Gt2530 Oil/water Lines

[Rekin]

Hey,

Ill be installing a GT2530 soon into my r32 but the turbo doesnt come with any water/oil lines or drain pipe.

Is it possible to use the stock lines/drain pipe etc from the standard rb20 turbo?

Is this advised, or should I get some new lines made up by Pirtek/Enzed?

If its better to get new lines, how exactly do i order a set for my car and the turbo?

Would they happen to have any information on the r32, and all i would need to bring is the 2530 for them to measure up the banjo bolts etc?

I have no clue on how to do this, any help would be awesome

Thanks

Patrick

[R31Nismoid]

The 2530 should go straight onto the stock stuff without a problem

Stock lines are the best thing for the job, strong and last the distance.

[abu]

^^ Eat that Patrick!

[Rekin]

The 2530 should go straight onto the stock stuff without a problem

Stock lines are the best thing for the job, strong and last the distance.

^^ eat that patrick!

haha awesome, thanks for clarifying that Ash

Next time i should learn to trust you more Abu, but then again you do own a r33 <3

[R31Nismoid]

lol i take it this carried over from the wasteland?

[Rekin]

lol i take it this carried over from the wasteland?

hehe over msn, but i prefer to have it in writing on sau as its easier to point the finger if it doesnt fit

Although being admin/mod you can always delete your response

[RBLUV]

stock lines are so easy to bend theyre not that strong :S

braided lines are mad and imho when fitting any aftermarket turbo should always be purchased with it, so much easier to fit

[abu]

Blame Ash if it doesn't fit, I just agreed with him

I can't be liable for MSN conversations!!

but seriously it should all bolt up fine, if your using the stock oil drain from you turbo you won't even need a new return hose but maybe change it anyways as they crack sometimes when removing

[GTRsean]

The oil drain pipe bolt holes need to be elongated to fit the drain hole mounts on turbos.

The stock drain pipes' holes are not spaced out enough.

[Gts-t]

The 2530 should go straight onto the stock stuff without a problem

Stock lines are the best thing for the job, strong and last the distance.

Fail and Fail

[R31Nismoid]

Not fail and fail at all.

They are strong, and durable. As long as you dont go bending them (why on earth you'd bend metal piping like that logically is beyond me)

After market ones are a waste of money. Ive had them before but only because i had too. If there was a way to use stock metal lines, i'd have done that no question

[discopotato03]

Are you people sure that the std R32 oil and water lines are straight fit for a Garrett ball bearing turbo ?

All Garrett GT25 based ball bearing turbos (GT2554R - GT3582R) use GT25 sized unions from memory , I thought the Hitachi's used on RB20 and RB25's were different - larger water fittings like T3 water cooled eg VLT T3 .

The thing is that these GT25 based BB cartridges are more compact in the bearing housing than Hitachi's so as you would expect they tend to use smaller unions .

You may want to search for pics of plumbing bits HKS supplied if you bought their GT2530 turbo as a bolt on "kit" .

A bit of homework here saves frustration later , cheers A .

[R31 POWER]

Umm yeah look at the actual hks kit, it comes with IT'S OWN oil, water and oil drain lines. Maybe in the land of dreams and all things fury the stock lines fit

[Rekin]

hmmm well this has turned around quickly.

Good thing the turbo is still on its way from japan

So if i need new water/oil lines, would a kit like this suit the car+turbo?

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi...em=150296969010

[Dongaz]

I had a rb20 turbo and have now got a hks gt2540 and they are different fittings all round. The oil drain has smaller bolt flange, the water lines are the same size on each side for the inlet and outlet. The oil feed is like a 14mm. They are BSP fittings so getting them from enzed and the like are good but they won't have anything for the oil drain.

A kit like you have shown would be good but if you are using a "GT25,28" turbo then you want that kind of kit. Not the T3 T4 turbo fitting kit. Not sure if they are the same or not but I would probably say no.

Looking at the kit that same group from ebay have for the T25 t28 turbo they dont have a oil drain flange for the turbo so i dont know how they expect you to fit that.

Just remember Garrett turbos have different fittings.

Just look around. I spent prob $150 on all my lines and fittings. I didnt go the whole bling bling factor of the braided line as its not really that good. I got Blue R9 High Temp Hose. A bit cheaper than braided but entirely up to the person.

Good luck

Edited October 3, 2008 by Dongaz