block/eliminate turbo water lines?

[b00stedtalon2]

I have buschur 20g that I'm using for the 2g. Will it hurt too block the water inlet and outlet and than not even have it being water cooled?

anyone?

 

[Nicks2319]

If it is made to be water and oil cooled, I don't think blocking the water lines off can be good for it.

 

[diggerzmound]

I fit is a water cooled turbo, why would you not want it cooled? They cool them for longevity.

 

[turboglenn]

It will be fine as long as you let it idle down for a bit after running it. I took an aprenticeship in building turbos at Majestic Turbo in Waco Tx, back when it was owned by Kevin Drapen ( he sold it a few years ago ) I had asked about this same question and although you can get a center section for both types ( water and non-water cooled). BY running a water cooled section "dry" it in turn just acts like a normal non-water cooled section. It will get hotter and have more of a tendancy to "coke" oil inside it's self, and require a decent cool down time since it only has oil for that purpose now.

To quote Kevin when i asked, he said "If you run a non water cooled center section, you have to run a turbo timer... if it's water cooled it's kept cool enough that you really don't have to worry about it as long as your manifold and turbo aren't glowing red"

The only other thing that i was told might happen is that the hollow openings can give the turbo a palce to crack under high heat situations, where the oil cooled only sections are solid metal in those areas

 

[pitbull419]

I wouldnt do it. May I ask why you would want to.


go drive your car around tonight then look.I bet it glows

as long as your manifold and turbo aren't glowing red"

 

[meliketoball]

If you're going to run a turbo that size why shouldn't you water cool it? It's like not giving an obese man no water after a walk up the stairs; he'll collapse!

 

[98mitsuGSX-SD]

^^^HAHA love the analogy. Seriously though. They designed the turbo around a "wet" housing for a purpose. If they didn't deem it necessary they would of re-designed it for a "dry" housing. Hook up the water lines and let your turbo live a long and healthy life or til you blow it up.

 

[turboglenn]

well, you can get the same turbos ( at least all common garrets ) with or with out water cooling. It's an option you pick when ordering a custom turbo. Personally i prefer to run water, but only using SS lines since rubber ones crack every few months from the heat of the turbo.

And My turbo and manifold (manifold is tubronetics) don't hardly ever glow red, unless i just got done beating the piss out of the car. It's a t3/4 57 trim with a stage III turbine and .62ar hot side... very little restrcition for heat to back up on easy daily driving. I've only seen it glow a handfull of times, and all of tehm were after several hard pulls while tuning or at the track.

Now my old setup with a stock ex manifold and mitsu turbo would always glow some what even on daily driving.

 

[Boost Demon]

Invest in a turbo timer and have at it if you like, maybe just put the banjo bolts/threaded bolt in place to help with the heat stress around the water holes. If you make sure to let it time down a reasonable amount, it'll be fine.

 

[Defiant]

Do not consider running a water-cooled spool without its water.

And, do not bump your threads.