Oil return line help PLEASE (pics)

[pnutcar]

I've got the driftmotion 67 kit thats going on my car. The oil return line on this kit will not work with my car, so I need some help. The kit comes w/ some fittings to re-route the line so it clears the manifold... but there isn't enough room to fit the fitting thru, clear the turbo elbow, and clear the mani as well. The best bet I can come up with now is to run it thru the manifold and wrap header wrap around the line, which I'm not a fan of doing. Any suggestions?

The fitting (not assembled correctly, this is when I first got it): This makes an S surve from turbo.

How its supposed to sit:

How it actually sits:

Notice I've even ground the edges off the fittings to squeeze every lil bit of clearance out of it:

I just can't get it to sit without having that gap in there... can't grind on the turbo or the mani either:

So the only thing I'm seeing right now that could work is to wrap the line with header wrap and feed it like this. I don't like half-assing stuff though, and certainly don't want to risk line failure. It actually touches both runners.

 

[tissimo]

I had the same manifold, ground the Manifold flange down some and fit a 90* and ran my oil return. It fit fine.. Ill see if i can find my old pictures.

an old pic before I switched to a braided w/ an fittings.

 

[pnutcar]

I had the same manifold, ground the Manifold flange down some and fit a 90* and ran my oil return. It fit fine.. Ill see if i can find my old pictures.

Any luck?

 

[OneJSupra]

Did you try to call DM? A lot of R&D went into this turbo kit. I'm sure it can be fitted without major issues.

 

[pnutcar]

Did you try to call DM? A lot of R&D went into this turbo kit. I'm sure it can be fitted without major issues.

I've talked to Aaron, he's sent me a pic of it on the kit on a car, but Im for the life of me not finding a way to make this fit. The elbow on the turbo is welded way off to one side, which could be causing it, but nonetheless, its still an issue for me.

 

[CajunKenny]

This could be just me; but, I would not want my oil return routed between my exhaust runners.

 

[Erkenz]

This could be just me; but, I would not want my oil return routed between my exhaust runners.

Agreed, probably make for some hot oil.

 

[pnutcar]

This could be just me; but, I would not want my oil return routed between my exhaust runners.

Its not going to be run like that, I kinda just threw it up there so it would be ruled out. I'm not risking everything on a halfass job.

 

[pnutcar]

As you can see, it is what it is. Im prob going to cut the nut off the one side and just weld the 2 pipes together. This is a HUGE pain in the ass because I've been trying to get the car going asap

 

[IJ.]

Try clocking the CHRA a bit.....

 

[pnutcar]

Try clocking the CHRA a bit.....

Can't do the compressor, if it goes any more in either direction its either on the strut tower or resting on the mani. If I do the CHRA, its already not a 90* as it is, it'll be closer to a 45...

 

[IJ.]

45 won't hurt it.

 

[OneJSupra]

You can try to buy one of those spacer to mount the turbo higher on the manifold and then use a 45 degree AN fitting so you can keep the compressor clocked the way you want it.

 

[pnutcar]

I clocked the chra even more, its at an angle I'm unsure of...the fitting comes off the turbo, goes to a 90*, then to another 90*. The fitting actually goes UP some. Do you think this will cause significant issues, or should be ok to run?

UP

 

[IJ.]

It CAN'T be uphill, the 45 comment I made assumed it would be all downhill.

 

[pnutcar]

No sir. The elbow that's welded on is flush on the front and sticks out on the back and prevents me from using the line that came with it. If I clocked it the other way itd go thru the mani. I don't want to grind it but might have to. Its just frustrating because this was supposed to be plug and play.

 

[Poodles]

grind the elbow?

 

[IJ.]

Welded elbow?

If you clock the CHRA a little mor and use a 45 in place of the bronze 90 in the above pic it should work as it will still be downhill. (is it a BB turbo?)

 

[pnutcar]

Its a journal bearing turbo. I'm thinking that grinding or getting a spacer are my options now. I've got a 45* that I put on the fitting, but it doesn't clear the mani and elbow.

 

[IJ.]

Grind away non BB's move a lot of Oil so it's really important to get right.

What has Aaron said about this?