Since I went with a water-cooled turbo, I needed to tap into the water system, but did not want to do it in the normal location, as it would have been out the water tunnel (driver side) and cross over to the hot side (passenger side) of the radiator, and just wouldn’t be as clean as I like.
I decided to make a -20 AN run from the water tunnel, routed down m the fan where a T fitting would allow the turbo to be tapped in, and then continue the run back up at an angle against the fan to the hit side inlet of the radiator.
The great thing about fluid in thermodynamics is that entropy refers to energy potential and influence in a gradient of exchange. This means that prior to the exchange, in a closed pressurized system, it does not matter where the hose is positioned on its route… up down, in a loop, and so on, as long as it’s destination has the hot-side up, and cold side down as is appropriate for an exchange. I verified my understanding and diagram shown below with a Delphi patent holder and Popular Mechanics award winner in fluid thermodynamics.
Spoiler alert: it worked perfect.
Aeroflow has a massive inventory of products. I highly recommend that you order their catalog. The AN parts are very high quality, and the only place I could find various fittings. They are based in Australia, so if you can’t find a US distributor with the part stocked, you’ll have to order direct.
This is the T I used for the turbo. A friend of mine drilled and NPT tapped the cap so the turbo line fitting was perfect.
Forget welding your radiator with another bung! The owner of AutoPlumb is genius!!!
https://autoplumb.com/collections/2...products/autoplumb-sb-ford-thermostat-housing
It tucked in rather nicely!
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