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Hi all.

I have an RB25 and im upgrading my turbo to a gt3540. atm im at the stage of figuring out how to connect the water line from the turbo to the back of the block.

So my question is, how the hell do i fit into that tiny space at the back of the block and get it on? are there any tricks like cut the current one and just join the hose halfway or something like that???

any help would be much appreciated as i am totally baffled as to how i am going to do it.

Oh and another question for the people that know absolutely everything about skylines.... Which way does the water travel to and from the turbo? from the side of the block to the rear of the block which i cannot get to, or the other way around?????

Thanks

David.

PS. Heres a quick photo i took on my fone earlier. just test fitting the manifold and turbo to see where it all goes.

:cheers:

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turbo water lines run from the rear of the plenum - through behind the head and into the turbo- then back to the block on the exhaust side.

You can connect your water feed from the line on the back of the plenum (1 inch then 90 degree bend- currently rubber to connect to the rear hardline), or by cutting the steel line after it comes around the back of the head and double hose clamping it on.

really comes down to what type of line your using, as braid will more than likely not bend enough to connect direct to the plenum.

I had a closer look today at where the water return pipe goes. I think I am going to get out the long nose pliers to try and get the pipe off at the back of the plenum. If that fails im going to just cut into the line where i can get to it easier and hope for the best.

Oh and the skyline manual i have doesnt really give much idea as to where the pipe leads to. i was having a read through it last night and all i got out of it was to clean out the pipe once its off. haha.

Pliers are definately no good.

theres a bolt near the back of the block you CAN get to, closer to the exhaust i think.

Even thats fiddley but reasonably easy.

The other bolt is the same with the same sort of pipe bracket.

I needed a small spanner and 2 hands jammed in there and it was REALLY hard.

Rang MANWHORE a few times for help .

Eventually got it off, the bolt, then couldn't get the rest off....so put it all back on

It's really sucks and found it easy enough just to cut it (the pipe) and do what the other guy did with those 3 pics

Also had to remove the air-con pipe work for more room

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