Shaft Play.....?

[Wizard]

It'll work fine without a water-cooled center section. If you allow it to cool-down properly....you will not have any problems. The main reason manufacturers made turbos water-cooled was because most humans don't let their car idle down enough after running it hard. Which means the bearings coke up and seize. With a good quality synthetic oil and proper change intervals as well as adequate cool-down time will be more than satifactory for long turbo life. Liquid cooled or not.

Come to think of it, I don't run into a lot of diesels with turbo problems relating to 'lack of water-cooling'. And they run some serious psi (rpms).

Wiz