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    STS Turbo Sytem

    Sorry if this is a repost...

    I've been talking to my guy about my build and he's been telling me all about this "remote" turbo setup... Now he just got me the site http://www.ststurbo.com/ and I'm just curious what everyone's take is on the setup...

    In my mind it seems like you would lose power with all the extra bends and all the extra pipe the air would have to travel through to get from the exhaust mani all the way down the car to the turbo, back down the car to the intake... I dunno... I just need some more opinions I guess...

    "Little" Kenny
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    #2
    Originally posted by tickleMYelmo View Post

    In my mind it seems like you would lose power with all the extra bends and all the extra pipe the air would have to travel through to get from the exhaust mani all the way down the car to the turbo, back down the car to the intake... I dunno... I just need some more opinions I guess...

    "Little" Kenny
    All this is true.

    Another kicker is that with a remote system like this, you lose exhaust heat. That heat, which is effectively energy, albeit random, really motivates exhaust gases to spool up your turbo.

    Slower spool and miles of charge piping will probably lead to terrible lag and throttle response.

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      #3
      Thats kind of my thinking... So does anyone know anyone running a setup like this? Are they happy with the setup? Just trying to get both sides of this topic...

      "Little" Kenny
      Allison Stokke... Google her... Yeah

      92 Accord Ex Sedan - Parting Out

      H22 GT4088 CRX build coming soon

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        #4
        this is all fairly new isnt it, i just started hearing about it less then a year ago?

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          #5
          a smaller turbo will solve that problem.
          I <3 G60.

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            #6
            You loose a pressure drop BUT all the piping does lower the air charge temp considerably. In some cases over 75 degrees. So its not that big of a tradeoff.

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              #7
              these setups are more geared towards larger v6s and v8s that have little to no room in the engine bay to fit the turbos. ive heard that people only lose around 1psi of pressure due to all the piping.

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                #8
                Saw it on a C6 up here, seems to work nicely. If I had the money and the car to do it I probably would, I had a supercharged 71 cuda, and I blew the 440 with a busted supercharger, (it was brand new though...and installed right..and the 440 was completely freshly over-hauled) after only 5 months. I'd take the risk again for a turbo though....now if they can finally get a manual Challenger on the market and a turbo kit....
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                  #9
                  I've also heard of great results with the STS systems and thought about it on the CB7. The biggest problem I see is routing the charge piping back to the engine in a way that it won't get dragged, bent, beat up on speed bumps, driveways, etc. This would be a huge problem on the lowered ones here.
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                    #10
                    Get a sheet metal shop to make custom shielding you can mount, a bit costly, but worth it
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