JDL turbo kit owners thread

[Rybot]

Originally Posted by yomny

I think it was for other reasons, you could mount your oil cooler on the roof if you want and no one could ban you for its lol

Just curious why he mentioned the user being banned is all.

[drambo136]

Originally Posted by Rybot

Where did you have in mind?

Something like this
http://www.stancenation.com/2011/08/...chool-rocks-2/

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[Rybot]

Originally Posted by drambo136

Something like this
http://www.stancenation.com/2011/08/...chool-rocks-2/

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Isn't that begging to be torn apart by road debris?

[drambo136]

If its ur dd maybe. Oil coolers are a lot stronger that ur regular radiator if that's what ur talking about

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[Rybot]

Originally Posted by drambo136

If its ur dd maybe. Oil coolers are a lot stronger that ur regular radiator if that's what ur talking about

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Aren't they still aluminum though? Are they just thicker?

[JDLAutoDesign]

Originally Posted by yomny

Wouldn't happen to have more pics of the oil cooler lines routing? I like that they drop right under the intake, where do they go after that?

Hard to see in the pic so I added some red arrows. Pretty much goes under the intake, back up, follows the same path as the hot side pipe, then follow the bumper support to cooler. Lots of places to secure the hoses etc

[yomny]

Originally Posted by JDLAutoDesign

Hard to see in the pic so I added some red arrows. Pretty much goes under the intake, back up, follows the same path as the hot side pipe, then follow the bumper support to cooler. Lots of places to secure the hoses etc

I like, you guys are good at making me spend money!

[King Tut]

Originally Posted by yomny

Wouldn't happen to have more pics of the oil cooler lines routing? I like that they drop right under the intake, where do they go after that?

Looks identical to the Full Blown oil cooler setup to me. I have pics of my install if you want more pics of oil line routing.

[yomny]

Originally Posted by King Tut

Looks identical to the Full Blown oil cooler setup to me. I have pics of my install if you want more pics of oil line routing.

Pics are always nice, appreciate it. The full blown was my other option but they couldn't confirm figment when I asked them about the sandwhich plate fittings and the JDL intake.

[King Tut]

Originally Posted by yomny

Pics are always nice, appreciate it. The full blown was my other option but they couldn't confirm figment when I asked them about the sandwhich plate fittings and the JDL intake.

The Full Blown doesn't come with 90 degree fittings so I could see it not working with this turbo kit. Not that it isn't something easily changed as everything else would work just fine:

[JDLAutoDesign]

Thought I would share this since guys are asking about the GTX fittings vs the PTE especially the couple that upgrading from the base turbo. The feed and drain lines are the same but the fittings connecting to the turbo are different

[yomny]

Originally Posted by JDLAutoDesign

Thought I would share this since guys are asking about the GTX fittings vs the PTE especially the couple that upgrading from the base turbo. The feed and drain lines are the same but the fittings connecting to the turbo are different

For you guys or anyone else who knows, how do you tap into the coolant lines on the TB. I've seen full-race uses two barbs to connect to the loop in front of the TB. Thanks

[xxscaxx]

Originally Posted by yomny

For you guys or anyone else who knows, how do you tap into the coolant lines on the TB. I've seen full-race uses two barbs to connect to the loop in front of the TB. Thanks

Disconnect them. Don't run the coolant lines through the TB anymore, and run the high side straight to the front connection in the front of the motor where the coolant line of the TB went into, and the low side to the rear of the car where that other line from the TB connects to (its the backside pipe on the driver side of the motor). Thats how I did it at least. You can tee into the lines but you are just introducing 4 more possible leak points. The coolant is ran through the TB for emissions/cold starts but honestly I did the TB Coolant "delete" on my old STi and ran it for years without any issues in the cold. And you don't need to worry about the cold anyways lol.

I'm pretty sure this is what JDL suggests as well, when I talked with them they never mentioned teeing into those lines.

[erok81]

That's what I did. My tb isn't heated anymore. I live in Utah and winters we see maybe 15-20F lows during the day. I did the same on my WRX and didn't have any issues at all.