STEALTH TURBO C5

I'm upgrading my turbo and intercooler , and am looking to maximize flow in other parts of the system , it's a remote-mounted single turbo on my C5 Corvette . I am currently running 02 Z06 Corvette exhaust manifolds , and was wondering if there's any benefit in changing to a truck manifold , or possibly an equal-length shorty header , space is an issue , which is one reason I went with the stock manifolds originally .

Louis

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Mike, the truck manifolds are not a pretty as what you have now. I think the 02+ Z06 manifolds are the way to go for your setup.

Mr_president

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truck manis are for people who want to fab a front mount turbo kit. get some long tubes with your rear mounT!!

STEALTH TURBO C5

Long tubes won't fit without cutting the car up and running an air to water intercooler inside the car , I need to either keep what I have , or run a shorty to give me enough clearance between the exhaust and intercooler piping on the passenger side .

onfire

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I'd keep the ZO6 manifolds for your goal.

427

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ZO6 manifold is much better than the truck manifold. The ZO6 just won't fit on a F-car.
Cool Car!!

Kurt

enginjoe

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Rear turbos spool slower with long tubes. Most of us are switching back to stock manifolds and wrapping the exhaust to keep the heat in.

STEALTH TURBO C5

Thanks Kurt , I'm taking my new turbo to get the hot side hi-temp coated tomorrow , would you reccomend coating the exhaust manifolds as well ?

Mean Green z28

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+1 ... headers slow down the flow

427

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With the turbo so far from the engine, anything to keep heat in the system would help.

Kurt

onfire

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I would coat the manifolds and the pipes leading to the turbo inside and out....inside coating is more critical for retaining heat/velocity in the pipe....outside is more for looks, but I'd do both.

STEALTH TURBO C5

I'm going to coat the outside , not the inside , then I'll wrap everything .

I don't want to risk any part of the coating chipping off and going through the turbo .

onfire

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Use 2000 Black and no worries on the inside....That's what I'm using....cast iron rusts and flakes worse than that.