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.
