shiners780

To make the turbo hard water pipe fit around a larger compressor housing it needs to be bent. Any suggestions on how to bend it without cracking it? Figured I'd ask before breaking it...

TIA!

Darwantae951

Heat it? Going with a larger turbo, eh?

lart951

are you talking about this pipe?

shiners780

Yes sir.

Yes sir.

shiners780

The turbo is supposed to arrive tomorrow, and I am supposed to be leaving for the track tomorrow. So......I only have one shot to do this right without breaking anything. So just heat and bend?

Bri Bro

Special Tool suggested the following parts, they work really well and are the correct size threads. You do loose the turbo water pump sensor but the fit is first class.
http://store.summitracing.com/partde...5&autoview=sku
http://store.summitracing.com/partde...5&autoview=sku

fortysixandtwo

I had one that was bent and flattened by the previous owner, in order to clear a K27. Not being a fan of what it look liked I cut the flattened section out, installed the banjo end to the turbo and hooked the coolant lines to the now detached "Y" section. I then welded in a lenght of pipe to fill the gap.

OriginalSterm

Harbor Freight tubing bender

MPD47

Jim, heat it up, do it slowly in stages. If you have a pipe bender, use it, if not get a cheap one that you dont care about messing up with the excessive heat.

shiners780

That is good stuff, but I don't have time to get those by tomorrow. I am looking for the quickest/easiest solution for now. I can always go back and redo it better later.
Same as above, but thanks! Just no time since I don't weld and would have to have someone else do it.

Looks like I may be off to HF in the morning.


Thanks all. Any other suggestions please let me know.

David Floyd

I broke my pipe by trying to heat and bend so be carefull.

Go to Hardware store, Lowes, Home Depot in the aircompressor section and buy
Brass adapters 1/4 male npt x 3/8 female npt and
3/8 male npt x 1/4 female npt

Been working perfect for years now and you keep the temp sensor.

shiners780

That looks like a great solution! Aren't the original fittings M16 x 1.5 thread pitch though? Did those thread right in?

David Floyd

While not being the exact thread, the brass being soft works just fine, been using the adapters 7 years or so and on several different turbos, never a problem.

2bridges

just bent mine yesterday....

no heat. vise and a length of steel conduit to fit over the pipe and use as a tool.

first bent the turbo end (round fitting end) to get basic orientation.
slow and easy

then the pipe before and aft the T to get the angle down near the original hose.
Then slightly flattened the edge near the compressor with a 1X1 wood strip and a hammer

fairly delicate work and takes a bit of time.

One note - I think I cut my reservoir tank to pipe hose that was too long for the original setup....... now it's too short DOUGH!!!!

might need one

shiners780

I just got those fittings from Lowe's (there is a store not far from me). The factory banjo bolt goes into the female 3/8" fitting no problem...slightly loose if anything. The 1/4" male fitting doesn't want to go into the turbo center housing though. I can get it less than 2 full turns and that is it, without really torquing on it. (I am using my old turbo as a test mule.) How far did you turn yours in?

The two fittings in your picture with their packages don't look like the fitting that is in the picture installed on the turbo. Are those the same fittings in both pics?