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Old May 12, 2012 | 01:54 PM
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other than car tuning is there any other turbos? i already have a kit i bought off line with all the piping gauges intercooler ect ect. i just need a turbo to slap it all in!! let me know thanks.
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Old May 12, 2012 | 07:20 PM
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Not to be a Dick but if you are turboing your car and don't know any other turbos ,I would do a lot more research.
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Old May 12, 2012 | 08:18 PM
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did the kit come with a turbo manifold? thats your biggest problem...
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Old May 12, 2012 | 08:59 PM
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I think the crossover pipe would be the hardest part to mine I believe car tuning is the only company that makes one you can buy, unless you make a custom one like mine.
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Old May 14, 2012 | 10:23 PM
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Originally Posted by 99slpws6
I think the crossover pipe would be the hardest part to mine I believe car tuning is the only company that makes one you can buy, unless you make a custom one like mine.
I like the idea of a custom, remote-mounted turbo back in the muffler area. If I were to go with a custom forced-induction system, that's probably how I would get there.

Anyways, I spoke with Rick Quires of STS last summer about building a kit for our LS4s. After some discussion, the topic of the size of the market came up. Basically, the thought is that there aren't a whole lot of people who would be willing to drop $5,000 into a car whose resale value isn't much more than that, especially given that they're heavy front wheel drive cars and that it's basically a (fairly expensive) requirement to upgrade the transmission to handle the power. Also, there aren't a lot of LS4s out there as compared to other engines.

That said, they did confirm that they've had customers use their parts to successfully build remote-mounted turbo systems for their LS4s.

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Old May 14, 2012 | 11:13 PM
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Now that I think about it, you can remote-mount turbos where the mufflers go and instead of sucking air in from under the hood, you could cut a hole in the trunk and put the (very) cold air intake right over your rear windshield, just like an NSX.. It would be a NSSX!



(forgive my bad Photoshopping skills.. besides, it's just a joke anyways..)

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Old May 15, 2012 | 09:31 AM
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Originally Posted by wesdean78
Now that I think about it, you can remote-mount turbos where the mufflers go and instead of sucking air in from under the hood, you could cut a hole in the trunk and put the (very) cold air intake right over your rear windshield, just like an NSX.. It would be a NSSX!



(forgive my bad Photoshopping skills.. besides, it's just a joke anyways..)

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My regular intake is actually just like that. . .
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Old May 15, 2012 | 02:34 PM
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Originally Posted by wesdean78
Now that I think about it, you can remote-mount turbos where the mufflers go and instead of sucking air in from under the hood, you could cut a hole in the trunk and put the (very) cold air intake right over your rear windshield, just like an NSX.. It would be a NSSX!



(forgive my bad Photoshopping skills.. besides, it's just a joke anyways..)

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I think those Photoshop skills rock! Better than I could do, that's for damn sure.
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