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Help, trying to find oil lines with pressure to feed a turbo (n/a 12a rotary
So I'm building my 1983 rx7 gsl with the n/a 12a, I'm putting a turbo on it just one of your generic eBay turbo kits and I only plan on about 5 psi just to boost power a bit but I'm struggling with something that is probably very simple, it's finding a spot to T into so I can run a feed line to the turbo. I think I have a idea of what to tap to but I want to see if anyone else knows before I tap into something wrong This is what I think I have to tap into, this line comes off of the oil filter into the front of the motor. Iv also seen a oil line going into what I think is this bolt in a picture In this photo it's a built motor and it says those are oil lines to what I assume is a oil cooler and I assume it would be the same way to tap in wether it's a turbo or a oil cooler
The front cover oil line is the output from the oil pump to the oil cooler. The rear is the return line. The second picture rear oil return bango bolt should have a line going to it.
The front cover oil line is the output from the oil pump to the oil cooler. The rear is the return line. The second picture rear oil return bango bolt should have a line going to it.
That front plate line your talking about is the one in this picture right, just want to make sure it's late and Iv gotten to the point in so tired working on it trying to get it right, I tryed doing it a way that I haven't really seen done before, I got a electric pump to run the oil to the turbo and it was regulated at 60 psi witch is probably way too much for the turbo but it would shut off and it wouldn't come back on for a while, id have to assume oil was getting to it because it's got a constant pressure on it feeding the oil but it would kick in at the start then stop because it would stop at 60 psi then should kick in when it gets lower, but I'm worried about frying the turbo if it doesn't kick back in and feed it oil again so Im trying to find the line to tap into for the oil feed line so I know its done right and it's gonna be feeding the turbo constantly.
Last edited by Jacob200799; 09-21-24 at 10:17 PM.
Reason: Clarification
I can't help with a custom setup with another pump. I've never seen this on an RX-7 so you're in uncharted area.
The line in the picture I posted is for a return line from the turbo. For the supply, look at this thread. There are also other threads on this so just search.
09-21-24, 07:54 PM
