Advantages/Disadvantages Turbo Setups

[Idratherbsidewayz]

What are the advantages and disadvantages of a setup like #2?

From logic, just accessibility. A disadvantage might be heat...

(Arrow points to where turbo is, in #1 behind heat shield)

[Idratherbsidewayz]

#1

[Idratherbsidewayz]

#2

[AllGoNoShow]

One advantage would be that if you put a little scoop or somethign on the hood right above the turbo intake on #2, you would get alot better airflow straight to the turbo with that filter on there, but oen thing I can see that I dotn like is the master brake cylinder is right there and if you create enough heat that thing might just melt on you :S:S, so Id wrap it or coat it if I were you. Other then that I dont know. #2 looks nicer :P

[Alpine Autowerks]

it must be easier to clean the #2 setup...look at all the dust on the red 1.

[bigboom]

actually the owner of the red one is just a lazy git who doesnt take pride in having a clean car

[Idratherbsidewayz]

Originally posted by Alpine Autowerks
it must be easier to clean the #2 setup...look at all the dust on the red 1.

Originally posted by bigboom
actually the owner of the red one is just a lazy git who doesnt take pride in having a clean car

Wow, thanks for the help guys. Anyone have any useful info? Alpine, im sure you know something about this sort of thing...

[EFHatch]

#2 looks cleaner (the setup, not the engine)

that brake cylinder (as mentioned earlier) could pose a problem.

[Alpine Autowerks]

# 1

lower cg, looks like less bends in plumbing but worse accessablity



# 2 easier fab. people will not ask where turbo is.

[tsi_neal]

setup one appears to have a sidemount IC, or at least a front mount fed from a single side

Setup two looks like it has a more traditional front mount.

For this reason alone id go setup two.

if your custom fabbing ig get the turbo as far forward and as close to the ground as possible and use a normal FMIC.

[ramminghard]

It looks like setup one is running a MAF and setup 2 isn't.