Water lines from T2 cancelled, dangerous?

[PukkaSilvia]

I have said before that the water lines on a t25/8 are not essential but i have seen you do track days which is very stressfull for any car so really you should fit them ,

if your on increased boost on a t2 its going to run extremely hot and your performance and turbo life will suffer.

The water lines are partly there to reduce heat transfer from the exhaust housing to the compressor housing

They also aim to reduce the temperature of the oil circulating the turbo so that it lubricates more efficiently

[doski]

I ditched mine off my spare s12 that i was running and it worked fine, it wasn't untill the turbo started burning gallons of oil that i couldn't drive it..... I came up with an idea a couple of days later and hammered the oil feed flat so no oil could get to the turbo got a 2 months extra use and the turbo started siezing after about 1 mile

[old-and-rusty]

Originally Posted by doski

I ditched mine off my spare s12 that i was running and it worked fine, it wasn't untill the turbo started burning gallons of oil that i couldn't drive it..... I came up with an idea a couple of days later and hammered the oil feed flat so no oil could get to the turbo got a 2 months extra use and the turbo started siezing after about 1 mile

....LOL..... nutter .

The t25 on the 200sx I bought had the water lines removed when I bought it and the tubby had done 20,000 miles without any problems. But I guess, track use is a different story.

Regards,
Ian.