Turbo position question
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Turbo position question
Has anyone ever mounted a turbo vertical? As in the inlet sticking straight up and the exhaust going straight down. Im sure the oil would still drain. Just a thought that would seriously save some engine compartment space.
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Originally Posted by Lasershop
Has anyone ever mounted a turbo vertical? As in the inlet sticking straight up and the exhaust going straight down. Im sure the oil would still drain. Just a thought that would seriously save some engine compartment space.
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Originally Posted by chuntington101
well the WRC scoobies are run ning a veticalt mounted turbo! but then they do run dry sumps!
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Originally Posted by Lasershop
What the heck is a WRC scoobie?
www.wrc.com
These guys are the best drivers in the world......also the nicest guys to deal with as well.
http://videos.streetfire.net/search/...F3D35D429F.htm
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Originally Posted by Lasershop
What the heck is a WRC scoobie?
and subaru with their impreza is one of the leading teams in the championship.
thanks Chris.
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WRC subaru....
www.wrc.com
These guys are the best drivers in the world......also the nicest guys to deal with as well.
http://videos.streetfire.net/search/...F3D35D429F.htm
Jose
www.wrc.com
These guys are the best drivers in the world......also the nicest guys to deal with as well.
http://videos.streetfire.net/search/...F3D35D429F.htm
Jose
we where stood about 6 feet from the cars on the inside of this great right hander watching the drivers faces as they literaly threw the cars sideways through the corner! it was simply amazing!
also on the second day saw some of them getting a little out of hand down a very bumpy straight, but all pulled it back!
WRC is a great top flight motor sport and really good fun to watch! also these things run in ALL condition! only time these guys dont run is if there are too many spectators, or, as in last year, something major has haopend! and you can get litteraly feet form the cars while they are racing, everyone is chilled and willing to help (even the welsh marshals! lol).
thanks Chris.
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well, i am happy to finally be a member of this board, i was very glad to find this thread with the search.
i was just contemplating a turbo install on the vertical.
subaru did a lot of work to their seals to get the vertical to work with a standard oil pump, but chuntington101 pointed out that the "wrc scoobies" run vertical with a dry sump.
i am running a 4 stage dry sump pump, and would have a suction stage devoted to the turbo drain. seems like that would work to me? the vacuum created should keep the oil out of the seals.?
somebody must have tried this. maybe?
thanks, guys
i was just contemplating a turbo install on the vertical.
subaru did a lot of work to their seals to get the vertical to work with a standard oil pump, but chuntington101 pointed out that the "wrc scoobies" run vertical with a dry sump.
i am running a 4 stage dry sump pump, and would have a suction stage devoted to the turbo drain. seems like that would work to me? the vacuum created should keep the oil out of the seals.?
somebody must have tried this. maybe?
thanks, guys
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sorry guys, one more time.
i found this diagram in my Hughes/mcinnes turbo book (very good read even though it is older)
this is almost identical to what i see inside my turbo (got and inch drain hole to look through)
if i mount this with the compressor pointed down, the thrust bearing will have lots of oil, and i am pretty sure that if the seals will leak, it will be air being pulled through by the suction stage, not oil leaking out.
am i wrong again? as it sits, i am very likely to do it.
i found this diagram in my Hughes/mcinnes turbo book (very good read even though it is older)
this is almost identical to what i see inside my turbo (got and inch drain hole to look through)
if i mount this with the compressor pointed down, the thrust bearing will have lots of oil, and i am pretty sure that if the seals will leak, it will be air being pulled through by the suction stage, not oil leaking out.
am i wrong again? as it sits, i am very likely to do it.
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