turbo idea, maybe new stuff Options

[st18]

hey yall i dont know if any one has posted it or not (if they have feel free to hit me up with the normal check the old fourms lol) but i saw this new way of instwlling a turbo. what they do is put the turbo at the tail pipe at the back of the car. u bolt the hot side to the tail pipe with a flange and then run your down pipe directly to the muffler. and on the compressure side u run your piping from the turbo to the throttle body. dont know if you can do the intercooler because the pipe will be so long? only thing is im sure you will have alot of turbo lag. and you run the oil lines like u would with the normal setup (just will need alot of line) and i thought this would be great for people like me with a ST because turbo manifolds are so hard to find. when i come across the money im going to try it but if u have the bank to do it before me let me know how it turns out! it just something i thought would help turn the celica into a hellica

[caszboy]

here is a pic on a corvette



Its not a bad idea as far as some cars go, but from what i have seen it not efficient and cost $$$. I knew a guy who had one on his camaro and he got like 40ish hp out of it or something like that but paid a little over $2000 for the setup. Not very good as far as 'bang for your buck'. I have never seen it on a 4 cylinder before but i would guess the numbers would be worse??? just my .02

[st18]

here is a pic on a corvette



Its not a bad idea as far as some cars go, but from what i have seen it not efficient and cost $$$. I knew a guy who had one on his camaro and he got like 40ish hp out of it or something like that but paid a little over $2000 for the setup. Not very good as far as 'bang for your buck'. I have never seen it on a 4 cylinder before but i would guess the numbers would be worse??? just my .02

well i wasnt going to spend 2,000 i was thinking about custom building one after doing some reseach on a turbo thinking maybe a mercedes deisel turbo out of the junk yard and use the stock down pipe and westgate and machining a flange on to the stock ex. pipe and find my injector size from info from the mercedes dealership on the stock injectors output. that way i can maybe try this for under $200 i know it sounds crazy i even think so but if this work out i will be cheap power even if its 40ish.