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Rear mounted Turbos.
Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 8:20 pm
by bazzle
http://www.ststurbo.com/gm_trucks
I poo pooed the idea when told, hours and hours of reading all I could find, hmmmm, may be a goer, esp where there is lots of room under 4bees
Bazzle
Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 8:31 pm
by dogbreath_48
I've heard of a chevy truck around melbourne with a similar setup - apparently the turbo is way back nearly behind the cab!
Only one step further than the APS really-low-mount setups (among others);
*drool*
Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 9:29 pm
by Roctoy
The v6 Tacoma (hilux) kit looked awesome but i wonder how many cup's of coffee you could make waiting for the system to boost up, i'd expect there to be a fair bit of lag, but they must work ok, otherwise why would someone throw that sort of $$$ at some already quick cars?
Wonder how the'yd cope with an intercooler as well?
Chris
Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 9:52 pm
by -Scott-
I suppose it depends on what you want.
Throttle response will suffer - no doubt.
Outright power, for towing (for example) could be OK, with correct turbine and housing selection. General (moderate driving) driveability may be OK, again depending on turbo configuration. If you're after outright power, forget throttle response!
If you're organised enough to phone in your boost in advance, you'll be fine!
If it's all you can get, why not?
Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 11:55 pm
by toughnut
I'd love to see someone do a water crossing and see the housings after they have quick cooled.
Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 9:59 am
by bazzle
After reading all I could re lag they say its not apparent..
Intercooler not req due to pipe lengths acting as cooler.
The vids dont seem bad either.
BAzzle
Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 11:35 am
by bogged
Speak with awill4x4, theres drag car (XY falcon if I rememebr) that comes into AGC next to his work for dyno work.
twin turbos in the boot
Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 1:35 pm
by ISUZUROVER
bazzle wrote:After reading all I could re lag they say its not apparent..
Intercooler not req due to pipe lengths acting as cooler.
The vids dont seem bad either.
BAzzle
I don't see how it couldn't have heaps of lag - unless they all have antilag sysrems built-in (as fitted to rally cars) i.e. one cylinder misfires when foot off throttle so that fuel combusts in turbo and keeps turbo spooled.