will this turbo idea i have work??
 

whats up guys new to the site here, great site i hope to learn alot here, anyway...heres what i want to do, i have a 96 camaro ss and want to put a small sized turbo on it, im thinking about a te28 or a te32 since space in limited on an lt1 car, but this is the idea i have, i want to take a small turbo tap into my y-pipe for the down pipe and tap into the other side of the y-pipe for the exhaust outlet, with the turbo being located along side the lower fender well, i then want to take a small intercooler and mount it where my washer fluid bottle is in front of the radiator, since space is a big issue i will be using a 2 inch flex style hose to come off the compressor and snake it around the front of the car to the intercooler out the other side of the IC and make a custom elbow for my throttle body with a long spout underneath it to suck in the forced air, do you guys think this will work? ill worry about the oil lines and stuff last as i think that will be the easyist part, also i want a small turbo so it spools up quick and im really only looking for about 40-50 more horse at the rear wheels since the engine already has a cam rockers, gears and a 100 shot, im just looking to wake it up a little more not really looking for crazy amount of boost, about 4-5 psi would be good, so what do you guys think... thanks

Re:will this turbo idea i have work??
 

I just read that, and I have no idea what you mean... Detail the part about "in the y pipe" a litte more. Also, on a v8, you WILL need either two turbos (one for each bank of four) or a MUCH larger turbo.

Re:will this turbo idea i have work??
 

im in the procvess of using a t3 60/63 on my friends 94 lt1

Re:will this turbo idea i have work??
 

johny,the car has the stock exhaust manifolds, with the y-pipe coming off of it to the cat converters, so i want to tap into the y pipe to get the exhaust pressure, and then tap into it again to let the exhaust from the exhaust side of the turbo back in, and yes a larger turbo would probably work better, just curious if that will work by tapping into the y-pipe,

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hotrex, fill me in on your friends lt1, is it a home made kit ?

Re:will this turbo idea i have work??
 

there might not be a whole lot of room, but there is enough room in there for a turbo , a smaller style turbo and a log type manifold, that combination is about the size of aftermarket headers for your car (equal length ones not block huggers) I'd do two T3's, one on each side with a log style mani, run the charge pipes up to the front, through the intercooler and into one pipe to the TB then run the downpipes down to a Y pipe into your normal exhaust, or go dual exhaust cause you can. It'd cost a little more, but your ---- wouldn't be all ghetto like it would be with your stock headers in place. Don't skimp on ---- and you'll be happier with the result (esp because you'll make a bunch more power.

Re:will this turbo idea i have work??
 

Turbo Engineering put a real nice looking one together with a T04 turbocharger that will produce power levels greater than 500 horses.

It's pictured in Maximum Boost on page 22.

If I was building one for that car, I'd copy that one.

Re:will this turbo idea i have work??
 

yea im looking for ideas now, i dont really want to spend $4000 for a lt1 kit, i want to do this myself for about $1200 if possible,

Re:will this turbo idea i have work??
 

you could feasably do my version of the setup for $1500

Re:will this turbo idea i have work??
 

what do you mean "tap" into the y-pipe for the exhaust pressure....all the exhaust has to go to the turbo if you want it to make any boost. if not, the exhaust will most likely take the easiest route, around the turbo