~KnuckleDuster~

Got mine! Thanks again

http://forums.hybridz.org/topic/117580-rb26-t25-t28-water-line-kit-new/

Pallnet fuel rail came today

Kinugawa water line kit arrived: I found a good source for braided hose in various sizes starting around $2.50 a foot and going up as the size goes up. It's rated for vac, boost and even fuel. Made in Germany by the same manufacturer used by Porsche, Audi, & BMW. Should give of a nice OEM feel in the engine bay.

Cool, yeah I'm going to look into finding something here soon.

Yeah I was worried about the overheating thing for months after buying the car and having in a non operational state. Got lucky on that one. No 1/4 mile isn't really my thing, I prefer to go fast around corners. I drove the car a total of 10 miles before it went under the knife so it's hard to say, it could have run somewhere in the 14's with perfect conditions on a downhill track.

I'll be keeping the boost low for a while I think, I don't want to start buying injectors and other things all over again. Ill be stoked with 200-250 and that that sounds like it will be cake with this turbo. I've been trying to figure out a way to make my water return a little easier. I don't have a ZX T-stat housing with all the ports so I was looking into using a early 90's T stat housing cap that has a port on top. It's said to bolt up but has a slightly smaller ID. Not sure if it's enough to hurt cooling which is why I'm on the fence. http://community.ratsun.net/topic/25128-how-to-upgrade-your-l-series-thermostat-housing/ I originally planned on taping into the heater hoses and that's what I've done in the past on SR20's but people on this forum seem to have mixed emotions on it so I'm torn..

Your right I failed to post that, whoever wired up the fan had it pushing air from the engine side back at the air coming into the radiator. A switch of the wires and it's pulling the air in like normal.

The winning bidder has a feedback rating of 1 so who knows what the real story is.

Thanks man, I do intend on running the coolant lines. The plan is to have the feed come off the lower radiator neck or heater hose, and the return go back up to the thermostat housing. That's funny I was just looking into ordering a restrictor this morning. Your right the bolt they left in does in fact have a restrictor built in. One less thing to buy..nice.

Turbo just showed up, looks to be in excellent shape. No shaft play. Not a bad upgrade for $250 shipped! Stock ZX vs RB. The RB turbo weighs 3lbs less than the old ZX

Thanks, yep vertical.

I'm going to be routing my water return line back to the T-stat and found that a 90-93 Miata thermostat housing cover will fit and has an extra port on top of it. All my ports are being used and I figured this would be a quick and easy way to add an extra port for the water return. http://community.ratsun.net/topic/25128-how-to-upgrade-your-l-series-thermostat-housing/ My concern is the size difference. Will this be too restrictive?

In the process of upgrading the stock turbo to an OEM rb25det and am wondering what to do in terms of the oil restrictor. The RB head has a built in restrictor. I have a oil pump from a 79 currently on the car and an oil pump from a zx turbo sitting around for future install. Anyone have a size recommendation based on my set-up? I feel like I'm over thinking this part but want to make sure and do it right the first time around.

Looks good, Ill take one