^ Thank you for the reminder. I forgot I couldn't compare the two and actually come away with any meaningful data.

i've got the door working again, so far so good.

A few weeks ago I had quite a fun issue- this car of course has been modified from the P/O and i've undone most of it, but one of the issues they left for me was they used the wrong bols on one of the turbo mounting brackets. It was loose and had such a small head on the bolt, I was afraid it would strip as it wouldn't budge in either direction.

As a result of this, the turbo vibrated more than it should have and i think they disconnected one of the turbo feed lines as a result. I speculate.

Anyway, never was an issue for me but i didn't like the extra vibration. So a few months ago I decided the bolt was coming out one way or another. Got lucky and out it came- in went a proper bolt and viola no more excess turbo vibrations.

Related or not, the turbo oil line developer a leak a few weeks after the bolt tightening.

i went to some lengths to clean and attempt to repair the tube. I made sure to test fit everything before i had it welded. I had bent it slightly to compensate some for the loss of length from where the fitting was removed and rewelded. Alas, once it was welded up and went to install- somehow it moved maybe but it no longer bolted up.

i tried dozens of times to massage the tube into share, various methods- I got it super close ones- you have to have the perfect angles in order to get the bolts threaded. But in the end, I couldnt get it working.

Instead, I have gone with an aftermarket route. Its 4AN hose with a matching T3/T4 flange, and correctly sized banjo bolt to 4AN in stainless. Hose is 53" long in case anyone is wondering. If i was doing it again I would use a slightly shorter hose, probably closer to 49-50" would get you there in the most ideal way.

but what i have is working so far, I've but maybe 250 miles on it so far.

I anchored this hose with FOUR P Clips. So it's hopefully going to last a long time.

still working on leak issues but as ever, the car is running and running great again.

Oh and I have some brake noise in the rear.... which is really frustrating. All new parts back there. Rear right- I suspect e brake pads are rubbing or something... one side only.


Will update with pictures!

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Greg
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85' 300TD
03' Honda S2000