Wastegate banjo bolts

[turboglenn]

When i was removing the lines from my wastegate to set up the EBC for an external type, the side banjo bolt stripped out. I tapped and put in a 1/4 inch push-to-lock fitting, but the lines keep melting. Does anyone know if there's a high-temp push-to-lock line or of any other "good looking" way i can replace the original bolt? I may just run down to the hydraulic shop and look at fittings with barbed ends 90* from a 1/8th NPT male thread and see what i can come up with. I just don't want to get stuck using copper plumbing fittings and have my wastegate look all ghetto. Anyone got suggestions?

 

[1glaserturbo]

High pressure fuel line does wonders around the wastegate. Where is the wastegate mounted off of the manifold or o2 housing?

 

[turboglenn]

It's on the manifold. The fittings i used are like what comes in alky injection kits. I've done whole motors vauum setups with these before but i guess they aren't up to the heat of the wastegate. I'm either going to have to find a barbed fitting and go back to rubber lines or have a ss braided line made that runs from teh wastegate to the greedy's boost control solenoid.

 

[99gst_racer]

You could use stainless braided, teflon lined, -4 brake hoses. They are cheap, easy to use, and reliable.

Picture of them on my set-up, for reference

 

[turboglenn]

You could use stainless braided, teflon lined, -4 brake hoses. They are cheap, easy to use, and reliable.

Picture of them on my set-up, for reference

Are you using teh factory wastegate bolts to hold teh banjo fittings down? My hole stripped so i have to go with a bigger thread unless i were to try and heli-coil it (most likely won't go heli-coil though because it's thin material)

 

[99gst_racer]

Are you using teh factory wastegate bolts to hold teh banjo fittings down? My hole stripped so i have to go with a bigger thread unless i were to try and heli-coil it (most likely won't go heli-coil though because it's thin material)

In that picture, I'm using the Tial 10mm bolts with aftermarket 10mm banjo fittings. All you'd have to do is tap the hole larger and grab the appropriate sized bolt and banjo fitting.

 

[turboglenn]

Cool, thanks for the info 99gst_racer