GI: Turbo Kit

[JHarris1385]

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[reptiles]

Wow, this is fascinating. More power would be great on these vehicles.

Although the large FMIC looks good, I might prefer a smaller side mount (in the front of the wheel well.) Or maybe cool the pressurized charge with an Aquamist water/methanol injection pump?

Like someone said elsewhere in this thread; water or mud hitting a red-hot turbo housing is never a good thing. Even a titanium housing couldn't take much of the thermal shock of that.

I'm thinking that this project will get expensive (much more than $2,500) because of other upgrades... like a bigger brass radiator, electronic boost control (with AI fuzzy logic), new MAS, bigger fuel pump, injectors, air/fuel control, and associated stuff.

[jdm monkey]

Just a quick update... everthing is installed. I'm just waiting for my wideband sensor installed before driving. Sorry I had no time to take pics of vid. But I will as soon as everything is good to go.

[jdm monkey]

I'm dishing out the whole remote mount turbo thing... I'm not happy with the lag , the use of electric oil pump and the intake placement (under the car... bad for an off road vehicle). I'm going to redo the whole turbo system and place the turbo under the hood where it belongs!

[jdm monkey]

pics of new setup soon...

[So-CalVX]

I'm not gonna claim to know anything about setting up a turbo system but I am gonna ask a question... Why not do it Impreza style and mount the inter cooler under the hood insert and cut a hole under a scooped insert? Would that work? I'm asking this without opening my hood to see if there's any room there so I hope I don't sound stupid

[WormGod]

I'm not gonna claim to know anything about setting up a turbo system but I am gonna ask a question... Why not do it Impreza style and mount the inter cooler under the hood insert and cut a hole under a scooped insert? Would that work? I'm asking this without opening my hood to see if there's any room there so I hope I don't sound stupid

No room for an IC under our hood. It would have to be one hell of a tiny one, and I mean TINY. Even if one did fit, I dont think the aero of our hood design is proper for the right cooling induction so we would probably need one hell of a high scoop (thinking no smaller than the '04-'05 STI scoop).

Front mount would work, granted you could design a new front clip like the Mooncraft, heh.

Definitely one of those mods/tasks I am glad to see someone else try out and not me, heh.