Random newbie single turbo questions...
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Random newbie single turbo questions...
Howdie. just met with the fabricator(guy has years of experience with chassis engineering/wilson and numerous promod and outlaw cars)...who is a cool dude. Gave him some ideas to what I want to do with my car...etc...and we basically brainstormed for a bit....and,..I pretty much listened to his idea's...and what he had to say.
One...i'm going with a single turbo,..chances are, the ST80, on my C5(346ci). It's to be front mount. He(the fabricator) mentioned that I want to use 2.5 inch piping as the 3" would be too large to feed the turbo(3" from both manifolds). Is the 2.5 what I want to go with? From what I have read...it seems to be the ticket. We haven't decided on manidold design, as I may use some modern stock ones,..or I also gave him two sets of long tubes that can be chopped up and used...(lg pro's and kooks).
Two.... he mentoined using ALUMINUM 4" piping for my DOWNPIPE. I asked right away..."can that hold up to excessive heat?"...... he said "hell yes". Soo,..i'll take his word for it but,...is that ok for a few hour highway voyage at speeds of 100mph? The car isnt a DRAG car at all,...and will see on average 45min run's to and from locations....and obviously hard driving in between. WILL the aluminum be a good idea?...in efforts to save weight?
I DO want to run a 4" inch down pipe correct?...if for WHATEVER reason we can't fit(which I believe we can) a 4" downpipe,..how much would I be giving up if we went to a 3.5"?
Thanks for your wisdom...
One...i'm going with a single turbo,..chances are, the ST80, on my C5(346ci). It's to be front mount. He(the fabricator) mentioned that I want to use 2.5 inch piping as the 3" would be too large to feed the turbo(3" from both manifolds). Is the 2.5 what I want to go with? From what I have read...it seems to be the ticket. We haven't decided on manidold design, as I may use some modern stock ones,..or I also gave him two sets of long tubes that can be chopped up and used...(lg pro's and kooks).
Two.... he mentoined using ALUMINUM 4" piping for my DOWNPIPE. I asked right away..."can that hold up to excessive heat?"...... he said "hell yes". Soo,..i'll take his word for it but,...is that ok for a few hour highway voyage at speeds of 100mph? The car isnt a DRAG car at all,...and will see on average 45min run's to and from locations....and obviously hard driving in between. WILL the aluminum be a good idea?...in efforts to save weight?
I DO want to run a 4" inch down pipe correct?...if for WHATEVER reason we can't fit(which I believe we can) a 4" downpipe,..how much would I be giving up if we went to a 3.5"?
Thanks for your wisdom...
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thats how I felt at first about the downpipes as well. It isn't a "track only car" soo... verdict is still out on the downpipe.
Thanks, I have an original set of LG pro long tubes, back when they had V band clamps(very few) and very thick material. My plan, since they were runined, was to cut off the burns collectors and flanges, and have the fabricator use those. Either that, I have several sets of C6 corvette manifolds that I may be plotting out a useage for.
It's all about how much it's gonna cost..which we haven't discussed yet but...it COULD be cheap(if I use the stock manifolds).
Anyways, thanks for you input Ryan... I appreciate it.