Has anyone gotten a rear Mounted turbo to work?
#31
Nordschleife Master
He did say something to me about not being able to make any profit doing it...he sure has put a lot of work in to his set up not to at least do a few more of them, but you may be right...
#32
Man of many SIGs
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Can you name one person who bought a kit from Mark and was happy with it? His original prototype car didn't work when he sold it and never dyno'd at the advertised manifold pressure the whole time Mark owned it.
Mark's second and current car has never dyno'd at the advertised manifold pressure. He's only running it at 4psi if I remember correctly.
He sold one kit that I know of.
I agree, he should stick with it and work out the kinks. It was a good idea with poor implimentation IMHO.
Mark's second and current car has never dyno'd at the advertised manifold pressure. He's only running it at 4psi if I remember correctly.
He sold one kit that I know of.
I agree, he should stick with it and work out the kinks. It was a good idea with poor implimentation IMHO.
#33
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This is a link to a company in the UK that does rear turbos.
www.balancemotorsport.co.uk.
Their kits for small Eurohatchbacks have been well
reviewed in the motoring press here and contrary to
all we have been led to believe mounting the turbo at
the rear doesn't produce noticable lag.
Benefits include no need for intercoolers and no increase
in underhood temperatures .
From a DIY point of view since rear turbos run very cool
there is no need for a turbo designed for a petrol engine
which have to cope with very high temperatures.
You can chose from many cheaper diesel turbos which
run at lower temperatures and because turbo diesels are now
almost the norm in the UK the breakers yards are full of them.
www.balancemotorsport.co.uk.
Their kits for small Eurohatchbacks have been well
reviewed in the motoring press here and contrary to
all we have been led to believe mounting the turbo at
the rear doesn't produce noticable lag.
Benefits include no need for intercoolers and no increase
in underhood temperatures .
From a DIY point of view since rear turbos run very cool
there is no need for a turbo designed for a petrol engine
which have to cope with very high temperatures.
You can chose from many cheaper diesel turbos which
run at lower temperatures and because turbo diesels are now
almost the norm in the UK the breakers yards are full of them.