Jerd
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- Vancouver WA
Im confused... When you buy an oil feed plate for a t3 type turbo they come with this tiny ass little hole and a -4 an feed. Supposedly this is to keep the pressure down in the bearing and is meant to make your turbo last longer and not burn oil. "flow not pressure"
I have seen so many people feed oil lines strait into the turbo with a 1/8" npt an fitting. And i myself bought the plate and laughed at the stupid hole. I drilled it out. Now im thinking not such a good idea.
Now that i have done a little reading about it, and concerned about drilling mine out i did some searching.
I stumbled upon a short conversation on vwvortex about how ebay turbos are splendid and work amazing ONLY IF YOU RUN A OIL RESTRICTOR PLATE.
Got me thinking.... There are people who get ebay turbos and go through 3 of them and they are all ****. Then there are people who buy one and they last 50k or more.
Are the people who are forced to try more than one, not running a restrictor plate? and the people who buy one, are they running a restrictor plate???
Is this the key to ebay turbo success? Do i need to get another restrictor plate and NOT drill it out??? I have noticed oil in my intercooler pipes but i figured it was from the pcv. My turbo is an AiResearch 63/42 t3 and i dont want to kill it. And im interested in upgrading to a .50 trim ebay turbo and dont want to kill it either.
This is the restrictor im talking about:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/T3-T...ies?hash=item518cb174ca&_trksid=p4506.c0.m245
EDIT: more oil restriction products.
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CI motorsports
More here...
http://www.gt3turbo.com/Merchant/home.php?cat=383
I have seen so many people feed oil lines strait into the turbo with a 1/8" npt an fitting. And i myself bought the plate and laughed at the stupid hole. I drilled it out. Now im thinking not such a good idea.
Now that i have done a little reading about it, and concerned about drilling mine out i did some searching.
I stumbled upon a short conversation on vwvortex about how ebay turbos are splendid and work amazing ONLY IF YOU RUN A OIL RESTRICTOR PLATE.
Got me thinking.... There are people who get ebay turbos and go through 3 of them and they are all ****. Then there are people who buy one and they last 50k or more.
Are the people who are forced to try more than one, not running a restrictor plate? and the people who buy one, are they running a restrictor plate???
Is this the key to ebay turbo success? Do i need to get another restrictor plate and NOT drill it out??? I have noticed oil in my intercooler pipes but i figured it was from the pcv. My turbo is an AiResearch 63/42 t3 and i dont want to kill it. And im interested in upgrading to a .50 trim ebay turbo and dont want to kill it either.
This is the restrictor im talking about:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/T3-T...ies?hash=item518cb174ca&_trksid=p4506.c0.m245
EDIT: more oil restriction products.
034
CI motorsports
More here...
http://www.gt3turbo.com/Merchant/home.php?cat=383
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