Ive been talking to brian at BNR and told him how much of a PITA those oil/ coolant lines are. here is his response:

i think that would make install so much smoother since basically the longest part of my install was those dreaded lines. if anyone would be interested in getting barb fittings with rubber hoses (which would make it 1000X easier to install) please post in here so we can gain interest. thanks.

 

oooouummm..... subd

 

sub'd for sure...going to james this week so idk if i have time to wait..

 

thats fine. if he does start offering the hoses i may get them in the future if i ever have to remove the turbo for some reason. it would make install sooo much easier. lol. my fingers still hurt.

 

I'm getting stainless braided lines for my coolant and oil hoses when I do it. No gonna mess with no rubber right on top of the turbo. Silicone maybe but not rubber.....

 

maybe he meant silicone. rubber would just melt.

 

Braided stainless would be better anyhow.

 

Nah, not high heat rubber. Silicon dry rots easy...the original silicon hose for my catch can ended up falling apart at the turbo pcv valve due to heat.

 

Silocone* damnit, we arent building microchips....using the electrical engineer half of my brain, lol...

 

http://www.hbdthermoid.com/images/au...l_Silicone.pdf

Scroll to the Super-Sil one. That's what I was thinking but still gonna go braided stainless.

 

talk to bryan and have him do a turbo bigger than the 2871

 

This x infinity

*cough* 3076 *cough*

 

we are on the exact same page lol

 

What do you think is underneath the pretty stainless braiding?

 

I've already talked to him about a 3071. Don't think he wants to produce one because of how negative the community responded to the 2860 and 2871.

 

i am thinking about the 2871 so whatever would make it easier to install i'm down for, but that 3071 does sound nice lol

 

Yea before you order it id talk to him and ask if he can supply those lines instead of trying to bend your stock ones.