Friend wants to resume a previous failed project involving a chinaman turbokit and a f22. He's fixing some of the really rigged up parts he did like oil lines, so he got a stealthmode kit. I picked up the same oil restrictor I used but forgot his 'big 16g' or whatever the hell he has isn't 1/8npt. The fitting I got him is a 1/8npt female to 1/8npt male with 1/16 hole in between.

He wants to put it in the T fitting on the back of the block, my thoughts were this would restrict the flow just fine but wouldn't it starve the turbo for a while on start up?

 

id also like to know i put one on in the same spot and have had no problem but my turbo already smoked befor this so im not sure...i got a new 57 trim coming so i want to know whats up befor i put it in

 

Bad idea. You will starve the turbo as it will be damn hard to keep the oil flowing from the block to the turbo.

 

Also curious.

 

Def.Put it at the turbo end so you have lots of volume to that point then it just slows its entry.

 

i run my resitrictor at my T which is mounted on the firewall... i have no problems.

every time ive pulled the oil line off my turbo it has oil in it.

the oil wont go through the turbo unless its under pressure.

he will be ok. make sure to prime the system on first startup

 

Im gonna do the same.

 

Don't listen to these guys. Run the restrictor damn close to the turbo if not at the turbo. Otherwise expect your turbo to fail sooner than it should.

 

i like the function7 oil restrictor flanges that mount directly to the turbo, the way i see it i would rather have pressure up to the turbo then restricted, like they do on the factory turbo cars.

 

I'm goin with bigwig as my gut said it was a bad idea. We left the restrictor out all together until I can find one that goes right at the turbo. Also when installing ---- last night saw his original drain was about a 1/4" and i remember it was kinked as ----, so hopefully it won't be pushing oil this time. time will tell.