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Old Jun 18, 2008 | 04:23 PM
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After market turbo

where do you pull coolant from on a rotary for a turbo? On my other car it was plumbed from the head it's self, seeing as how rotarys don't quite have a head I have the feeling this wont work the same way!
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Old Jun 18, 2008 | 07:42 PM
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If the motor is already turbo then the cooling is there. One side comes from through the manifold and the other side goes to the water pump housing.
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Old Jun 19, 2008 | 09:08 AM
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Any coolant source...

The factory turbo 13Bs have plumbing already as mentioned above.

On the NA engines there is a convenient nipple on the rear iron and rear of the water pump housing.
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Old Jun 19, 2008 | 01:23 PM
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I blocked off my coolant lines because I only have an oil-cooled aftermarket turbo. But here's the question--if I remember correctly the coolant feed is a hardline that is connected to a flange on the motor, correct? Given that there is a flange (as opposed to a threaded fitting like oil feed), how do you use that on an aftermarket turbo? Is there a fitting or flange that you can buy to connect to 6AN lines?

Coolant return is barbed, so that seems straightforward enough.
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Old Jun 19, 2008 | 03:37 PM
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Off hand, the flange looks to be the exact same size as T3 oil drain flange. So you can probably get a T3 drain flange with an AN flare to fit.
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Old Jun 19, 2008 | 05:24 PM
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Thanks you all were a huge help
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