GT Turbo Oil Feed

[The Flash]

I just got my GT3076R turbo and planned on running the oil feed from the filter housing with an FP Aluminum oil line filter with an .8mm restrictor in it. Will this be ok? Because I had heard that you have to run bb turbos off the head with an .8mm restrictor or else the oil pressure will be too high and ruin the turbo. Do you guys have any experience or knowledge about this? Any and all information would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

 

[4wd-Eclipse]

I also need to know about it I'll soon order/get BB turbo.

 

[99gst_racer]

It has always been my understanding that people get the oil from the head and use the restrictor. The oil at the head is lower pressure, which is what a BB turbo needs, and the restrictor just restricts volume. So it actually takes a combination of the two: low pressure and restricted/regulated volume to properly oil a BB turbo.

If you take oil from the filter housing using a restrictor, you would still be controlling volume, but the pressure might be too much for the turbo.

Again, I have never personally experimented with it though, so hopefully someone with firsthand experience can chime in.

 

[The Flash]

Thanks for the response, 99GST_Racer! I did a little more research and I noticed that DSMotorsports sells their GT BB Turbo install kit with the feed from the filter housing while FP recommend feeding from the head. I decided to go ahead and order the line to feed from the head. Still would like some input from people who have experience with bb turbos as I will have both lines (head and filter) and still haven't quite decided which way to go.

 

[Staytuned]

I have the FP 3052 and I feed off the head for oil. I use the inline oil filter with a .8mm restrictor on the banjo bolt. I have had no oil feed issues after 7000 kms of driving.

 

[99gst_racer]

^^^ That's probably the best way to do it. ^^^

The only downside to taking oil from the head is the fact that it's dirty. The head it basically the "last stop" for the oil system. So, a BB turbo, oil fed from the head using an inline oil filter, is by far the best set-up. I would recommend a feed system like Steve's.

 

[Staytuned]

Luckily I have never had a speck of dirt show up in my filter.