Thinking about remote mounting my turbo, for ease of maintenance, bigger down pipe, eventual improvement to the y bridge/runners, ect. The fabrication/welding will not be a problem for me. Just looking for some suggestions on tubing size, layout, ect. Will be using my 366 for now(66/73/.88) because of budget, but will change to some type of s400 later on. Wanting to do everything from heads to turbo, thinking about keeping up pipes in stock location, so if i were to go twins later I wouldn't have to change everything. Would there be any advantage to the typical short/long up pipe combo typically used verses equal length through the valley and over the valve cover? But mainly what size tubing would you guys suggest 1 7/8 or 2? Everything would be wrapped.
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well you will need different piping for an s300 and an s400 as they are different sizes and piping won't line up..
I'm taking my kit off that I used with an s464 if your interested shoot me a txt at 660-888-9889..
I'm taking my kit off that I used with an s464 if your interested shoot me a txt at 660-888-9889..
Most twin kits use a 3" hot pipe to drive the second charger, so do some math on what the 3" area is and then find out what size of piping it would take two pieces to flow that much. I'm sure bigger isn't always better in turbo spooling instances, but I could be wrong.
You will sacrifice spooling with mounting in say the location of the large turbo in a twin set up. This has been done before and unless you plan on matching everything to that specific type set up you'll lose spool up time.
I do not understand why people go up through the valley when there are other ways to keep the pipe short and other ways to make a cleaner looking setup that is also easier to service. I had a S400 3" turbo on a stock motor/stock fueling spool just fine setup this way.
well it wasn't built how I wanted it anyways..but I'm going back to a valley mounted turbo
Sorry buddy, that wasn't really directed at anyone specific. I have seen that way being done for years now.
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Your probably not going to notice a difference between 1" 7/8 or 2". The longer the pipes are, the thicker wall i would use due to warping. Side mounting the turbo is nice for cleaning up the valley, and eas of removal and install. It makes for a nice clean set up, but i think for all out performance front mounts work much better. Up pipes are much shorter. For spooling really big singles with an auto its a must. Its just a little more tight for space when mounting, but it can be done with any charger your going to be running on the street, even with the radiator still up front.
I am not interested in doing a front mount turbo but I would love to see some pictures this setup.
Your probably not going to notice a difference between 1" 7/8 or 2". The longer the pipes are, the thicker wall i would use due to warping. Side mounting the turbo is nice for cleaning up the valley, and eas of removal and install. It makes for a nice clean set up, but i think for all out performance front mounts work much better. Up pipes are much shorter. For spooling really big singles with an auto its a must. Its just a little more tight for space when mounting, but it can be done with any charger your going to be running on the street, even with the radiator still up front.
How heavy wall of piping would you recommend?
How heavy wall of piping would you recommend?
I use 11 gauge now with no warpage but my up pipes are not as long as when my charger was side mounted. But it does see a lot of heat.