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rancid240 · 05-02-2002, 08:10 PM

I was wondering if I could fabricate my own oil lines for my 240SX turbo project.

Are the adapters to the oil pressure unit to the oil feed universal?

For the oil return line, I think they are universal...

So would a universal kit work, and who sells them?

*AceInHole* · 05-02-2002, 08:29 PM

just get braided steel lines with the proper AN fittings.  The turbine side will depend on what turbo you use, the drain fitting into the oil pan will depend on what fitting you choose to tap into the pan with.

You'll definitely need to T off the oil pressure sender, and from a FA thread regarding the size of the oil pressure sender fitting:
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I just measured a 1/8 NPT adapter thing I had sitting around and it had a 0.194" inner diameter. That's a little bigger than 3/16" (and, as we all now know, 3/16 = -3AN).

The oil sender is 1/8 BSPT, which is pretty close in size to 1/8 NPT (the difference is the thread pitch and the thread angle).</td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>

adey · 05-02-2002, 08:57 PM

Why can't we all just use the metric scale (makes so much more sense) and be happy??   <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='

'>   All these fractions are a PITA.
"just bigger than 3/16" sounds suspiciously close to 5mm to me.  <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sly.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':sly:'>

rotaryknight · 05-02-2002, 09:00 PM

If you're in SoCali just go to Earl's on Hawthorne. They'll make that stuff while you wait.

*AceInHole* · 05-02-2002, 09:01 PM

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (adey @ May 01 2002,10:57)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Why can't we all just use the metric scale (makes so much more sense) and be happy?? <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='

'> All these fractions are a PITA.
"just bigger than 3/16" sounds suspiciously close to 5mm to me. <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sly.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':sly:'></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>
well, you're given the exact sender thread and a fittable fitting... i wouldn't complain <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='

'>

rancid240 · 05-02-2002, 09:02 PM

i'm going to use a t3 from an 81-83 280zx, which was recommended for me to use...but wont all t3's pretty much be the same?

rancid240 · 05-02-2002, 09:05 PM

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">SoCali just go to Earl's on Hawthorne</td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>

Do they do general fabrication?

What about manifolds?  <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sly.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':sly:'>

rancid240 · 05-02-2002, 09:12 PM

heres my planned setup, i've posted it on freshalloy too:

Vortech FMU ~$150
SOHC Manifold, Ceramic coated $300
used t3 turbo ~$?
downpipe
used BOV ~$? (i am going to pick one up in japan, maybe a few extra to sell in the states <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sly.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':sly:'> )
XS Engineering intercooler with endtanks. 24.00" x 11.00" x 3"
2"-2.5" intercooler piping, made with j-bends from S&S (which would be better?)
Walbro fuel pump ~$120

uhh...other stuff, maybe that i cant remember...

also, what do i do with all the vacuum hoses that are currently connected to the air intake? Can i just put breathers on those?

rancid240 · 05-02-2002, 09:13 PM

oh the intercooler is with apexi endtanks, for $450

*AceInHole* · 05-02-2002, 10:32 PM

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (rancid240 @ May 01 2002,11:12)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">also, what do i do with all the vacuum hoses that are currently connected to the air intake? Can i just put breathers on those?</td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>
plumb them into the intake piping before the compressor, probably in between the compressor and the MAF, assuming you aren't using a blow-through setup.

rancid240 · 05-03-2002, 12:27 AM

you mean the intake piping to the turbo?

sorry i am stupid

<img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/huh.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':huh:'>

rancid240 · 05-03-2002, 12:36 AM

i think i got it figured...

filter-maf-pipe-vacuum lines plug here-turbo-intercooler pip-bov-intercooler-intercooler pipe-throttle body...

i think that is right <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='???'>

nrcooled · 05-05-2002, 05:31 PM

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (rancid240 @ May 02 2002,11:13)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">oh the intercooler is with apexi endtanks, for $450</td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>
where did you get the core from I want a FMIC sooooooo bad it hurts (I love the look and can run more boost) <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/inlove.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='

'>

05-02-2002, 08:29 PM	#2
AceInHole Autox Technician Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: New Haven, CT Age: 44 Posts: 3,961 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: AceInHole Feedback Score: 0 reviews	just get braided steel lines with the proper AN fittings.  The turbine side will depend on what turbo you use, the drain fitting into the oil pan will depend on what fitting you choose to tap into the pan with. You'll definitely need to T off the oil pressure sender, and from a FA thread regarding the size of the oil pressure sender fitting: </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"> I just measured a 1/8 NPT adapter thing I had sitting around and it had a 0.194" inner diameter. That's a little bigger than 3/16" (and, as we all now know, 3/16 = -3AN). The oil sender is 1/8 BSPT, which is pretty close in size to 1/8 NPT (the difference is the thread pitch and the thread angle).</td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'> __________________

05-02-2002, 08:57 PM	#3
adey Post Whore! Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Hong Kong Posts: 3,072 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Why can't we all just use the metric scale (makes so much more sense) and be happy??   <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=''>   All these fractions are a PITA. "just bigger than 3/16" sounds suspiciously close to 5mm to me.  <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sly.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':sly:'> __________________ Instagram: @SX180HKG

