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Originally Posted by 82cetuner  Hey Regarding the Turbo have you considered a Rear mount option? you could mount it somewhere in the back hatch. would require a little extra tubing, you could run the exaust right off the turbo with it being in the back, the intake piping would be the big issue. it would also provide some extra needed weight over the rear tires, and leave more room up front for things like a bigger radiator and intercooler, you will need it running massive boost.
I have seen it in huge 1000 plus hp setups where they use monster twin turbos.
I think it would simplify things, instead of trying to make room to fit it you now only have to figure out piping which is alot simpler. On a even brighter side the turbo will be away from the engine heat. |
Honestly, I would never even consider a rear mount setup. The whole design of it is absolutely horrible. The only person you'll see running really quick on a rear mount setup is Paul Major clicking off 200+ mph trap speeds on radials. That is also a track car with about 10-12 inches of pipe running straight into an A2W intercooler, out of the intercooler, through the cabin, and into a rear facing TB.
When the turbo goes into the car there will be more than enough space. I have a BMR turbo K member for DP clearance and am going to run C6 / 6L manifolds so I can keep the AC. The front of the car from where the battery normally mounts forward is going to be removed and replace with CM tubing. I plan on running an extremely large verticle core A2A intercooler with a very short amount of cold side tubing.
At this point though it is all a really long ways off though. I am still in the process of trying to get my other car running and then it is getting this thing setup as a rolling / caged chassis.
