08-15-2009, 03:56 PM
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Originally Posted by manimsoblack
Well I get how a turbo works. I'm just wondering if this setup functions differently because it's rear mounted. Are the benefits weight and cooling and tubes are just run from the back to the front or does it use one of those counter intuitive physics quirks to somehow work by just bolting on to the exhaust?
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I was going to go in depth... but Junkie got a pretty good hit on it.
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Originally Posted by 1320junkie
In a nutshell, rear-mount turbocharging isolates underhood components from the wire-frying heat typically given off by a turbocharger's turbine housing. In addition, the rear-mounting methodology means the turbos themselves run cooler, and the install is simpler and cleaner. Also, no piping downstream of the turbo means no backpressure whatsoever, thereby improving turbocharger performance
(That is from this article about a Z06 with rear mounted twin turbos)
http://www.vetteweb.com/features/vem...kit/index.html |
thanks junk
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