13secmini wrote:
If there is just no room to go bigger in a roundie i would sitck with the stock manifold and custom dump, you will get the most out the turbo this way, but it will not be as bling
basically as i see it there are 3 things that you need to find room for: turbo (if you want a bigger one), radiator (well dah) and intercooler (if you dont wanna just go top-mount)
finding spots for 2 of these things is EASY...its the 3rd that is hard to fit
if you go the stock turbo you can put the radiator over the gearbox and leave the topmount IC in place...
if you wanna go bigger turbo then you have to do what dan has done (or some variation of it) and then you just need to find room for the radiator...front mounted radiators are always an option...but as there isnt much room up there after you've plumbed the turbo in...it will stick out a fair bit...personally i am gonna go with a laterally mounted turbo...sitting close to the front of the gearbox (about an inch back from where it sits on the stock, except far over on the passenger side...hope you get what i mean
having trouble explaining this)...then there should be a MUCH shorter route for the exhaust to go than dan's turbo placement and the dump pipe can run down the front as it does in the stock setup...this leaves the wheel arches as about the only spot left for radiators...i am considering twin radiators under each arch...but dunno yet...gonna get everything mocked up in cardboard (andy
) and see whats left in terms of room for the radiator and intercooler...
I will get her on the road and the worry about turbo mods. Far easier when the thing runs (tuning, dyno etc).
