what's this thing?
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first im gonna go to the store tommorrow and look for the "1/8 bsp male to 1/8 npt female adaptor" as IJ said
theKnifeArtist said:
The sending unit and the threads on the block are BSP.
If you want to run the sending unit and a turbo feed, my NA-T kit is the only way to go.
Reason being - Good luck trying to find a female, female, male BSP Tee fitting.
Trust me.
so i wrote "1/8 bsp male to 1/8 npt female adaptor" on a piece of paper and handed it to the guy at the fittings store. and the guy had no idea what bsp or npt was. what does it mean? and where else can i look to get this fitting, or what is my next option if i cant get it?
oh boy, so how can i go about locating one in my area.
im just curious, what does bsp and npt mean?
im just curious, what does bsp and npt mean?
BSP isn't commonly used here in the states (as a matter of fact I'm pretty certain it's not used at all...) I'd be suprised if you could find a guy who knows what it is.
I went through similar horror stories trying to use an oldschool Garrett T-66 with the Greddy T-78 kit (minus the turbo) on a MKIV... Adapting those f'ing metric japanese oil lines to the turbo was a REAL pain in the ass. In the end I wound up cutting a Japanese connector in half and an American one in half and used the tig welder to weld them together... NEVER again.. What a pain.
NPT however is common and if your fitting guy doesn't know what that is, go find someone else. I'd take the factory oil pressure sender with you so you can show him what you are trying to work with.
I went through similar horror stories trying to use an oldschool Garrett T-66 with the Greddy T-78 kit (minus the turbo) on a MKIV... Adapting those f'ing metric japanese oil lines to the turbo was a REAL pain in the ass. In the end I wound up cutting a Japanese connector in half and an American one in half and used the tig welder to weld them together... NEVER again.. What a pain.
NPT however is common and if your fitting guy doesn't know what that is, go find someone else. I'd take the factory oil pressure sender with you so you can show him what you are trying to work with.
A lot of the early Japanese motors were license built British ones following the war so they used a lot of existing tooling for them.
Japan had a knack of being great improvers not innovators and get an existing design and gradually make it better.
Look at the M series engines for proof of this
Japan had a knack of being great improvers not innovators and get an existing design and gradually make it better.
Look at the M series engines for proof of this
I read that too somewhere years back.
The japenese would strip motors from Ferrari,s Bemmers, Mercs and others, study them and improve on the designs.
Cheers,
Roy
The japenese would strip motors from Ferrari,s Bemmers, Mercs and others, study them and improve on the designs.
Cheers,
Roy
Roy: Most of the post war Japanese motors were clones of British designs then if you follow their progress you will see other licence built motors, Toyota 4V V8 was based on a Daimler design from memory.
They all evolve into brilliant motors eventually
They all evolve into brilliant motors eventually
heres what you need:
http://www.egauges.com/vdo_acce.asp?Subgroup=BSP_Adapter_Bushings&Manf=All
this one that has extra ports for other sensors if you wanted:
http://www.egauges.com/vdo_acce.asp?Subgroup=BSP_OTOD
http://www.egauges.com/vdo_acce.asp?Subgroup=BSP_Adapter_Bushings&Manf=All
this one that has extra ports for other sensors if you wanted:
http://www.egauges.com/vdo_acce.asp?Subgroup=BSP_OTOD
Ideal, that is one of the coolest damned little fittings I've ever seen.
That would have saved me a world of hurt a couple of months ago...
That would have saved me a world of hurt a couple of months ago...