Turbo placement??
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Turbo placement?? I see alot of pics where ppl would put their turbos behind the radiator and just put an airfilter on the inlet of the turbo ,so it can suck in all the hot air from the radiator.I thought hot air=bad.Dont u guys worry about the hot air??
Well you can route a pipe and place your air filter elsewhere if you want, but the air is going to get pretty hot going through the turbo anyway, thats what intercoolers and or methonal injection systems are good for, cooling things down 
Yep things get cramped real quick, so you have to work with the space you got. I had to put the air filter on the turbo because of a measurement error when fabbing up my kit
measure twice, cut once....
J
measure twice, cut once....J
No, that's not what intercoolers are for.
You can only get a delta temp drop across the cooler. Any compressor will add heat as it compresses the air, depending on the efficiency, pressure ratio, etc, but that heat is added to the temperature of the air ENTERING the turbo. The intercooler is there to help remove the heat you added by compressing the air in the first place.
If you start with 150°F underhood air and then compress that, and then try to cool it, you'll be lucky to get back to 170° if you're leaning on it any.
Get 70° air into the turbo and you'll be much happier.
You can only get a delta temp drop across the cooler. Any compressor will add heat as it compresses the air, depending on the efficiency, pressure ratio, etc, but that heat is added to the temperature of the air ENTERING the turbo. The intercooler is there to help remove the heat you added by compressing the air in the first place.
If you start with 150°F underhood air and then compress that, and then try to cool it, you'll be lucky to get back to 170° if you're leaning on it any.
Get 70° air into the turbo and you'll be much happier.
ya, i agree with Matt.
smart people have their turbo getting air from their foglights
https://ls1tech.com/forums/attachmen...chmentid=46403
smart people have their turbo getting air from their foglights
https://ls1tech.com/forums/attachmen...chmentid=46403
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Originally Posted by y2khawk
If you can duct cool air, you're alot better off. But, if you can't fit inlet plumbing you're stuck with what you got.
what u recommend for ducting??? something simple because i dont have access to welder.
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