What is everyone's opinion on sandwich plate oil feeds for a turbo?

 

Used one on a few of my setups. Never had a problem.

 

very clean. done this to several setups with no problems

 

good, using on my ls/vtec

 

Sandwich plates are a much better and cleaner idea than drilling and tapping your oil pan. And, after you decide to take the turbo off, you don't have to worry about filling the hole or getting another pan. And they're not too expensive, so I say go with it.

 

What?

LOL.

 

I don't know. I'm tired as shit and I'm not making sense, even to myself. LOL.

 

The sandwhich plate is for oil feed, not return. You still need to tap the oil pan for a short, un-impeeding path for oil to drain. If the return does not allow oil to drain, oil will back up and blow your turbo seals, not to mention lots and lots of smoke!

 

The real advantage of the sandwich plate, besides cleaner install, is the fact that it uses filtered oil to the turbo. Honda oil filters flow from the inside out. The housing of the sandwich plate, which is where the tap will be, is the outer part where oil flows after filtration.

I've used this on almost every set-up I've done. I have never had any problems. As far as brand, it doesnt really matter. I use an overpriced GReddy. But the Golden Eagle and AIC version is just as good.......