RE: tapping threads on oil in/out on a kkk turbo?

["Buchholz, Steven" <Steven.Buchholz@kla-tencor.com>]

... what would you do should you ever need to rebuild the turbo?  A
rebuilder might balk at the modified core and you'd have to mod up a new
one.  My plan is to have a fitting attached to the end of the tubing that is
a part of an old stock hose.  This will allow turbo swaps in the future
without additional rework as well.  

Steve Buchholz
San Jose, CA (USA)

> -----Original Message-----
> 
> I was planning on replacing the oil lines leading up to the turbo by
> welding a male hose fitting onto the "flange" that bolts up 
> to the stock
> location on the top and bottom of the turbo when I thougth about
> something..
> 
> How much metal is there in between the oil openings on the 
> top and bottom
> of the turbo before reaching something like a water passage?  
> Thought it
> would be a lot easier to just tap some threads into the 
> housing and get a
> male to male adapter much like how the coolant lines are hooked
> up.  Anyone care to offer up thougts on this?  
> 
> Later
> 
> 
> 
> Marc Swanson
> 
http://marcswanson.ne.mediaone.net

87 4kcsq  awaiting turbo
87 5ktq   donor (Parting out)