turboefini88

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Ya, so I want to ditch the stock setup, as trying to put my return line on the front cover snapped the bolt hole.

I have seen "universal" kits, but not really satisfied with what they were showing. Is the someone that makes a kit with AN lines/fittings and NO CLAMPS for the FC stock turbo? If not, has someone made their own? If you did, where did you source your parts??

I searched, and really did not find much.

NJGreenBudd

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u want to have different feed/drain locations w/ AN fittings?

what happened?

turboefini88

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Removed turbo from car to perform some maintenance. Reinstalled turbo, when bolting up the return line, it cracked the front cover as I tightened down the bolts because it was not correct for the car I guess.

Aaron Cake

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Well, you can fix the bolt hole with a thread insert. The torque on the return line is low.

Or you can swap the front cover.

You can also have someone weld on an AN flare and then make a set of AN lines.

You can plug the stock drain, then weld a pipe fitting or AN fitting onto the oil pan.

It's also possible to drill and tap the area on the front cover below the metering oil pump.

There's a lot of options...

turboefini88

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Ohh the front cover snapped at the bolt hole, I didnt even have them torqued down yet. I got a new front cover. I just want a clean look that is alot easier to work with when I have to take em off and on ect ect.

My fuel system is all AN/braided lines and oil cooler are AN/braided lines. Might as well do these lines. Alltho I like the idea of going straight to the oil pan.

arghx

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You can get an oil return flange with a -10AN fitting on the end that will bolt to the front cover. That's what I have.

NZConvertible

The stock lines are very easier to get on and off. Just learn to go easy when tightening bolts into anything aluminium.

But are they actually better than the stock lines? The oil feed line is solid steel, and the drain is a combination of solid and braided steel. For a stock turbo, I can't see any advantage in spending a bunch of money "upgrading" them.

There's a reason factory turbo oil drains don't go straight into the pan. You should never have the drain full of oil; it should be mostly air so that there is zero flow restriction. The lower the drain is in relation to the oil level, the more likely sump oil can be pushed up into the drain during cornering or braking, so the higher the better. The factory drain point will always be better than something in the pan.