hidden turbo?

[e30shmobberr]

i used to have a jacked up broken POS lebaron. thing had a blown HG.
took it to get smogged, knowing it wouldn't pass. guy hooks it up and starts to warm it up, blowing smoke all over and he says" i dont think this is gonna do it".

so i smile and say, "shit...well if it doesn't pass im not paying!".
after he had already done the work to hook it up and ect.

needless to say it "passed" and he got a tip. lol

all i have to say is that CA is a bunch of nazi's when it comes to cars, but there is always a loop hole through everything. haha!

[DTM190]

I like the idea of this kind of set up,



It has also been suggested I put two turbos in the boot/trunk lol

[The Humjet]

Kinda stupid but it would be the best feeling when a cop asks you to pop the bonnet expecting to find a turbo and finds nothing. Also I couldn't imagine how loud that setup would be with the dump pipe going straight to the exhaust tips. Wouldn't this also suffer from serious turbo lag.

[CorvallisBMW]

Kinda stupid but it would be the best feeling when a cop asks you to pop the bonnet expecting to find a turbo and finds nothing. Also I couldn't imagine how loud that setup would be with the dump pipe going straight to the exhaust tips. Wouldn't this also suffer from serious turbo lag.

Ya, huge lag. That's a lot of charge pipe to pressurize.

[CHIF8008]

not even worth the work IMO

[LowR3V'in]

Usually rear mounts are ok on v8s because they already start
out with at least 300hp right off idle.

[devon.818]

I like the idea of this kind of set up,



It has also been suggested I put two turbos in the boot/trunk lol

saw an episode of gearz with stacy david where he put one of these kits on a corvette, looked sick, sounded sick, i was jealous!

[AbsorbantNut]

Wow, im glad I live in Florida

Florida FTW

[deutschman]

bottom mount the turbo, intercooler in the trunk or between grill and stock radiator, use only black hoses and no chrome pieces.
how will you pass smog? you will have to have a really clean burning turbo set up!

[bloodshot-e30]

i love the fact i can put a BIG ass top mount turbo on my car and not even have to pass any kind of sniffer test all they do is look at my car see it "has" a cat and then say it passed haha

[einstein57]

I don't see why everyone thinks 10 feet of 2.5" tubing will cause a huge amount of turbo lag. When you consider how many cubic liters your car pumps out at just 3000rpm the couple of liters of air in the pipes are nothing. Its not like the exhaust plumbing in under vacuum. Its already pressureized from the moment you turn the key. Now the cats and mid pipes in the picture would hurt flow. I'd say a straight through, fully ceramic coated header back system should show minimal loss in response time.

[Dominic49]

I don't see why everyone thinks 10 feet of 2.5" tubing will cause a huge amount of turbo lag. When you consider how many cubic liters your car pumps out at just 3000rpm the couple of liters of air in the pipes are nothing. Its not like the exhaust plumbing in under vacuum. Its already pressureized from the moment you turn the key. Now the cats and mid pipes in the picture would hurt flow. I'd say a straight through, fully ceramic coated header back system should show minimal loss in response time.

the bigger issue imho is the energy lost as the gasses cool down whilst running through the system.

[DTM190]

srs? ^^

[devon.818]

the bigger issue imho is the energy lost as the gasses cool down whilst running through the system.

im no expert...but dont you want the gasses to cool down before returning to the intake side of the motor?
so its like a double win?

[Rowanese]

i have never gone through any smog, visual test, or anything where i live in washington. and here in washington, after 25 years, no matter where you are there is no tests.