Turbo in the rear of the car
 

Check this out...
a turbo mounted in the rear of the car??

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...481428994&rd=1

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WTF?!? For a minute there I thought you were joking, saying he had a turbo.. in the back seat. Or something like that.

He's a dumbass.


But I'm bidding :P

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ur bidding.....
it doesnt look all that bad....
BTW, were going to look at that car in about an hour or so.
THe DSM

you probably saw this, but I thought I would post it anyways. it is a really good deal.....

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...480770303&rd=1

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i call bs on this one

where would the oil return go?

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lmao, thats what my comment was going to be about how the oil returned.. it looks so funny.. guess where it goes to? THE ------- OIL CAP HAHAHAHHAHA

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deffinetly not the most efficient way to turbo your car :-X

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a few months back there was a vid posted here of a new body style camaro that was turbo'd and it was placed in the same spot....i like the way it sounds they you can here the cool whirly sound

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haha, I was outbid already ;D

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Whats wrong with it? other than looking really goofy in the rear of the car like that, I'm sure he has a pump of some sort that pumps the oil back into the valve cover. Odd setup, never seen one on a honda like that.

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I htink that I would have had a separate resivor (sp) and pump in the back of the car. you could keep it real cool and not have to worry about taking it back to the engine. That would be real simple. But alot of money on mandrel bends back to the intake. It might cost let but you would be sorry about the gains.

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would it matter if it was that far away from the block ? would it take longer to spool ?

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would you even have any boost to the engine? look how tiny thoes charge pipes are. stay away from ANY water with that

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yeah i didn't even think about what would happen if you hit a water hole. it would take forever to get that turbo to spool. i just can't figure out why anyone would do this! WTF?

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damn, you'd go over a speed bump and rip the fucker right
off the car.. thatd suck. :)

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this is a prime example of why methamphetamine is illegal.

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defintiley different
he says he ran a 15.3 :(
seems like a waste but i'd give him 200 for it
( i could probably get that for the turbo alone reselling it ;D)

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i think its cool, but definately not done right at all, way to low to the ground, and no where near theft proof.

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he shouldve put the turbo in the car and setup the bov so its points at the driver. and when he needs to get rid of his stash, he could just throw it in the turbo, ;)lol, that would kick ass.

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I think the conclusion to this is, its different yes, but why????

What a frickin idiot!

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hahaha
but seriously i think thats the dumnest thing :-\ what about the o2 sensor?

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Someone needs to PM him on ebay and ask him how he did it, or create a UN on HMT and put a write up on it so we can all flame him :)

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I'll do that now, since I am the highest bidder :P

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This guy's pretty shady.. I asked him about the setup, he said:

" Sorry, it's proprietary, it's something my company does so I can't share that info. But if you get the car you'll see how it all goes together.
thanks!
joe "

In other words, he doesnt know :P

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it's unconventional, but not stupid, nevermind the added spool time, but just think of the benifits,

pros:

-you don't have to touch your motor, just leave it stock and add charge pipes
-engine bay doesn't get hot, neither does the turbo
-lower intake temps.
-you don't need to run coolant lines
-no messy/dangerous oil lines to run to the motor, all you have to do is use a little pump and a resevoir.
-ultimate sleeper effect.
-basicly a bolt on, just make an adapter to weld to your exhaust.

Cons:
-if you use mandrel bends, it might cost you alot,(well you'd probly end up using roughly the same amount of bends on a front mounter turbo with a intercooler)
-water could get in the turbo(but thats the same with a front mounted one, you could improve on his design by placing the air filter up higher)
-longer spool times, althoug it can't be that bad.
-you have to make a oil pump system(i don't know if thats a con, but it might be)


if you ask me, it would be easier and cheaper to make a adapter to mount that baby on your sotck exhaust right behing the rear wheels, then use a whole bunch of home vacume house for charge pipes, and a small pump witha resvoir for oil. you could make kits that complete idiots could install in seconds, with out removing anything on the car.

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heres that Camaro...its really not that much extra piping

http://www.ststurbo.com/i/u/1473169/...rshot2_ezr.jpg
http://www.ststurbo.com/i/u/1473169/...underneath.jpg

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I have seen this done before and it DOES NOT WORK! With the turbo at the rear the exhaust gases have cooled and slowed to the point that the turbo makes no boost. It spins and makes noise but thats it. Think about all the factory turbo cars and diesel trucks, they all have the turbo right up on the engine. Its there for a reason, thats where the exhaust gases are the hottest and are moving the fastest. You need that to spool the turbo. In short, dont waste your time on this you wont like it.

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I think it could be set-up to run, pretty decent and someone probably made the kit when they were drunk or something like that. It just doesnt seem all that normal. ??? that camaro is pretty awsome. It would be something totally different. I wouldnt personally do it, but hey, more power to them.

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Seriously.. personally, if you're going to do that, move it farther up the exhaust. I think it would spool much faster than where its located now.

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Wow! That's a retarded idea. Customcoach is right. You need hot expanding exhaust to spool a turbo to actually create boost. It may work slightly at high rpms but is extremely inefficient. Not to mention a hazard hanging under there. Who's idea was that? That's just a demolished turbo waiting to happen. Different? Yes. Worthwhile? No.

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Just imagine how much longer the charge pipes would have to be in order to make it to an intercooler than to the throttle body. Its a shitload more piping than what is necessary. Its not an efficient setup, the oil temps are probably through the roof, and like he said that he was only running 4psi thats probably becuase thats all it can spool after the pressure drop of trying to fill miles of piping.

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what if you made your exhaust piping smaller, like 1 3/4? im not trying to justify this garbage by any means, just wondering how it could be plausible.

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You would loose lots of exhaust velocity

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someone needs to kick this kids head in for doing this project and then ---- his mother.
DAM!

again, why would anyone do this?!

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Well, its original.. and on eBay, that sells like hell.

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you are 100% right. anyone can sell anything on ebay!

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HAHAHAHAHA