Intake plumbing
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From: Canberra AUSTRALIA
St. Jude Donor '05-'06
Originally Posted by Z-man
OK - my idea...
Get a metal sphere about 5" in diameter. Drill a 3" hole and two 2.25" holes where ever you need to. Weld your pipes in...
Get a metal sphere about 5" in diameter. Drill a 3" hole and two 2.25" holes where ever you need to. Weld your pipes in...
Good idea. Should help flow.
And call it......drum roll....the "Powerball".
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From: All humans are vermin in the eyes of Guru VA
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Originally Posted by Corz
yes but that makes a plumbing NIGHTMARE
once you go through all the trouble of R&D'ing a turbo setup that mounts in front of the engines, and by the time you install it, you'll be saying "f**k!! i should have mounted them under the manifolds"
trust me, it's a HELL of a lot easier to do it this route. Even if you run an STi style intercooler, you'll be fine
once you go through all the trouble of R&D'ing a turbo setup that mounts in front of the engines, and by the time you install it, you'll be saying "f**k!! i should have mounted them under the manifolds"
trust me, it's a HELL of a lot easier to do it this route. Even if you run an STi style intercooler, you'll be fine
This has absolutely nothing to do with the intercooler. THe intercooler is simple.
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From: Park Ridge IL
Originally Posted by Corz
yes but that makes a plumbing NIGHTMARE
once you go through all the trouble of R&D'ing a turbo setup that mounts in front of the engines, and by the time you install it, you'll be saying "f**k!! i should have mounted them under the manifolds"
once you go through all the trouble of R&D'ing a turbo setup that mounts in front of the engines, and by the time you install it, you'll be saying "f**k!! i should have mounted them under the manifolds"
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From: All humans are vermin in the eyes of Guru VA
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Monty to you remember how far it was from left to right in your setup there at its widest? approximately?
I am figuring my 34" wide shelf is about as wide as I am gonna get.
I am figuring my 34" wide shelf is about as wide as I am gonna get.
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No, but the headers, turbos, wastegates, downpipes, etc had to be removed porior to removing or installing the engine, then reinstalled after the engine was in place. I'd say it was a good 2-3" wider than the hood opening. It could probably be made a little narrower by tucking the primary's closer to the heads and valvecovers but I wanted to make sure the sparkplugs and valvecovers could be removed without having to remove any of the turbo system.
