Civic EG

im doing a mock up of my turbo kit and i've noticed that my setup uses a oil feed line from a oil filter sandwich plate, my question is after researching about honda motors making upwards of 60psi of oil pressure, would a sandwich plate cause more or equal pressure as a oil pan feed or should i switch to a pan feed?

another question i have is again about the pressure our motors make, i've read that it only takes roughly 15psi of oil pressure to lubricate a turbo, now to eliminate oil blow by in the seals i've read that a restrictor screw or something similar to that to restrict the amount of oil going through the turbo.
has anyone used a restrictor and if so does it help?, and where did you get one?

any help would be awesome thanks

what kit/turbo? you'll be fine running a feed off the sandwich plate and whatever oil inlet the kit provides should have the right restriction. it's emphasized more so with ball-bearing turbos..

it's a peiced together kit I've bought from verious places, it's a t3/t4 but there's no markings on it to determine brand... but I know it's not ball bearing... the reason I asked about the restrictor is because I have a feeling that it might be a eBay turbo and from what I've read you can run them alot smoother with a restrictor screw

no-name/ebay turbos usually require running a restrictor to protect their seals.
i am giving up on my sandwich plate, i can't keep it from leaking.

ya see thats what I heard, I've never had an issue with my plate leaking and funny thing is I got it on eBay for like 30 bucks to tie me over till I could get a better one, thinking I'm just going to stick with it. when I installed it I used Teflon paste on the plate itself and Teflon tape on the fittings

ya see thats what I heard, I've never had an issue with my plate leaking and funny thing is I got it on eBay for like 30 bucks to tie me over till I could get a better one, thinking I'm just going to stick with it. when I installed it I used Teflon paste on the plate itself and Teflon tape on the fittings

haven't had any issues out of my cheap blox plate.. but they might just be one of those luck-of-the-draw parts..

yeah at first it didn't leak, but after a couple of oil changes, it started and now its getting worse.
then i tightend it way down, and tore the rubber gasket.
rather than get another sandwich plate, i'm trying something different.

d-mon wrote:

where did you get that adapter from? i am looking for one but cannot find one.

Personally speaking I wouldn't trust that contraption off the back of the engine. Excessive vibrations can cause the metal around it to break off.

I'd run a SS line to the firewall then screw all the fittings and such to it.

I too am having an issue w/my sandwich plate. Not sure if its the plate or the oil pressure gauge fittings.

92civic_vx wrote: where did you get that adapter from? i am looking for one but cannot find one.

stealthmode

bks84 wrote:Personally speaking I wouldn't trust that contraption off the back of the engine. Excessive vibrations can cause the metal around it to break off.

if it was made of brass, i would agree with you.
but this made of steel and is not going to break from vibration.
no more leak.

I was talking about the block, not the contraption.

Glad ya got it fixed.