N/T to Turbo Cooling Questions

[aspekt9]

Will I need to purchase an oil cooler when I decide to convert to turbo? Are there any recommended oil coolers? Also, do I need the turbo thermostat housing as well?

 

[92AWDHX40]

no, thermostat yes for the cooling line.

 

[aspekt9]

Okay great, and will I need the turbo water inlet pipe? If so, I'd probaly want to get a 90 pipe that only has 1 outlet for the turbo line instead of the 91+ that has 2 outlets for the oil cooler and turbo, right? Either way, if I got the 90 pipe it would work out since I'd most likely be running an external oil cooler right?

 

[toxicity883]

an oil cooler is a must it will save you alot of headaches

 

[big_d]

When I added a 14b to my n/t I tee'd the two coolant lines going to the throttle body. It's been about a year and a half and it has zero shaft play.
My brother bought the car off of me so here is a picture of how it sits now. Waiting on a fwd turbo transmission from shep (we've been through too many n/t transmissions). A few things to note...Injector resistor pack mounted on firewall, two coolant lines for turbo, hafe manifold with tial gate (you may have trouble keeping boost levels down...). All in all the swap wasn't too bad. Wiring is minimal (resistor pack, knock sensor, 1 wire for maf, swapping to turbo computer).