[torquecars]

What are your thoughts on remote turbos and remote turbo kits?

Are they really a low hassle way to add forced induction? Has anyone tried a remote turbo and what were your thoughts?

[Trick Tuners]

I will never have one. Turbos need heat and how the hell can you get enough heat to the rear of the car. Its a stupid design, designed to get around the emissions BS. There is a higher possibility of oil flow issues as well. There is a reason the high performance guys mount the turbo to the manifold, as close as possible to the exhaust ports. Granted remote turbos will make power, but not near as much as a real turbo, and the lag will be worse. Low hassle? Are you kidding me? Running oil and intake air from the rear bumper to the front intercooler is no hassle?

[WLJohnson05]

Originally Posted by Trick Tuners I will never have one. Turbos need heat and how the hell can you get enough heat to the rear of the car. Its a stupid design, designed to get around the emissions BS. There is a higher possibility of oil flow issues as well. There is a reason the high performance guys mount the turbo to the manifold, as close as possible to the exhaust ports. Granted remote turbos will make power, but not near as much as a real turbo, and the lag will be worse. Low hassle? Are you kidding me? Running oil and intake air from the rear bumper to the front intercooler is no hassle?

have to agree 100%

[Matt Cramer]

They're more complicated than an underhood setup because of the oiling issues, and the extra piping and loss of heat in the exhaust makes their performance something of a compromise. I'd only use them on a car with serious space restrictions under the hood. Mustangs do not fall into this category.

[Redrocket06]

My buddy has a rear mount single on his vette, he built the kit out of his garage, and the car is SICK. It is all about turbine size and compressor size. Properly matched it will run like a top. It is not the heat that turbos run off of, the gas takes up more volume when it is hot and the more volume of gas passing through the turbine the faster the compressor spins. Use a smaller turbine on a rear mount to offset the lack of volume, you can also wrap the exhaust pipe.

[Trick Tuners]

Originally Posted by Redrocket06 Use a smaller turbine on a rear mount to offset the lack of volume, you can also wrap the exhaust pipe.

But that is the compromise with that type of kit. Small turbo for low lag that chokes in the upper rpms, or a proper sized turbo that has tons of lag due to the piping to the rear, or a turbo on the headers with little lag and lots of capacity. I guess you could size them like this.


Ok, just playin, that is the ecoboost turbo.

[Lefty]

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[uedlose]

Originally Posted by Trick Tuners But that is the compromise with that type of kit. Small turbo for low lag that chokes in the upper rpms, or a proper sized turbo that has tons of lag due to the piping to the rear, or a turbo on the headers with little lag and lots of capacity. I guess you could size them like this. Ok, just playin, that is the ecoboost turbo.

Exactly. While there is now doubt that the rear mounts work all in all the same move them to the front and the front mount is just gone to run better. IMO. I have seen a few on race cars they just did not work to good. And you are very right HEAT is ENERGY..