Turbo Coolant Lines

[john]

How do I block off the coolant lines for the turbo? One is a rubber hose (part of it) running to the thermostat housing and the other is a hard line that runs to the waterline (?). I thought about caping the thermostat one but woldn't it blow off because of the pressure? Any ideas?

[Shane@DBPerformance]

You could loop them with some hose or weld them shut. Capping them often doesn't last very long.

[john]

I was thinking about looping them together but how would I get some hose over the banjo fitting? I want to be able to return the car back to stock when I am done with it. Maybe I will have to cut the banjo fitting off one side and just buy another line when I am done.

[Shane@DBPerformance]

Sell the car now if you ever plan on trying to convert it back to stock and sell later. Otherwise just cut the banjo fitting off and buy a junkyard part later.

[Halon]

when i put in my 50 trim, i just cut it and looped it with the rubber line

[john]

Yeah thatis what I will probly do. I may try and unbolt the bottom one and put a pipe fitting in or something to save the old line. I would rather get the line unbolted now than have to do it later. My car is just sitting now anyhow. If I cannont get it fairly quickly, I will take my cutoff wheel to it.

[john]

I found an easy solution. I unbolted the lower line. The thread was just 3/8 MPT. Ran a barb from and a hose to connect the lines. Thanks.

[Halon]

so the lower line was threaded in there, u just unscrewed it, found a fitting that screwed in, and the just ran a line? just makin sure i understood u right. sounds cool, id rather do that then hack my line like i did last time cuz it'd be nice to have that line still just incase i or sumone else needed it for some reason someday

[john]

Yeah, I removed both of the coolant lines so I had a barb on one sede and female thread on the other side. I found the female thread to be 3/8 NPT. At first, I got a 3/8 barb to 3/8 MPT fitting. I kept stripping the top thread off the damn brass fittings so I got a 3/8 barb to 1/4 MPT (brass). Then I put a 1/4-3/8 bushing (galvanized) on the end and screwed it in without stripping it. Then I hose clamped a hose between them and was finished.