Thread: What do I need to finish turboing?

So I have pretty much everything I need to turbo (t25) but I have a couple questions. I am running a jdm bluebird motor so will i need an oil restrictor in line? And where can I get all the necessary lines for cheap (oil and coolant)? My turbo did come with 2 hard lines but no banjo bolts does anybody know where to find those for cheap too? Would it be easier to get aftermarket lines? Hopefully the last question is will i need to get specific intake piping from filter to turbo with top mount setup? Sorry for all these questions but i can only find people talking about usdm motors and not jdm. Thanks.

Thomas

so you got a bluebird motor without the turbo/manifold/lines?

I don't think you need an oil restrictor if you have factory lines.

The banjo bolts, your best bet would be to get in touch with gspec or put an ad saying you need them, I'm sure someone has upgrade their turbo and has them laying around. You will also need copper washers. I lost mine while replacing exhaust gaskets and used a toyota oil drain plug gasket in it's place.

I had a hard time getting the lines to line back up, I hope your motor is out of the car. Make sure your exhaust gaskets are in good shape too, mine were rusted and I didn't know until I had the car running, it blew the rusty gaskets out and it sucked doing them in the car.

To be exact he won't need another restrictor if he has the factory banjo bolt with restrictor. The bolt has a small hole in it that is the restrictor. Gspec or the classified sound like good advice, ebay has some of that stuff too like gaskets for cheap.

Oh and the 300zx turbo has some of the same parts too if you don't want to turn to the above sources.

Ya i got the motor from a guy who crashed his b13. and at the time he was smogging it so it was put into usdm mode and i have been running it like that since i got it. I havent really looked at it yet but will i need banjos for the turbo side and the engine side? and what about coolant lines?

will i need a new fuel pump running stock boost on a t25?

I don't think anyone has ever really taken a minute to measure how much the stock pump can pump.

It is an easy test if you would like to try it out, and it puts no risk on your motor and so on, the test at least.

Step 1 You have to do is find a container and measure out a gallon or more. ( Those orange buckets that home depot sell would be perfect ) Mark out how much a gallon is with a sharpie.

2 This step is not required but it will mean less spilled fuel when you pull the fuel line. Start the car and while the car is running unplug the fuse to the fuel pump and let the motor run out of gas, restart a few times to make sure as much is gone as possible)

3 Then put the hose that goes from the fuel filter to the fuel rail stick that in your container . Find a friend and a stopwatch, either you or the friend will have to hold the bucket with the fuel line. The other person sits in the drivers seat and turns the key part way enough to start the car enough to make the fuel pump kick on.
4 Last all you have to do is measure out how long it takes the car with the stock fuel pump to fill to that gallon mark and you are done!

The pump that everyone tends to upgrade their pumps too, pumps 255 liters per hour this way.


Anyone can also do this test out of the car too if their fuel pump is out of the car with a car battery. Just keep the battery and the sparks a good distance away from the bucket of gas


Or if you don't really care to try the test and be on the safe side upgrade the fuel pump.

I had a factory fuel pump and a t25 at stock boost for over a year but that doesn't mean my motor was safe from leaning out.

If you do the test post back up how it goes so everyone will know years down the road.

Well how much would the stock pump need to pump in order to give the 370ccs all they need for fuel?

How does the wastegate fit on the turbo i feel dumb because i cant figure it out.





Also does anybody know what this line is for? is it for water? and where on the block is that?

Ditch the stock lines. The headache you'll go through trying to install hard lines vs aftermarket isn't worth trying to save 50-60 bucks. Trust me. It sucks trying to work with hard lines.

But I have a stock bluebird block so everything should line up perfectly