Relocating the Turbo on a 951?
12-26-2011, 12:37 PM
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the only insufficient part of the design is that wind drags on the x-over and cools it down, but can be fixed by making the fuel burn hotter.
12-27-2011, 12:19 AM
#62
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I am a mechanical engineer. I am not saying it is better then new technology, If you are an engineer then you should know that everything has to work together. In the case of the 951, it is just fine on the other side and was well designed to be on that side for a reason.
All cars have problems, Forums are going to be obviously only about these problems. These cars I have found to be very reliable. I know guys with 25 year old cars with half the mileage of mine (240,000) that struggle to stay on the road.
All cars have problems, Forums are going to be obviously only about these problems. These cars I have found to be very reliable. I know guys with 25 year old cars with half the mileage of mine (240,000) that struggle to stay on the road.
12-27-2011, 09:17 AM
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+1. The drawback is lag. The benefits are two-fold. First, as mentioned, reliability. Prior to 951's, I was into Ford 2.3 Turbos. They were mounted on the exhaust side, and probably 75% of the older turbos I came across had cracked housings. Some horribly. The other thing is tuning on the exhaust side, the benefits of which are enormous. Good aftermarket headers almsot always add runner length to improve tuning. The crossover pipe is pretty disappointing to me, compared to what it could be, but it isn't all bad.
