AB's new GQ is finally here

[AB]

Only slightly...lol...Yeah big difference in the dump pipes Tony!!!

[AB]

Picking up Rosscos TD42 engine was the best thing I could have done.

Chatting to the guys at Patrolapart and they can tap the oil drain plug in the sump for me which is great.

Also, having a look at Rosscos turbo will be set up exactly the same as mine.

I'm going to remove Rosscos braided lines and just take them all to Pirtek and say "Give me another set of these"...Knowing they will fit the block and turbo....It could not have worked out any better.

[patch697]

Old mate.... When it falls in your lap,,,,,, it really falls in your lap......

Won't be long new.............&......... WooHoo

[AB]

'Well today I pulled off all of Rossco's oil and water lines and fittings, etc to take to Pirtek next week and match up.

This has worked out perfect so I dont have to guess any fittings or lengths...Super happy!!!

Well undoing the banjo bolt on the water feed turned out to be a nightmare. I slipped with the shifter and pulled my finger nail half out of It's place.

See below....lol....Two fingers in the middle are both my little fingers that used to be the same length....Doesn't look like much but damn there is going to be throbbing pain tonight, can't wait!!!!....LMAO.

[Woof]

Always use the right tool for the job mate...............not shifters...lol

[Clunk]

Mate!!!!!! I can't wait to see and hear this thing finished, nice one......

[AB]

Hi Tony and CO....

I put my turbo onto Rossco's engine today to see how the original TD42T oil and water pipes lined up and what I could utilize, etc...

I need to ask if you think I could utilise the full length of the water feed pipe and tap into it as per attachment or is that too close for a rubber hose to the heat off the manifold?

I'm really not sure if this is too close or not...It would perfect though....If not, I will just get it cut down next to the turbo itself and utilize the banjo bolt set up off the turbo.

[AB]

Here are some other photos which may help someone else out at some stage.

[YNOT]

Hi Tony and CO....

I put my turbo onto Rossco's engine today to see how the original TD42T oil and water pipes lined up and what I could utilize, etc...

I need to ask if you think I could utilise the full length of the water feed pipe and tap into it as per attachment or is that too close for a rubber hose to the heat off the manifold?

I'm really not sure if this is too close or not...It would perfect though....If not, I will just get it cut down next to the turbo itself and utilize the banjo bolt set up off the turbo.

I think that would be too close to fit a rubber hose considering you won't be fitting a heatshield initially, a high temp braided hose would be OK.
If you were to cut the pipe between the left and middle arrows (first photo) then it should be OK for a rubber hose and would also leave the front mount for the pipe in place, you could easily make and fit a small heatshield over the front of the exhaust manifold for added protection.

Tony

[AB]

Thanks Tony, I'll do that, much better idea and the flow should be ok up there without a severe bend.

Also, as below...I'm pretty confident I can utilize the oil feed pipe onto mine as well.

The below picture is a proper scale line of the oil feed and how it can be bent down to fit over the TD42 N/A feed bung. Both the TD42T and TD42 N/A oil feed holes on the block seem to be the exact size too.

I also just put the pipe over my knee and bent it a whisker and it seemed soft without any feeling of cracking, etc so I will get an extra small banjo bolt and see how I go.

The beauty is I can hook my manifold and turbo up to Rosscos engine and try to roll the pipe very carefully and match it up to his hole which is obviously the same.