Re: turbo oil & water gates.

[Sachelle Babbar <sbabbar@iris.nyit.edu>]

On supply lines, you may actually decrease pressure by increasing
diameter. It's somewhat contradictory to bernoulli's priciple on the basis
that pressure will decrease because you're going from a smaller, high
pressure line to a larger, lower press one. It's something along the lines
of using too large an exhaust hurting bottom end, but different. The
"fluid" will basically "dump", meaning it will collect into the
"container", either the large exhaust chamber or the larger oil line. It's
akin to pouring water from your kitchen sink faucet into a milk container.
The larger the container, the less the "impact".  I don't know what size
lines you have in mind, but I wouldn't experiment that the oil system has
that much of an excess pressure capacity that it can account for it and
other "anomolies" of the oiling system.

For oiling, stick with what the audi gods gave ya. I doubt that you'll
even save much over custom made lines by going with "standard" lines. What
are these standard lines, anyway?

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*Steve                                             Sachelle Babbar
*'87  5000CS Turbo 5spd 1.3-2.0 bar             <SBABBAR@IRIS.NYIT.EDU>
*Cockpit adjustable wastegate, AudiSport badge
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*Disclaimer:"Any information contained herein is based purely on my own
*personal experience and may not necessarily reflect yours. Use caution as
*your results may vary from mine."
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On Wed, 1 Dec 1999 JShadzi@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 12/1/99 6:02:36 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
> quattro@centrum.is writes:
> 
> << HI, I was wondering, about for xampl. the K26 turbo, if there was a
>  point in replacing the original oil/water lines to and from the turbo
>  with wider custom lines for extended oil/water flow, if it would be
>  possible or if it would in some way harm the turbo? I think myself that
>  this is a silly question, but I'm asking it anyways !
>   >>
> 
>     The main reasons I would want to upgrade those lines are for increased 
> durability and cheaper/more standard replacement parts.  There is no real 
> advantage to trying to increase flow...
> Javad
>