turbo set up question???

[heartofaskyline]

has anyone seen a 240 with the turbo mounted in the bumper? my buddie is going to fab up a manifold to do this with and i was just wondering if its been done yet? the only thing im worried about is the spool time. im running a gt3076r turbo. whats your guys thoughts????

[thefro526]

Whats the purpose of putting the turbo in the bumper? Is it to remove heat from the engine bay? Personally I think you might have some lag issues because of the extra distance the exhaust gases have to travel.

[keith0486]

i think it would work fine i just think u would have to do some serious work to the engine just to make up for the lag i will get.

i dont see it being to bad if they do it to drag cars.

[Lev_96_240sx]

Heh, you could always source a turbo from a Porsche 911. Those VG turbos should help with the lag quite a bit.

[heartofaskyline]

mostly the purpose is to increase the air that goes into the turbo. the heat is another bonus. i see what you mean about the air traveling so far. i really dont want to buy another turbo, since i just bought one about 3 weeks ago. i googled the custom mani and didnt get any results. so im guessing this has never been done???

[tramp_drift240]

its been done, just probably not in a 240. or not that we know of.

when you do crap like this, its a custom job. they dont make manifolds for this kind of thing.

youre gonna have to get a turbo manifold and do custom piping to the bumper with the turbo flange on it. or just custom make the whole thing. then you'll have to custom make all the intercooler/intake piping, AND the "down-pipe" or i guess....over-pipe, that would go from the turbo in the bumper to the rest of the exhaust system.

but its really not worth it unless its a drag car, you arent gonna get much "extra" air to the turbo that way...its not like the force of your car moving through the air is gonna push any more air into a turbo thats spinning at thousands of rpms...

plus, the whole lag thing would be ridiculous. think about it, the exhaust gasses/pressure would have to make it from the original manifold location, ALL THE WAY to the bumper before it starts getting the turbo up to speed to actually build any kind of decent boost.

this is why most vehicles with this kind of turbo setup is on FWD drag cars, since the exhaust manifold is right behind the radiator almost.

over all, its a bad idea to try, imo.

[heartofaskyline]

i dunno, im gonna talk with my buddie tomorrow. and i know its going to be a one off custom mani, along with downpipe, and piping. my cars in his shop right now so were going to figure out the best thing to do. i really like the idea though, its unique and ive never seen it. might get me some gangsta show points

[eazye2000]

Don't forget that the turbo will still need oil..

[480sx]

Theres no advantages to running a remote mount setup on a 240, its a complete waist. The engine bay is big enough to where you can run a top mount, bottom mount, whatever.

The only reason you run a remote mount turbo setup is if you dont have the room to run it in the normal spot.

[progman]

keep in mind that the more heat you lose from the air traveling from the engine to the turbo the more lag there will be.

When that hot air cools down it will decrease in pressure. Thats the energy being lost to heat in the engine bay. Make sure the manifold is insulated well.

I also agree that this is not the most efficient setup that you could be doing. But that's irrelevant if you just trying to do something to stand out and don't care about performance as much.