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Originally Posted by MarcusF

A guy by the name of Corky Bell wrote a book entitled Max Boost. These are a couple of quotes

Clearly, performance of the turbine is in part determined by the temperature of the exhaust gasses. It is reasonable, then, to expend some effort toward getting the exhaust gas from the combustion chamber to the turbine with the least possible temperature loss.

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Exhaust manifold design is one of the keys to high power output, and the two-turbo layout inherently offers superior manifold design. The heat loss of the cross tube in V-style engines can be considerable. Remember, it is in part this heat that powers the turbine.

By the time it reaches that rear mounted turbo, the exhaust loses a lot of heat. The rear half of your exhaust is wrapped. You might want to look into using header wrap in the front half of the exhaust as well.

The only company I know of that successfully ran a pipe a long way to their turbo was Porsche with the 951. The engine was a cross flow inline four with the turbo mounted on the intake side.

The rear mounted turbo set up is not a new thing that Max has made up and Porsche is not the only company that has had success with this type of set up.

Here is one video example of an install with success with dyno numbers as well. There are many examples of this type of set up by STS if you check out the videos that come up with this one after viewing it.


2 Guys Garage single rear mount turbo install ( good one to watch in it's entirety )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnFA9...rom=PL&index=6


STS Rear Mount Turbo Corvette with narration
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtkpL...72F8AB&index=0