R33 Turbo Water Feed Braided

[Torques]

Hi!

I might have to use braided lines on my turbo.

When browsing for water feed lines I found that the lines looks somewhat strange.

In the picture, what is this connector at the end of the hose?

Any ideas?

[blk94r33]

Difficult to see in the picture, i'd say it connects to one of the right-angled barbs that are included?

[WYTSKY]

Yeh, it is called a barb... as said, possibly to connect to one of the right angled barbs or to T off from another water line.

you can just buy 2 like the one next to it with those hollow bolts to flow...

[discopotato03]

I find the simplest way is to get the Banjos and their bolts from some OE application and use the original steel lines to get far enough away from turbo/exhaust heat then use EFI hose to join things up .

When I had a Garrett GT2554R fitted to my Subaru I bought second hand turbo water pipes from an SR20 and reused their banjos and bolts with new copper washers . You can with a tube bender reshape them to whatever you need and cut to your required length .

The steel lines take any amount of heat you can throw at them and if supported properly don't break .

This is the cost effective sollution that looks factory if fitted carefully .

A .

[JonnoHR31]

its a hose barb fitting to suit the standard water hose at the back of the plenum.

[Torques]

Hi there,

Thanks for the help.

You are right, it's a barbed connector.

I was under the impression that the rear water hose to the turbo is

using a banjo bolt, but that was a misconception.

Now is it much trouble or impossible to remove this line?

[W0rp3D]

the one that cans from the manifold is a hard line with a banjo on the end of it, if your putting the turbo in the standard location try to use it as it will be easier, if not you would be better off just using a banjo barb off the turbo then cut the hard line at the back of the engine bay some where and join the 2 with rubber hose.

I know with my 3540 the banjo bolts were different sizes to the standard turbo, i used banjo barbs for the water line from the back of the turbo to the block and then used the factory banjo and bolt ( only had 2 after market banjo barbs and bolts and couldnt find another to fit) off the other side but had to cut it with about 3" of pipe on it and flare the end, then i just used rubber hose to go to the plenum.

On the line from the plenum there is a section of rubber hose that does a 90 degree bend around the back of the head and then joins to the hard line, mine split and its not uncommon to happen, if i was you i would attempt to bypass it whilst your doing all of this and just run new rubber line from the plenum, i also slid another rubber line over the top where it goes around the back of the head to stop any rubber or vibration wearing through the rubber line.

[Torques]

OK!

I see, good hint.

I am doing this for the first time, put in a Hybrid but neither the standard oil feed nor the water lines fit without modification.

It's quite frustrating since I thought it would be a drop in replacement.

Apparently the Hybrid is using a different centre housing, so it all looked the same but is indeed slightly different.

I thought my car would be back on the road 2 weeks ago, but it's just a journey of discovery with lots of parts

not fitting as I thought they would

If I had known in advance I could have ordered all the parts way in advance ..

SIGH!

the one that cans from the manifold is a hard line with a banjo on the end of it, if your putting the turbo in the standard location try to use it as it will be easier, if not you would be better off just using a banjo barb off the turbo then cut the hard line at the back of the engine bay some where and join the 2 with rubber hose.

I know with my 3540 the banjo bolts were different sizes to the standard turbo, i used banjo barbs for the water line from the back of the turbo to the block and then used the factory banjo and bolt ( only had 2 after market banjo barbs and bolts and couldnt find another to fit) off the other side but had to cut it with about 3" of pipe on it and flare the end, then i just used rubber hose to go to the plenum.

On the line from the plenum there is a section of rubber hose that does a 90 degree bend around the back of the head and then joins to the hard line, mine split and its not uncommon to happen, if i was you i would attempt to bypass it whilst your doing all of this and just run new rubber line from the plenum, i also slid another rubber line over the top where it goes around the back of the head to stop any rubber or vibration wearing through the rubber line.