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All i can say is SICK

They are nice user friendly kits though. I looked into buying a 97 Trans Am with one on it about a year or two ago. It put down 447rwhp and 508rwtq iirc.
 
I just watched Horsepower TV install that turbo on that car today. It has to be the same blue corvette with silver stripe and Fidanza on the side. I doubt they have two identical ones...
 
Yeah they did the install on that car. they said it looses about 1 psi from being that far away but there is a 100 degree temp drop before the intercooler...so its a decient trade off

Wesley
 
Tourige said:
Remote mounting works, its just not as efficient as having them in the engine bay.
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Why wouldn't it be? Seems like it would be more efficient, I mean yeah because its further away you would loose some air pressure. But think about how much better the cooling would be. No hot ass turbos in the engine bay, the heat savings would easily make up for the pressure loss from the rear to the front.
 
AliasJerk said:
Why wouldn't it be? Seems like it would be more efficient, I mean yeah because its further away you would loose some air pressure. But think about how much better the cooling would be. No hot ass turbos in the engine bay, the heat savings would easily make up for the pressure loss from the rear to the front.
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ding ding ding! the remote mounting does drastically cool the incoming air. and turbo lag isn't an issue either. some tv show had basically a whole episode dedicated to this. impressive power, cheap(er) price and easy install. good product.
 
the biggest problem with a remote mount is that there is temperature loss...

believe it or not, what really spools a turbo is thermal expansion in the turbine, not just the volume of air moving through it. Although functional, the rear mount turbo looses a lot of heat in the exhaust gasses that must spool the turbo, therefore the system efficiency is reduced.

The systems work, but usually have to make use of a smaller than normal turbine in order to spool the turbo. There is also the need for a pump on the oil drain to prevent oil backup in the bearings.
 
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