T2 water cooling

[stevo clio]

I have the standard T2 on my car at the min with no saft play or smoke out of the exhaust but the pipes/ commectors for the water cooled side have broken/ corroded. can you get away with it just just run without being on full boost all of the time or is it just going to fail end of?

I have had an offer of a T3 from a Calibra turbo in good condition for nothing

I know it sould be a case of buy a recon T2 T25 or T28 but short on cash and also after a wideband at the minute

[James5]

I have the standard T2 on my car at the min with no saft play or smoke out of the exhaust but the pipes/ commectors for the water cooled side have broken/ corroded. can you get away with it just just run without being on full boost all of the time or is it just going to fail end of?

I have had an offer of a T3 from a Calibra turbo in good condition for nothing

I know it sould be a case of buy a recon T2 T25 or T28 but short on cash and also after a wideband at the minute


T3 is to big for a 5 matey unless you like a bit of lag:laugh: + it won't fit your manifold and your turbo elbow won't fit it.

Yeah you can run the turbo as air / oil cooled if you want just join the water pipes together and run it like a phase 1 just mean more regular oil changes (So every 3k instead of every 6k) but most peeps like me do it more often than that anyway.

If you want a T2 I have a good condition one available

[R5GTTRaider]

is it worth having a cooler for the water coming out the turbo?

as i find on motor ways it creaps just past the 2nd line i have to realy reduce my speed to 65 and have quick spuirts to 80/85 tho i know its not a crusing car just annoying trying to control the temps using the throttle!

[stuTHC]

imo you dont need water cooling on the turbo. The phase1 wasn't water cooled, just oil. All the water cooling does is increase coolant temps rather than reduce turbo temps.

[clee]

What he said .I've binned it and also the silly oil filter cooler thingy on the GTA .

[R5GTTRaider]

true that way id only have to change it every year lol

but i would change every 3.6k (6months)