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Originally Posted by Martijn_b
Since this topic contains some tips about the AAM kit, ill add another experience here:
The turbo oil feed on the passenger side runs quite close to the turbo exhaust housing, and the hose sits under a 90 degree angle. Due to the angle, my heat sleeve which runs over the oil feed line had a small "opening" on the end just before the 4AN connector. After 25.000km of hard driving, it leaked last weekend after a trackday on the nurburgring.
I replaced it with a stainless PTFE series 600 line and new kevlar heatsleeve where i wrapped stainless security line around the sleeve on the connecter, so it wont open anymore.
You can do this whilst everything is on the car, but be prepared for 4-5 hours of wrestling ;-)
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SO, as any self respecting Turbo Z owner would do, I blew my engine at the track ( piston disintegrated at 7500 )
Im in the middle of swapping blocks ( and upgrading my retuern fuel line, and "reflect a gold"'ing the engine bay, and adding the braniac dash kit, etc etc)... I know that spot with the 180 degree fitting... Its really a weird spot. If the fitting position if off by a hair, your line ends up touching... same as the driver coolant lines... a whole lot of finesse to get everything to meet clearances.
If considered dei sleeves for the lot.. luckily enough, i dont see any signs of burn or deterioration in those lines as of yet.
The other spot of concern it the silicone intake fitting to the compressor.... likes to nudge up against the manifold and cinge. im considering just wrapping the clamp with lava wrap to make a buffer.
Im also working on 2.5 hose to 1.5 aluminum elbow that slips through the frame rails and elbos up for a fresh intake air source. I hope that also introduces some extra air to mitigate some heat soak as well.