Thread: Rear Mounted Turbo Set up

Mock all you want these setups work. I was skeptic at first also. Only thing I don't like about the first setup is the bend on the turbo.

the 2 primary exhaust pipes are the ''downpipes and then the secondary pipes look to be the wastegate dumptubes. that is a awsome concept

what if the turbo sucks up water from like.. i dont know.. rain?

Yea, I have seen a 350z in NC with rear mounted turbo's. The cool part is you can hear the turbo's wind down after boosting, and it makes a cool noise. I really wonder about the boost lag though?

Would be neat to hear a first hand account from someone with a little knowledge on this.


Dudeman

thats what i was saying i would at least make a plate to completely block off the air filter from collecting any kinda rain,water,puddle, anything like that

theres a couple guys with gto's here, no lag whatsoever, and times in the 10's with the sts kits

and the cars sound awesome, this coming from someone who does not like the way ls motors sound


they both have some sort of cover setup to keep the water out of the turbo

saw that corvette at SEMA 05 i think.

those things are SICK!

Thats really cool. I wonder how that works, guess I will have to wait until I get that in College.

Dudeman

i have seen a few videos which i think that one reoccuring thing with these turbo kits, is that they are on LARGE displacment motors, which means that the displacment of the air naturally occuring in the motor has the energy to spool the turbo at the rear. i mean 5.7-6.0 gto ...corvette motor, you are talking about alot of air moving through the motor off the bat

cant imagine how it might work with a smaller low compression motor, probably not as well

agreed. those motors are producing much more air than ours.

it seems like an intercooler would still make sense though. honestly doesnt seem like the piping up to the intake manifold would cool the air as well as running an intercooler.