STS turb install

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I was wathcing a tv program last weekend and they installed a dual STS turbo setup in a corvette that installs in the rear of the car replacing the mufflers with turbos. They ran the boost tubes all the way back up to the front of the car to an intercooler and then into the intake. Supposedly the cooling efficeny is like 98% versus the usual 85%. Has anyone seen this setup or better yet used one???? My evil thoughts started rolling when I seen the setup thinking it is the ultimate stealth setup for street use. The other obvious advantage is no extra heat under the hood and it sounds like a jet when you give it a foot full. STS doesnt offer a kit for anything old but they offer a universal kit.
Anybody have any thoughts on this product????
 
seems like alot of work to me. all the oil lines and then all the piping and then piping the intercooler, and finding a spot to fit a turbo. I say keep it in the engine bay.
 
yea i agree with tommy plus the fact that there will be alot of turbo lag in that thing with all of the piping the air has to go through before it gets to the intake
 
The heat loss in all that extra length of exhaust tubing has got to be massive. That is going to kill the efficiency of the hot side of the system regardless of the efficiency of the cold side.
 
The lag time from such a long run of tubing is indeed a problem.

Biggest problem with remote systems seems to be a myriad of oiling problems. The oil pumps are also very loud.
 
They were claiming that there is virtually no turbo lag, but I am like you guys, very skeptical on that. They claimed that there was only 1 LB of boost lost in the setup but I dunno.
I just wanted to se what everybody thought about it.
 
I think they are only usefull on modern engine bays with NO room for a turbo (f-body, corvette) for what they are they work great....but if you ae looking to go REAL fast and make big boost they are junk (don't forget they are AFTER the cat also) I would rather plumb a turbo all in the bay instead of all over a car.
 
I agree. There are cars that this is the only viable option if you want to turbo the thing. But for our sixes there is plenty of engine bay room.
Will
 
Not to mention the effects of road debris, IE water, dirt and grim would have on the turbo. I couldn't see the hot side of the turbo getting soaked good for it.
 
they have been out for stangs for a while now, they are nice on certain cars, but for me, I have to agree, i would rather have in the engine bay if possible.

Just the exposer to the road would ruin the life of those things.
 
Turbo is closer to the tail pipe outlet. Provides a better pressure differential across the turbine wheel which promotes better flow across turbine.

I think this is crap....yeah it has less restriction AFTER the turbo but a bunch before it. cooler gases entering a turbo means lower energy to be gained. they are simly good for what they are....a simple bolt on power adder to gain 100hp or so with no internal mods.
 
I will jump in here, because when I first saw these things show up a few years ago, I thought they were just that - crap.

But, there are some guys getting some really huge horsepower gains with them.

I think they are a great system for the guy who wants a power adder but doesnt want to completely redo his car's setup. It turns a turbo into essentially a bolt on.

If that means that I can spend an afternoon and bolt in a kit that gives me 90% of the power of a guy who spent a month cutting and welding and everything else in his engine bay - then that is a good tradeoff for most people.
 
Biggest problem with these kits seems to be longetivity.

They are prone to all kinds of damage, from speed bumps to foreign objects, etc.

They are just really vulnerable.
 
Bort62":dcyufgjj said:
If that means that I can spend an afternoon and bolt in a kit that gives me 90% of the power of a guy who spent a month cutting and welding and everything else in his engine bay - then that is a good tradeoff for most people.
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I dont mean to try to argue with your statement but I didnt have to cut anything in my engine bay to run the turbo setup I sold on ebay. My current setup I made 2 cuts just because of the intercooler piping. I feel the remote turbos would only be better if there is no room, however on our 6's there is plenty, just my .02
 
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