IHADAV8.com - Turbo Buick Tech, and Nonsense
Tech Area => General Buick Tech => Topic started by: tb3 on September 02 2013, 01:24:42 PM
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where are you mounting it?
I've seen some mount it to the pass side front frame horn. I have a trans cooler there. was wondering if there is other spots that are more ideal.
I remember red regal t (think that was his name), had a pretty good set up for filtering the turbo oil, but my laptop took a dump a couple weeks ago and my internet ability has been limited via pita iphone. so havent been much for searching or posting.
I used to have a small in line filter for my turbo, but I removed it in favor of getting something that goes through a paper element.
steve, earl, pacecarta or any of you other smarties are gonna recomend that a turbo saver is a waste of time, nows the time to do it as I have not bought one yet
I'm open for any any input. thanks!
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I'd go with Mark Hueffman's (TR Custom Parts) ....Turbo Protector.
It's way simpler & a much cleaner / less cluttered installation.
I've been running one for years & am very happy with it. Lots of other buick members have too.
Here's the link:
http://www.buickgn.com/turboprotector.htm (http://www.buickgn.com/turboprotector.htm)
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the PTE turbo save was originally intended to mount to the rad support in front of battery below the headlight opening
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excellent info pacecarta! thanks for posting that :cheers:
looking at my engine compartment today, I guess it looks like in front of the battery is the area that makes the most sense. I hate to move my trans cooler though.
1kwiksix, I'm aware of marks turbo filter, but I don't see any pics of the installation though. it says it mounts under the turbo shield, but I don't see how. I think red regal t's mounted right to the turbo heat shield.
and, is it a good idea to have a non-bypass filter for the turbo if it where to suddenly become clogged?
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Thanks for the directions Paul. I got 1 through a trade but no directions with it. I'll be routing it to the filter then to a remote cooler and back to the engine and was wondering how to put it under the headlight.
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I think red regal t's mounted right to the turbo heat shield.
I used the original feed line to go into the the oil filter adapter then came right back to the turbo.
i mounted the filter right onto the turbo's shield bracket.
one thing i will tell you is that the filter gets stupid hot, I've been thinking about adding a heat sink to the filter.
http://turbobuick.com/forums/threads/is-having-the-turbos-oil-filter-here-a-problem.346953/ (http://turbobuick.com/forums/threads/is-having-the-turbos-oil-filter-here-a-problem.346953/)
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aha! I got a better idea of how marks works now.
it replaces the existing factory oil filter. I was thinking that blue canister was a in-line filter.
I think I'm gonna go for it. :chin:
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It's a nice and simple concept....