Oil from the plug in the vvt solenoid, vac from damn near anywhere on the intake manifold.

 

Did you buy the oil line set that's posted in the classifieds?

 

For coolant lines, the cheapest solution is banjos with barbs on the turbo, reinforced silicone hose from mcmaster (search there for high temperature silicone coolant hose, ideally you want 5/16 but I think they only sell 3/8, which is close enough to work), and put the turbo in the line that goes between the mixing manifold and the thermostat neck. You'll wind up having to replace the hoses every few years due to heat, but it otherwise works well. Putting some kind of extra heat shielding on them helps here as well.

For oil return line you need the same reinforced silicone hose but in 5/8".

The oil supply line is the only one with any real pressure in it. I would either buy an an off-the-shelf kit, or DIY it with Earl's parts from summit if I wanted to customize. I don't see the point to using a hydraulic shop, that just sounds like a PITA.

--Ian

 

hey guys do you know how to install coolant lines and oil lines on a miata?
I heard mcdonalds sells them

can you plz halp?

 

so that's a definitive YES to Sally's Beauty supply for all my turbo plumbing, yes?

 

It would be sweet if we could compile a part list for some popular engine and turbo setups though. Could cut down on the amount of these threads we see.

Something like:

1.6L T25 Turbo's use
-X Water line with X fittings etc.
-Y Oil line with Y fittings etc.

 

Sounds easy, but every moron who tries to use an oddball turbo would still ask the same question. Besides, all you do is use a thread check, or take it to a shop who can. That's after you fail at google, which has all of the information in like .043 seconds.

 

Yeah. We've tried this before. This assumes that the n00bs will put forth enough brainpower and dedication to actually read through various threads and learn various things.

Huge and foolish assumption

 

DUHHH, you can also snag some hair spray for your intercooler couplers to prevent them from popping off under MAD BOOST YO!