no class Posted December 1, 2016 Posted December 1, 2016 anyone running a Garrett BB turbo without water cooling hooked up ? any issues with the chra due to heat from the lack of water cooling ? Quote
Arttu Posted December 2, 2016 Posted December 2, 2016 I have just IHI BB turbo but I know that also Garrets are used without water cooling. Yes, there is some risk for bearing failure as most of the BB turbos use plastic ball holders on bearings. But if you have the turbo on front of the engine or some other place with good air flow and take care of proper oil supply it should be fine. When I was building my current turbo setup I had some plans to route oil cooler flow through water passages of the chra. But plumbing started to look too tricky so I gave up the idea. Quote
Reinhoud Posted December 2, 2016 Posted December 2, 2016 Water cooling is only build in because people didn't let cool down the turbo charger before turning their car off.. Quote
Leblowski Posted December 2, 2016 Posted December 2, 2016 No probs i got the same as you have 1 Quote
MeanBean49 Posted December 2, 2016 Posted December 2, 2016 Ive been running my IHI bb without the water cooling for 2 years now with no problems. Done numerous track days, speed trials and road miles 1 Quote
mick-ne Posted December 17, 2016 Posted December 17, 2016 Meanbean out of curiosity which IHI are you running Quote
MeanBean49 Posted December 19, 2016 Posted December 19, 2016 On Saturday, December 17, 2016 at 9:35 AM, mick-ne said: Meanbean out of curiosity which IHI are you running Im running an IHI VF23 Awesome turbo Quote
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