Can anyone give me some input about running a garrett t3-sized bearing without water through it? I have heard of people not running the water, and it working just fine (oil only), but I am curious about what everyone's opinon on the matter is; anyone running this successfully? Can oil only cool them effectively?

 

So do you just block off the ports? Or leave them to see atmosphere?

 

just run the damn water.. gonna take u like 45 minutes to do and its not there for nothing.

 

I Agree!!!!

 

What is a "good practice" for doing this? Do you usually just run it inline with the heater core or something?

 

pretty much anywhere, ive seen factory ones have fittings in the block or head.

 

You want the coolant inlet to come from before the water pump and the return from the turbo should go after the water pump. Its pretty simple the coolant before the water pump has been cooled by the rad while the one after the pump has already passed through the motor and is going to be cooled off by the rad. Just choose an appropriate location for each.