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[nick v6]

would love to see it when its all done
and be in the car and see how it drives

[ngrainqey]

lol... i bet you would  

[Ian_D]

are you putting twin turbos on your v6
will it affect the pressure in the engine resulting in blowing the head gasket

no just a single one to begin with.
aslong as you dont have too much boost pressure then the gaskets are Should be fine

 

[ngrainqey]

haha!
really ian it depends on the compression ratio... the v6's dont really get headgaskets going

[Martin_1962]

I suppose in the right front wheel arch in front of the wheel is possible

[ngrainqey]

I suppose in the right front wheel arch in front of the wheel is possible

lol, my decision is going to be... "drivers side or passenger?"

atm im thinking passenger so you dont get the coolant transfer pipe round just above the manifold as i found today it was a right barstuard to get the manifold off on a spare 2.5 i have

[nick v6]

i hope it works great
it sounds like your not far off getting the turbo on the car

good luck

[ngrainqey]

well i need to go down armed with the saab manifold and turbo to see what angle to weld the flange onto the omega manifold

im thinking at the front where the cylinder 1/2 comes out and patch over the existing manifold downpipe flange by chopping it off and patching over a nice gapping hole lol!

then it's just a case of getting my tt intercooler through the post and sticking it where the second aux fan usually goes on the 3.0's and some hacking at another multiram that i have and some silicon piping later and it should be on (need to buy a manual boost controller and set it at 1 psi to start with lol)

and then i'll see how it goes

[Martin_1962]

Passenger side has the horns.

[ngrainqey]

it doesnt have horns where the secondary aux fan is on the 3.0's

[FYS]

Hope this works for you buddy...

Regarding rear mounted turbo's - they can work quite well, but you have to keep the exhaust diameter small so you get as much pressure as possible (i.e. less lag), you also have to decat and de-silence the car (i think) so that the exhaust pressure remains high - the turbo acts as a silencer (kind of - sound awesome, I've heard!). You can run an electric oil pump and small oil cooler on a thermostat to keep the bearings in good shape. Clearly it is essential to have no air leaks on the return boost pipe, which when it is soooo long could be difficult.

The obvious gain is where you have limited space in the engine bay and also want to keep the 'bay temps down. I read a great article in PPC about a rear mount turbo on a 205 GTi which by all accounts work really well....  not huge "kick in the arse" power, more linear low pressure turbo effect - i.e. overall power gain but not the massive dump of power on boost as it were....

Anyway, don't ask any more, that is the complete limit of my knowledge! But, they do work and can be effective - its all in the design, spec and installation....

Frankly it sounds too much like hard work - I fancy a Saab 2.3 Turbo in FYS - an easy 300bhp+......

Cheers,

Martin.

[ngrainqey]

Hope this works for you buddy...

Regarding rear mounted turbo's - they can work quite well, but you have to keep the exhaust diameter small so you get as much pressure as possible (i.e. less lag), you also have to decat and de-silence the car (i think) so that the exhaust pressure remains high - the turbo acts as a silencer (kind of - sound awesome, I've heard!). You can run an electric oil pump and small oil cooler on a thermostat to keep the bearings in good shape. Clearly it is essential to have no air leaks on the return boost pipe, which when it is soooo long could be difficult.

The obvious gain is where you have limited space in the engine bay and also want to keep the 'bay temps down. I read a great article in PPC about a rear mount turbo on a 205 GTi which by all accounts work really well....  not huge "kick in the arse" power, more linear low pressure turbo effect - i.e. overall power gain but not the massive dump of power on boost as it were....

Anyway, don't ask any more, that is the complete limit of my knowledge! But, they do work and can be effective - its all in the design, spec and installation....

Frankly it sounds too much like hard work - I fancy a Saab 2.3 Turbo in FYS - an easy 300bhp+......

Cheers,

Martin.

lol yep, the 2.3 turbo carlsson (9000) has 225ish as standard.
need to get this problem of having something in the cylinder bore first though.

got an audi TT intercooler come today  

[Omegatoy]

just found the pictures of my old Omega 3.0 courtney turbo !!!
do you want me to email them to you mate??
just to give you some ides of how its done???
Omegatoy

[Ian_D]

just found the pictures of my old Omega 3.0 courtney turbo !!!
do you want me to email them to you mate??
just to give you some ides of how its done???
Omegatoy

No mate, stick em in the gallery ASAP!!! I think we would all like to see them!    

[ngrainqey]

just found the pictures of my old Omega 3.0 courtney turbo !!!
do you want me to email them to you mate??
just to give you some ides of how its done???
Omegatoy

yes please omega toy
but as ian says.. we'd all like to see them
thanks