grogy Custom Title Time!
1,000 posts · joined Aug 2007 ·
hi, the exact same motor, except one has a turbo under the apron tinware, the other has it inside the engine compartment.
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matberry Moderator Go hard or go home
8,114 posts · joined Mar 2006 ·
in the engine bay would be hotter and too hot for our conditions
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psimitar Son of Jim - Creator of Good
2,506 posts · joined Jan 2009 ·
Yea, having such a heat generator in the cool air side of the tinware is a very bad idea.
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grogy Custom Title Time!
1,000 posts · joined Aug 2007 ·
yea i see the logic in under the apron. i wonder how/why so many street turbos in usa, in places hotter than here have them in the engine bay with a closed bootlid. some without even standoffs.
Joel Now containing 100\% E-Wang
9,368 posts · joined Feb 2006 ·
Most of them aren't driven enough for heat to even be an issue plus VW shops are everywhere in the US and parts so cheap over there that many don't care, if it blows up just get another.
empi Compulsive Aussie Vee Dubber
4,131 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·
Agreed with all of the above (especially Joel)!
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matberry Moderator Go hard or go home
8,114 posts · joined Mar 2006 ·
x2empi wrote:Agreed with all of the above (especially Joel)!
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psimitar Son of Jim - Creator of Good
2,506 posts · joined Jan 2009 ·
It's also done thru laziness and budget as trying to make a manifold to sit below the tinware and not have the turbo sit too far below the sump line or too near the engine and rear valance takes much more time and effort to contort the pipework in such a fashion.
Above the tinware is much easier as you just feed 4 long pipes up into the engine bay with far less curves n bends involved.
In saying that tho a custom manifold is far cheaper to have made in USA and UK compred to here cos the labour rates are so much lower.
Above the tinware is much easier as you just feed 4 long pipes up into the engine bay with far less curves n bends involved.
In saying that tho a custom manifold is far cheaper to have made in USA and UK compred to here cos the labour rates are so much lower.
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