I will be doing blankets and heat shields, but the turbos will never get that hot. In the front they do mounted in the back a large amount of the heat has dissipated.
Well today was eventful and frustrating but I did get the turbos mounted and part of the hot side in. This took quite a bit of time as we looked at many mounting options and finally settled on a location. Unfortunately pops has been having pain issues so he took off after lunch so most of the mounting had to be done by myself.
I am just now getting the hot side tacked into place, I dont want to get too far ahead because I will have to route the cold side as well. I am being cautious and going slow.
The turbos ended up in the rear bumper, I did not want to mount them in this location but after mockup they fit great although the exhaust will have to do an odd side bumper exit.both exhaust will exit in the same location on either side, the wastegate looks lower than it is in this pictureit's actually fairly close to even with the bumper.
You can see in this picture how close it is to the bumper cover, luckily they wont get that hot but I am going to blanket them both anyway for good measure. The cold side here will pipe above the fuel tank, there is actually plenty of room to fit a 2.5" pipe above the tank lip. The cold side will then hug the body of the car and slide past the hot side. The turbo exit is only 2" so I have leeway to oval the pipe if needed.
a look at the passenger side, both turbos will have enough room to breath from this space, they will get decent filters and I plan on making some coffee can splash covers.
Notice how low the oil drain hangs.. I ordered a tight 90* fitting that will save me .75" and i will clock the center so its tilted at a 30* angle to give more clearance, good forbid It snags a speed bump or some .
I will mount the suction pump between the turbos in the bumper area so even tilted I wont worry at all, its rated to be mounted above the turbos.
This side has the filler neck, I am going to take a 180* bend and cut it to make a s pipe to offset down away from the neck for the hot side. The cold side will have to be figured out maybe I can find a rubber offset coupler.
That sir is to be figured out. These are used on 1.6-3.4l engines and each one is capable of 350-400bhpI'm by far no turbo expert but will it take forever to get boost pressure?
Lol.... same here, but cool to watch!!I've got nothing. just gonna wait and see.
The massive surface area of the cold side and the air moving under the car acts as an intercooler. The consensus from testing is that no intercooler is needed.You forgot the intercooler question.
Yes it is aluminized, no I have not tried that. I will the next time I go to weld on it however. I can always paint the cold side, the hot side will just have to rust. I plan on header wrapping the hot side from the turbo over the axle.I'm guessing the pipe is aluminized and that may be causing your issues. Have you tried cleaning each joint about an inch back with a grinder or flap disk?
Thats a good point, I will grab some up and paint it all before wrapping.Should be OK to use high temperature grille paint on the hot side back there.