Also Im trying to modify a manifold(possibly from a 1.8t VW/Audi) to work and to my understanding the turbo flange must face downwards, possibly sideways to fit withou hitting the firewall/engine lid, correct?
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Okay... this is where the MK1 guys are really good at thinking outside the Import Box.
You can do anything you want. You may not get maximum horsepower, or the killer dyno sheet. But pretty much anything will work. some longer than others.
What is cool about hot rodding is that there are a gazillion ways to do things, not all work, not all work great but they work, and not all get bazzoka dynos. But everything has been tried.
Indycars mount the turbo over the trans. though they have a loose pipe joints to allow flexing and expansions.
Manufactures build the manifolds like they do to last 500,000 miles and to fit a certain chassis, and to keep things cheap. If Toyota truely designed their manifold for performance then the car would have been 10x what they charged for it
Play with your ideas. many will poo-poo... but you will learn a ton in trying.
You can do anything you want. You may not get maximum horsepower, or the killer dyno sheet. But pretty much anything will work. some longer than others.
What is cool about hot rodding is that there are a gazillion ways to do things, not all work, not all work great but they work, and not all get bazzoka dynos. But everything has been tried.
Indycars mount the turbo over the trans. though they have a loose pipe joints to allow flexing and expansions.
Manufactures build the manifolds like they do to last 500,000 miles and to fit a certain chassis, and to keep things cheap. If Toyota truely designed their manifold for performance then the car would have been 10x what they charged for it
Play with your ideas. many will poo-poo... but you will learn a ton in trying.
Look at this...
Turbo mounted in the back of a Camaro, engine in the front
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http://www.ststurbo.com/remote_mounting___
Turbo mounted in the back of a Camaro, engine in the front
http://www.ststurbo.com/remote_mounting___
I'll be doing this soon to my 1998 BMW 318ti 1.9litre N/A.
All I want is 200hp. That should be plenty fine for a car that weighs in at 2200 pounds
All I want is 200hp. That should be plenty fine for a car that weighs in at 2200 pounds
Concept here... use stock 4age heades and weld a flange at the end before the downpie for turbo... simple. The turbo would get decent cooling that way too .
The stock headers could take it i presume. And I wouldnt have tow orry about fitment obviously. I think there is enough room down there for a small k04/k03 turbo.
.The stock headers could take it i presume. And I wouldnt have tow orry about fitment obviously. I think there is enough room down there for a small k04/k03 turbo.
There was a thread about these turbo kits on here a few years ago, and again last year I think. Maybe I keep bringing it up
Read the testimonials. They say it is no different than any other turbo when it comes to lag. But then remember that you are keeping the compression high, so the compression helps to spool the turbo faster.
We will find out. I'll probably put my old gen 1 CT26 under the rear of the BMW where the big muffler sits.I have a 5 psi wastegate. that should be plenty.
Read the testimonials. They say it is no different than any other turbo when it comes to lag. But then remember that you are keeping the compression high, so the compression helps to spool the turbo faster.
We will find out. I'll probably put my old gen 1 CT26 under the rear of the BMW where the big muffler sits.I have a 5 psi wastegate. that should be plenty.
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