Rear mount right after headers
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Staging Lane
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Rear mount right after headers im thinking about doing a rear mount custom system when i swap in a LQ4 and wonder what you guys thing about having a pipe cross over right out of the manifold that attached to the other side and have a turbo sitting right there at the back of the manifolds. Would this be able to turnout power levels of a front mount of close there too it. Id like to build an engine similar to parish8s but with this set up.
Also i dont have anyroom for a front mount intercooler and i was thinking about a WRX style intercooler with a hood scoop what do you think about that idea. The other thing i thoguht about was moving the radiator to the tailgate and putting in a front mount.
Also i dont have anyroom for a front mount intercooler and i was thinking about a WRX style intercooler with a hood scoop what do you think about that idea. The other thing i thoguht about was moving the radiator to the tailgate and putting in a front mount.
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Originally Posted by 59chevyapache
im thinking about doing a rear mount custom system when i swap in a LQ4 and wonder what you guys thing about having a pipe cross over right out of the manifold that attached to the other side and have a turbo sitting right there at the back of the manifolds. Would this be able to turnout power levels of a front mount of close there too it. Id like to build an engine similar to parish8s but with this set up.
Also i dont have anyroom for a front mount intercooler and i was thinking about a WRX style intercooler with a hood scoop what do you think about that idea. The other thing i thoguht about was moving the radiator to the tailgate and putting in a front mount.
Also i dont have anyroom for a front mount intercooler and i was thinking about a WRX style intercooler with a hood scoop what do you think about that idea. The other thing i thoguht about was moving the radiator to the tailgate and putting in a front mount.
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this isnt in a camaro this is in my 59 truck and theres plenty of room for a turbo and plenty of room under the hood for the intercooler. I could movethe radiator to the tailgate but that would kind of look bad.
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do you think i could run a T-76 without major spool times. Id like to run 12 pounds of boost and be able to put down 550rwhp if i turn up the boost. also what size pipe should i use to fabricate the Y pipe from the headers to the turbo. There will be no cats or anyof that stuff and ill probably have a custom exhaust fabbed up at a muffler shop just need to know what size turbo and piping to use. Ill probably just use the stock truck manifolds offf the 6.0
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Staging Lane
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do you think i could turn those aps manifolds around and use them as a front mount. Also could you make a crossover with those ? would you be able to cut one and weld a pipe going to the other or would i have to bring a Y style pipe to the turbo thats bolted to both? Can you cut and reweld cast iron?
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From: Bardonia, NY
Originally Posted by 59chevyapache
this isnt in a camaro this is in my 59 truck and theres plenty of room for a turbo and plenty of room under the hood for the intercooler. I could movethe radiator to the tailgate but that would kind of look bad.
My bad! Shoulda read your original post a bit better. Putting the turbo right off the back of the header would definately work well, Only real downside is the necessity of using a scavenge pump. Just be careful when selecting exhaust manifolds or headers as you don't want to go too large, since it will hurt spool times. I would probably lean towards just using the standard Cast Manifolds from the truck. It will help with spool time. As for the intercooler, how would you duct air to and from it? That's really the biggest issue. If the intercooler doesn't have air flowing through it, it won't be very effective. With how much room you have, you might want to consider using a liquid to air intercooler.
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I guess a air to water intercooler would work. I hadnt really thoguht about that. Does anybody know where I can get Single turbo Exhaust manifolds thats what im really trying to find but it seems pretty hard.
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Originally Posted by 59chevyapache
I guess a air to water intercooler would work. I hadnt really thoguht about that. Does anybody know where I can get Single turbo Exhaust manifolds thats what im really trying to find but it seems pretty hard.