05-02-2002, 09:00 PM	#4
rotaryknight Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 408 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	If you're in SoCali just go to Earl's on Hawthorne. They'll make that stuff while you wait. __________________ Daily Driver- 91 240 SX SE...S13 Blacktop HKS FMIC, EVC IV, W/G, Racing Suction, DP, Dual Drager, springs/pillow ball mounts Whiteline sway bars Tokico blues Koyo Radiator, Fluidyne fan J30 VLSD stock exterior. Fun Car- 94 FD3S (TO4S). The White HKS FD in FnF......may she rest in pieces.

05-02-2002, 09:01 PM	#5
AceInHole Autox Technician Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: New Haven, CT Age: 44 Posts: 3,961 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: AceInHole Feedback Score: 0 reviews	</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (adey @ May 01 2002,10:57)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Why can't we all just use the metric scale (makes so much more sense) and be happy?? <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=''> All these fractions are a PITA. "just bigger than 3/16" sounds suspiciously close to 5mm to me. <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sly.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':sly:'></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'> well, you're given the exact sender thread and a fittable fitting... i wouldn't complain <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=''> __________________

05-02-2002, 10:32 PM	#10
AceInHole Autox Technician Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: New Haven, CT Age: 44 Posts: 3,961 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: AceInHole Feedback Score: 0 reviews	</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (rancid240 @ May 01 2002,11:12)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">also, what do i do with all the vacuum hoses that are currently connected to the air intake? Can i just put breathers on those?</td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'> plumb them into the intake piping before the compressor, probably in between the compressor and the MAF, assuming you aren't using a blow-through setup. __________________

05-02-2002, 08:10 PM	#1
rancid240 Post Whore! Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Irvine CA Posts: 2,770 Trader Rating: (72) Feedback Score: 72 reviews	I was wondering if I could fabricate my own oil lines for my 240SX turbo project. Are the adapters to the oil pressure unit to the oil feed universal? For the oil return line, I think they are universal... So would a universal kit work, and who sells them?

05-02-2002, 09:02 PM	#6
rancid240 Post Whore! Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Irvine CA Posts: 2,770 Trader Rating: (72) Feedback Score: 72 reviews	i'm going to use a t3 from an 81-83 280zx, which was recommended for me to use...but wont all t3's pretty much be the same?

05-02-2002, 09:05 PM	#7
rancid240 Post Whore! Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Irvine CA Posts: 2,770 Trader Rating: (72) Feedback Score: 72 reviews	</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">SoCali just go to Earl's on Hawthorne</td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'> Do they do general fabrication? What about manifolds?  <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sly.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':sly:'>

05-02-2002, 09:12 PM	#8
rancid240 Post Whore! Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Irvine CA Posts: 2,770 Trader Rating: (72) Feedback Score: 72 reviews	heres my planned setup, i've posted it on freshalloy too: Vortech FMU ~$150 SOHC Manifold, Ceramic coated $300 used t3 turbo ~$? downpipe used BOV ~$? (i am going to pick one up in japan, maybe a few extra to sell in the states <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sly.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':sly:'> ) XS Engineering intercooler with endtanks. 24.00" x 11.00" x 3" 2"-2.5" intercooler piping, made with j-bends from S&S (which would be better?) Walbro fuel pump ~$120 uhh...other stuff, maybe that i cant remember... also, what do i do with all the vacuum hoses that are currently connected to the air intake? Can i just put breathers on those?

05-02-2002, 09:13 PM	#9
rancid240 Post Whore! Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Irvine CA Posts: 2,770 Trader Rating: (72) Feedback Score: 72 reviews	oh the intercooler is with apexi endtanks, for $450

05-03-2002, 12:27 AM	#11
rancid240 Post Whore! Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Irvine CA Posts: 2,770 Trader Rating: (72) Feedback Score: 72 reviews	you mean the intake piping to the turbo? sorry i am stupid <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/huh.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':huh:'>

05-03-2002, 12:36 AM	#12
rancid240 Post Whore! Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Irvine CA Posts: 2,770 Trader Rating: (72) Feedback Score: 72 reviews	i think i got it figured... filter-maf-pipe-vacuum lines plug here-turbo-intercooler pip-bov-intercooler-intercooler pipe-throttle body... i think that is right <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='???'>

05-05-2002, 05:31 PM	#13
nrcooled Nissanaholic! Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Turn 8 'bout to get rolled by a SC'd ITR Age: 46 Posts: 1,849 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (rancid240 @ May 02 2002,11:13)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">oh the intercooler is with apexi endtanks, for $450</td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'> where did you get the core from I want a FMIC sooooooo bad it hurts (I love the look and can run more boost) <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/inlove.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=''> __________________ '91 hatch w/ SR Sold; '03 Evo Sold 401 HP; '03 MS Protege sold; '00 Evo 6.5 TME Sold 300HP