Turbo drain oil pump

[cre]

You may lift the engine... it's as much work either way. If you don't have access to a lift lifting the engine is a little easier. You still have to disconnect a fair amount of stuff.

Yes, having a pan ready will definitely speed things up. It's something I always try for but with some less common engines you can just forget it. If the guys at DM put it together then I trust the drain is properly located... but I'd still double check when fitting it. If you putting in your own drain the remember what I said about placement.

[pandrade]

at the risk of sounding like captin obviouse defender of the already known, wouldent it just be much simpler droping a 7m-gte and save yourself the trouble?

[cre]

It would be preferable, but if the compression's been reduced and the internals are forged there's little gain to be had from the presence of oil squirters. The main benefits here to a GTE vs a GE-T with those changes made are: oil cooling, different intake cam, high volume oil pump (which I REALLY hope he already installed), turbo oil drain nice and high and drilled in the block, GTE thermostat neck with cooling for the turbo..... oh screw it... there's a crap load still to be done. I'm not going to get into it this time though... feel free if you must.

[pandrade]

I my self occosonaly still over look the faq's and the search tool but this is a gte vs conversion build thread all over again which pop's up instantly on the search and there's a alot of results, I bet your tired of explaining it Cre but I'm going to try to sum up this very old debate, just drop in a 7m-gte much easier and more sence but if your already doing the converton good luck and hope it goes well for you.

Oh and btw there's alot of stuff you'll still need to do but for all the trouble you would go through you'd be better of just getting an already turbo motor

If you see something that I'm off on please let me know so I can not say it later

[cre]

This thread isn't about the ups and downs of a GE-T build. Sony's been here more than long enough to know the risks and he has invested more into his 7M than many MKIII owners do. Hopefully, turbocharging was a consideration in that build... Either way whether he chooses to operate based on the experiences of those before him and has prepared accordingly or ignore that and follow the long line of the "I'll be the exception" fraternity is his decision. BTW - I'm a former member of that fraternity.... I've put holes through too many pistons in the past. This is a thread asking for specific information and he's welcome to it.

Sony, I must admit that I am curious about the specific of your build. Care to share more details?