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Hey,

Ive recently picked up a hiflow rb20 turbo to put into my 1993 r32 gtst.

Half way through swap-over, turns out that my standard oil feed banjo bolt was LARGER than the hole in the hiflow..

Thus raising the question;

Did the rb20 turbo come with different size banjo bolt?

Is the series 1 (1989-1991) r32 rb20 banjo bolt the same?

Is the cefiro rb20 banjo bolt smaller/larger?

Trying to work out why the hole is smaller :P

edit: the housing has the numbers "16v5" on it.

From what ive read, the "5" refers to the year of production.

Can anyone confirm this?

Also, a bonus question; what info should i provide pirtek/enzed with when making a new oil/water lines.

Can i show up with the hiflow and tell them to match a bolt for the hole + lines?

What length should I get for both lines?

kthnxbye :D

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funny you post this as i have had the same problem recently...i have a rb20 in my s13, installed a rb25 turbo, run fine, till i blew it (due to stupid reasons dw), so i looked at putting an rb20 turbo on as they cheap as chips n i only want it for a run around now. I had one from a makes car..fitting it up fine then realised it had a faulty exhuast wheel, btw this turbo came of a 93 modle r32gts-t. So i bought one the other night from a forum, was a rb20 turbo, so i went to install this and realised the water feed and return lines are different! there are slightly smaller. So i rang nissan today they said possibly it was an older model one? $75.00 each of the lines (feed/return) so i opted out there. went to a mobile auto hose guy he provided me the right side banjo bolts and fittings which i used to fit up cutting the original hosing and inserted rubber and clamped. she all good now!! Hame

p.s sorry for the book of a post.

oki, turns out that redtop rb20 turbo's have a smaller banjo bolt. Hence why my silvertop water lines dont fit into the hiflow.

This explains why your rb20 turbo didnt fit your car, as the silvertop rb20/rb25 have larger oil lines than redtop rb20's.

In order to fix, all i need to get is redtop water lines :D So nissan was technically right in regards to an older turbo. (older than r32)

Case closed

Thanks

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