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Old 12-04-2015, 01:43 PM   #34
TKat13
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Re: sutyak's turbo 2004 Mach 1 build thread

Looking at your pics again; may I kindly suggest a minor change? I say this ONLY because I have been bit by it already.

Your upper radiator hose runs right on top of the air filter for the turbo. If your upper radiator hose fails then that turbo will suck a huge amount of water into the inlet, then through the intercooler and into your motor. Very bad things can happen very quickly.

Yes, I got bit. A hose clamp failed while I was on the dyno, it failed right when the throttle was lifted so 'minimal' water was sucked up but damage it did do. So, I will be pulling my motor out again and putting a new head gasket on.

I mention this because your setup looks almost just like mine, btw, the clamp that failed was on the crossover pipe. I will upload the video at a some point.

My solution will be to use -16AN connections; will be welding -16AN bungs onto the radiator and the crossover pipe and then making a hose to connect the two.
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