Remote Turbos

[Huffer]

So I remembered a company from a long time back that makes remote turbo systems:
http://www.ststurbo.com/

I was reminded by a comment in the 'so you like superchargers' thread.

Basically, the remote turbo system is mounted at the back of the car...

Discuss...keeping in mind this isn't prototype technology, it's real and installed on many vehicles including some shown at SEMA.

[jey]

Sounds like it works better in shorter cars (like the Corvette). For my Legacy wagon such a setup would involve so much intake and oil plumbing I'm starting to have a headache. Plus now you have yet another tube running fore and aft under the car. And that's assuming we're not water-cooling the turbo.

[rougeben83]

this is mainly done on cars where fitting a turbo in the engine bay is unlikely due to packaging. I've seen remote turbo kits offered for pickups and the like. Lag would be considerably more than a turbo hooked up directly off the header, but it really depends on the turbo's spool characteristics and the engine it's going to be paired with.

[impreza_GC8]

Saw one on a newer Camaro SS while on the Hot Rod Power Tour last year. It was putting down horsepower in the upper 300's if I recall. I'm not sure what to add really, it's a pretty confusing contraption.

[rougeben83]

Saw one on a newer Camaro SS while on the Hot Rod Power Tour last year. It was putting down horsepower in the upper 300's if I recall. I'm not sure what to add really, it's a pretty confusing contraption.

Not really, all a remote turbo system is is that the turbo itself is located much further down the exhaust piping (usually right before the exhaust tip in the back) than a typical system. The only downsides aside from the boost is that you're going to be routing oil lines across the length of the car and the increased risk of damaging the turbo and related oil lines due to road hazards.

[Okin DaVanh]

If I can get pictures of it, There's a guy around my area that has a Supra with his relocated into the fender. Weird and unusual for me.


I've seen the Corvette set up Jey mentioned, up close and personal I'm not a fan of the Vette set up.

Low Sports car + Steep incline/decline = Scraped up damaged turbo (Possibly)

[Huffer]

I just found it interesting mainly from the engineering and weight distributions.
The earlier Nissan GTR had it's tranny coolers in the back, under the rear bumper.

So running ancillaries or even the entire turbo back there doesn't sound so bad if it's protected by a skidpan or something.

I'm pretty sure if you hit something in the back underneath then you're more likely to have already run over it from the front... especially if you're braking at the point of impact (hello nose dive)...

[deadlydave]

I've seen this used on mainly larger-displacement higher cyl count engines. My guess is--there is considerable lag due to the length of the turbo-IC plumbing which is easily overcome with the brute power of larger engines.

As far as oil goes, you could run it's own electric pump, resevior, and oil cooler(maybe hide in spare tire well). It's own coolant would be possible too. This is something you'd see on our cars only if someone fabricated it, I can't see a kit being profitable enough to produce.

[wagonofdoom]

nah, it takes a TON of piping to really effect spool time. this setup is almost the same response as a normal turbocharging setup. i dont have them any more, but there were graphs displaying comparative setups a few years baco on a forum

[subba]

i saw the guys on horsepower TV do a Twin Turbosetup on a vette a while back, it didnt have a large or even a noticable effect in efficency, they said maybe about a average of 5 - 15 hp loss....

When youre comming from N/A to turbo in a V8 daily driving car, it isnt bad at all, it already has allot of tq and the turbo adds high end hp.

[BigLooga1]

I think remote turbo's are cool and we will probably see more in the future. It is kinda new (maybe not the idea) since we are starting to see it here and there but it's cost effective and doesn't have alot of downsides.

Twin turbo anything!

[Mikey97D]

Interesting. I guess this is the turbo set-up I saw on a newer GTO at a car show.

[ScaryFatKidGT]

W...T...F...??? how is this beneficial to a standard turbo at all and how do they work?? you just have a down pipe and up pipe the whole length of your car WTF? the only way i see this being even considered is if u cant fit a turbo under your hood?

and...better mpg??? that is bullshit unless your using a block of wood for an air filler before u put this on? yes smaller turbo charged engines can have more HP and better MPG than larger N/A ones but if u put a turbo kit on a car it isn't going to have better MPG than with out one...

but yea...i dont mean to rant or sound pissed off i just dont get it there extending the pipeing therefor making it less efficient than a standard turbo

so you put the air intake and turbo in the back of your car and run everything to the front will someone please explain y i would want to do this when i could just get a standard turbo kit and/or an oil cooler?

and on that close up pic of the C6 vette's exhaust did they slap a turbo on each of the 4 pipes? a quad-turbo vette???

[ScaryFatKidGT]

its cool and all i just dont think it has anything on a normal turbo like they say

and i hate when they say performance parts like this gives you better MPG and like 50 more HP. A TB spacer better MPG yes, a new air fillter/SRI/CAI yes, larger exhaust with better flow can also but no way is a turbo kit going to.