oil line help

[90notch]

i have a vortech s-trim. where can i get the oil line that goes from the charger to the oil pan? i bought it on ebay and it doesnt have one. and possibly the fitting too. and the line that feeds the charger oil. thanks

[RSNovi]

You can easily make your own for the return line. I have used braided stainless and that new black nylon Aeroquip line before. No reason why you couldn't even use a piece of fuel line.

For the feed line, I normally use one of the Russel pre-fabbed -4 braided stainless lines. You can get them from the chassis shop at www.chassisshop.com.

[MachGT]

If you want to do something quick and cheap for now I'd suggest getting some 1/2" heater hose and look on www.mcmaster.com for the fittings you will need. I can go look up the list that I made for mine a while back. I had the same thing happen so I basically made my own lines. This winter I plan to replace them with braided SS lines

[BLOWNBY]

I believe all you need is a 3/8 NPT to a 1/2 hose end fitting to put on the SC then 1/2 fuel line or vacuum hose. It may be 1/2 NPT..doubt it but check with vortech. Summit sells the fittings in there plumbing dept for like $5.

Like this

http://store.summitracing.com/largei...?part=MRG-2967
This would be the cheapest and fastest way.

Otherwise do SS. I did it for mine and is like $40 total.

[90notch]

so i can get 1/2" heater hose from the ace hardware i work at and a 1/2" pipe to hose fitting from there and it will work fine? whats npt mean?

[bumblebee03]

Mine is a 3/8 to 3/8 fitting, from Vortech. You can use that lightweight aeroquip hose, it's just like what Vortech supplies. Lee

[BLOWNBY]

so i can get 1/2" heater hose from the ace hardware i work at and a 1/2" pipe to hose fitting from there and it will work fine? whats npt mean?

Yup, you can probably find the fiting at a hardware store. You have the fitting in the oil pan though...correct. If that is 1/2 you'll definitly want a 1/2 hose fitting. However if it is 3/8 then that is the fitting you'll want.

NPT=National Pipe Thread. It is the style of thread pitch. The hardware will know.