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JT

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22nd Jul, 2015 at 04:42:02pm

Hi

There's a water drain plug on some A+ blocks at the rear (as it is in the mini) on the oil pump side.

The block I'm building doesn't have this, but I want to drill and tap it out for the turbo water feed.

Does anyone know what size it is as standard?

Thanks
josh

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Rob Gavin

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22nd Jul, 2015 at 04:44:22pm

ask Nick; there is one on the block he got off me

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22nd Jul, 2015 at 07:42:24pm

1/4" bsp straight.

JT

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22nd Jul, 2015 at 08:52:51pm

so if i get it drilled and tapped to that and get a 1/4"-8mm tail hose, it should all fit together? lol

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JT

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22nd Jul, 2015 at 09:02:00pm

or would it be beneficial to go a bit bigger?

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22nd Jul, 2015 at 09:35:17pm

stick to that original size its more than up to it.

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22nd Jul, 2015 at 09:38:50pm

Thanks guys :)

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22nd Jul, 2015 at 10:38:08pm

On 22nd Jul, 2015 JT said:
so if i get it drilled and tapped to that and get a 1/4"-8mm tail hose, it should all fit together? lol


Surface needs to be faced off too if you stick with 1/4" bspp. A tapered 1/4 npt may be easier. There's also a couple other npt threads used on oil system so wouldn't be too out of place. I have no idea why they didn't just pick either BSP or NPT !

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23rd Jul, 2015 at 12:01:30am

Don't use a Black & Decker! Make sure you drill it straight and don't go too deep. A member on TM managed to drill right through into #4 bore

Edited by Sprocket on 23rd Jul, 2015.

On 26th Oct, 2004 TurboDave16v said:
 Is it A-Series only? I think it should be...
So when some joey comes on here about how his 16v turbo vauxhall is great compared to ours, he can be given the 'bird'...


On 26th Oct, 2004 Tom Fenton said:
Yep I agree with TD........

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23rd Jul, 2015 at 07:16:25am

I also found that it is best to have a right angle adapter to get the water hose away from the exhaust manifold

JT

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23rd Jul, 2015 at 09:01:25am

Ok cheers guys. Think I might let the machine shop do it as I got to get them to do a few bits to the block anyway :)

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23rd Jul, 2015 at 09:11:08am

i just got this http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/360632843339

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