turbo behind intake manifold?
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Re: turbo behind intake manifold?
Originally Posted by txdohczc
a good way to keep it hidden is to not open your hood every chance you get. that and a flatblack front mount rubber hose piping like a factory turbo car
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Re: turbo behind intake manifold?
Originally Posted by Dive_Miguel
Who cares if the turbo is visible. Personaly I would want the setup to be heard and seen by all..
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Re: turbo behind intake manifold?
Originally Posted by turbowagonman
1. a.because it'll fit
b. so I can keep the a/c
d. hidden turbo
e. dont' need a huge turbo anyhow
2. yes its a good idea, no custom header, not in the way of the a/c, unused room back there anyhow, corvettes work great with turbos at the rear of the car, Its not the exact same thing everyone else is doing, I have the stuff to do it, I like stealth stuff.
Probably gonna do it soon, just thought someone might've done it already on here, and had a writeup or some pics. guess i'll just have to do my own writeup.
don't see any problem with heat, they make header wrap for the exhaust and turbo so it won't hurt anything back there, the air filter will be where the stock one is so it'll be suckin in cold air.
shouldn't take too long to spool. the small turbo i'm using comes in real quick, so it won't change much at all. if anything, it'll help with traction as it broke loose easily on the other car we had it on.
just figured someone mighta had pictures with all the crazy things people try on here.
b. so I can keep the a/c
d. hidden turbo
e. dont' need a huge turbo anyhow
2. yes its a good idea, no custom header, not in the way of the a/c, unused room back there anyhow, corvettes work great with turbos at the rear of the car, Its not the exact same thing everyone else is doing, I have the stuff to do it, I like stealth stuff.
Probably gonna do it soon, just thought someone might've done it already on here, and had a writeup or some pics. guess i'll just have to do my own writeup.
don't see any problem with heat, they make header wrap for the exhaust and turbo so it won't hurt anything back there, the air filter will be where the stock one is so it'll be suckin in cold air.
shouldn't take too long to spool. the small turbo i'm using comes in real quick, so it won't change much at all. if anything, it'll help with traction as it broke loose easily on the other car we had it on.
just figured someone mighta had pictures with all the crazy things people try on here.
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Re: turbo behind intake manifold?
Originally Posted by txdohczc
all turbo systems do thats what intercoolers and heat wrap is for
whats your point
thats a good point
whats your point
thats a good point
Some sort of decent heat shielding between the IM, firewall and turbo would be a great item to fab up as well. And I would think IC placement and piping would be a bitch. Along with space issues. IIRC there isn't much room back there. But good luck none the less. Post pics of progress/fails.
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Re: turbo behind intake manifold?
Originally Posted by cbirchmore
Hold on a sec. A...B....C...D...E....F.....G.. Yeah, I thought that was right.. You missed one buddy!
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Re: turbo behind intake manifold?
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Originally Posted by Joseph Davis
Plumb wastegate dumps back into the exhaust. BOV to intake tract, run a proper airbox with filter to reduce intake resonance (turbo whine, BOV action).
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