ESS Tuning Twin Screw Stage 2 (TS2) Supercharger Install Notes

[Au2bahn]

Hey Jon! Yes, that was sweet.

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Hey John. How's Cali treating you? Been awhile man! When are you headed back to east coast?


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[Au2bahn]

but 997 turbo?!

Hey Derek. Yeah......went back to the Porsche side. Lots of projects planned but will be slow going due to cost. Hahah. Just got wheels and suspension but that's it for this year.

How are things with you ?


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[johnrando]

Hey John. How's Cali treating you? Been awhile man! When are you headed back to east coast?


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Excellent thanks. No time soon. Hope all is well.

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[rkneeshaw]

I added a Mishimoto oil catch can to the setup:



And as you can sort of see in this picture, my intercooler hose that connects to the top intercooler hose barb on the manifold has a desire to kink. I've struggled with that smooth type of hose provided in the latest TS2 kits, it wants to kink so easily. I think I"m going to try to source about a 12 inch section of the ribbed hose they used to provided and splice it in at the top there were its kinking. I thought about a 90 degree elbow for about 5 seconds when I realized it would make it even harder to fill that circuit with coolant.

[Sockethead]

Good placement for the catch can.... never thought of that...

[derbo]

Hey Derek. Yeah......went back to the Porsche side. Lots of projects planned but will be slow going due to cost. Hahah. Just got wheels and suspension but that's it for this year.

How are things with you ?


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Doing great! The Zhp will receive a heart transplant sooner or later. Undecided what I want to do and the savings will continue to save while I do so.


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[derbo]

I added a Mishimoto oil catch can to the setup:



And as you can sort of see in this picture, my intercooler hose that connects to the top intercooler hose barb on the manifold has a desire to kink. I've struggled with that smooth type of hose provided in the latest TS2 kits, it wants to kink so easily. I think I"m going to try to source about a 12 inch section of the ribbed hose they used to provided and splice it in at the top there were its kinking. I thought about a 90 degree elbow for about 5 seconds when I realized it would make it even harder to fill that circuit with coolant.

Ave you looked into tool less AN rubber lines? I used this on my old turbo civic setup and it was awesome.


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[rkneeshaw]

Ave you looked into tool less AN rubber lines? I used this on my old turbo civic setup and it was awesome.

I haven't, do you have a link to this stuff you speak of? My google-foo seems broken.

... I think I"m going to try to source about a 12 inch section of the ribbed hose they used to provided and splice it in at the top there were its kinking. I thought about a 90 degree elbow for about 5 seconds when I realized it would make it even harder to fill that circuit with coolant.

So I'm backing out of this idea. I've had reports from some folks that the ribbed hose they used in the earlier ESS TS2 kits is prone to deteriorating. Probably why ESS is supplying the newer smooth hose. So now I'm back to trying to find some kind of elbow fitting or something, or just letting it ride.

[rkneeshaw]

By the way, that mishimoto catch can is a fine unit. Very well built, I recommend it.

[derbo]

I haven't, do you have a link to this stuff you speak of? My google-foo seems broken.



So I'm backing out of this idea. I've had reports from some folks that the ribbed hose they used in the earlier ESS TS2 kits is prone to deteriorating. Probably why ESS is supplying the newer smooth hose. So now I'm back to trying to find some kind of elbow fitting or something, or just letting it ride.

I love Google-Fu. They are called Socket-less AN hoses. They use Barb fittings.

http://aeroquipperformance.com/p-24060-hoses.html

It's not the cheapest of the stuff and I personally used it for coolant lines for my civic's turbo lines. It's the little blue/red one in cute engine bay.