Drain line with steedspeed t3 manifold.

[Twinrotor]

How is everyone running drain lines with t3 steedspeed manifolds? My drain is too low to even go into the oil pan.

 

[shootz]

I don't know the answer o your question, but Twinrotor, would you please post this in the forum on MSP car problems or something else where your questions are more valid?

 

[azuelke]

I don't know the answer o your question, but Twinrotor, would you please post this in the forum on MSP car problems or something else where your questions are more valid?

Moved here.

 

[Twinrotor]

I thought I posted in the performance forced induction section.....

 

[704_mazdaguy]

Too low to go into the oil pan? huh? Youll def need to run angled fittings to get it to fit properly. Ill be putting mine in soon and I dont see any problems with the line meeting the fitting on my AWR race pan..

 

[Twinrotor]

I am well aware of needing angled fittings.

 

[704_mazdaguy]

Well first off, that's not the oil pan, its the main bearing support plate. And that looks like it'll fit just fine, just cut the line short

 

[dmention7]

You might have an easier time of it running barbed fittings with some silicone hose instead of braided lines. There's no pressure in the oil drain; you just want the maximum diameter fittings and lines to drain oil as quickly as possible.

 

[Twinrotor]

Okay apparently my efforts are waisted here. I originally posted that my drain is too low to even go in the oil pan. I am not going to use barbs and silicone hose on this engine. I have way to much invested to trust something like that.

 

[JaLMP5]

So what exactly is the issue? Is the oil draining slowly back into the pan? Could we get pictured of your entire setup because it looks like you almost have a horizontal oil return line. You'll need to figure out a way to get it at a steeper angle. Like FAUDMSP mentioned there is an AWR race pan available to lower the oil return line but I personally would rather have it at the MBSP opposed to the oil pan. But either way, you'll need to size the SS braided line correctly because that's way too long.

 

[shane02pro5]

Especially with a lot of money invested... Awr pan! Or plug it and put a fitting in the flat area of the pan so gravity can work!

 

[JaLMP5]

I prefer the MBSP as opposed to the oil pan because there is no back pressure from the MBSP. It allows maximum flow with no impeding of the oil return.

 

[Twinrotor]

set up is a steedspeed t3 with a precision 5252. I also have a doc b oil pump set up. I have not even run this motor yet

The awr pan is currently not available, other wise I would have one.

 

[shane02pro5]

I'd say uphill is worse though... Is there some kind of crazy big adapter on the bottom of the turbo for it to be hanging so low?? Mine is 14" with a 45 fitting... given a T2 but still not THAT much difference?

 

[Twinrotor]

I will go grab a pick in a sec.

 

[Twinrotor]

 

[dmention7]

I'm not sure what there is to "trust" in an oil drain. Either the oil drains back into your pan or it doesn't. You're taking up a bunch of your vertical distance with fittings coming off the bottom of the turbo, and giving up the overkill of braided line and -AN fittings looks like it would grant you all the room you need.

 

[Twinrotor]

I am not going to trust my 5,000 dollars and 2 years invested into this thing, on a silicone hose.. Silicone hose will fail and you will have lost a lot of oil before you realize it. I have asked for a simple thing and it has been turned into a pissing contest. I would like some examples of steed speed t3 drain line.

 

[hornsfan10609]

What's with the attitude man? No need for that, have a little patience. You will likely need to use smaller fittings it's as simple as that.

 

[Twinrotor]

I will seek what I need elsewhere. Thank you to anyone that had valuable input.