HaggisTurbo

Thought I would create a seperate post for this as it would made the turbo one even more of a mare to read!

Basically I have Zetec Turbo just about ready to go in the car and I am torn with the best solution to go for regaring Thermostat housing options.

From what I understand:

Retain the Zetec Housing:

Pros:
- Came as standard
- No need for an adaptor

Cons:

- Silicon hose options are poor, Lots of pipework mods required to make fit??
- The old Temperature sender from the CVH needs an earth ran
- I have heard that they can air lock as there is no built in swirl pot?
- Made of Plastic


Retain the CVH Housing and use an adaptor:

Pros:
- Hoses are a lot easier to come accross and line up as they are the same as what came off
- The temperature sender screws straight into the metal adaptor
- Has a swirl pot in the housing ??

Cons:

- Doesn't look that great
- Requires the purchase of an adaptor



What really is the best option to go for in peoples opinions? Is there a lot of hose changes required to go Zetec Housing and does the CVH one have a Swirl Pot in it right enough?

I ideally want to buy some Silicon hoses too so the CVH stat and pipework sounds the easiest at the moment but looking for other peoples opinion on this best option to go for practically as well as performance.

studabear

drill and tap the head, no adapter needed for the cvh, use thread lock on the bolts to seal the threads.

Karlos G

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This^^^^

slammedorion

Had no issues running the zetec thermostat here...
Easy enough to pipe up...

studabear

HaggisTurbo

Hi mate, did you have to do any major work to get the pipes to match up or did the original orion hoses do with some light work?



Hi Stu, That sorta thing worries me as I would just make an arse of it, you are talking to the guy who snapped two fins off a turbo turning the housing round!

Would using an adaptor affect the performance of it do you think?

Karlos G

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I know I shouldn't laugh but how on earth did you manage that?!! lol
A machine shop will drill and tap your head for Ł20 or less so get them to do it if you don't want to, whilst there is no 'performance' loss using an adapter plate it's just another place to potentially leak and unnecessary IMO.

HaggisTurbo

Will have a look into that then Karlos,

Well the turbo was still set for a cossie so I had to spin both the housings, the compressor housing would not budge at all so gave it a light tap, Still didnt move but it then gave and fell off down the way taking some blade ends with it, rather than pulling it off in a straight line, I felt sick lol here is the war wound!





its a freshly rebuilt turbo too, Sent it off to Turbo rebuild in Blackpool and a new compressor wheel and balance for Ł85

Karlos G

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lol