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low-mount turbos?

Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 12:43 am
by Lightning
what makes mounting a turbo lower better? Like on some of the SR20's and 1J or 2JZ's.....I'm lost.

Re: low-mount turbos?

Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 2:17 am
by BandyDesign
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Re: low-mount turbos?

Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 6:29 am
by Greg
the theory is, less heat in the engine bay Anthony.

Re: low-mount turbos?

Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 12:34 pm
by Lightning
ah......but heat still rises though :?

Re: low-mount turbos?

Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 12:38 pm
by Greg
but air travels through the engine bay and down the firewall, under the car. one reason shimming the hood doesn't help on most cars, it ruins the flow of air that the manufacturers have designed into the car.

Re: low-mount turbos?

Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 12:49 pm
by Lightning
ah, silly me. Thanks!

Re: low-mount turbos?

Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 1:47 pm
by HATERDAN
BandyDesign wrote:Image

hey i forgot where we thought it was cool for you to make fun of people and act like you belong. oh wait we never did. shut it fatty

Re: low-mount turbos?

Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 2:05 pm
by jsquared
Yo dawg I heard you like wings so we put a wing on your wing.


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Re: low-mount turbos?

Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 2:07 pm
by Lightning
wing-on-wing action....very scandalous.

Re: low-mount turbos?

Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 3:06 pm
by HATERDAN
i kinda like it if its on an over the top looky drift car ricey kinda way

Re: low-mount turbos?

Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 4:55 pm
by P.Haire
dan wrote:
BandyDesign wrote:Image

hey i forgot where we thought it was cool for you to make fun of people and act like you belong. oh wait we never did. shut it fatty
dan, this is a different dude. he's cool. LOL.

Re: low-mount turbos?

Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 6:17 pm
by joe
P.Haire wrote:
dan wrote:
BandyDesign wrote:Image

hey i forgot where we thought it was cool for you to make fun of people and act like you belong. oh wait we never did. shut it fatty
dan, this is a different dude. he's cool. LOL.
yeah, i think you got BandyDesign, mistaken for me for me.. :P :rotate: :lol:

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Re: low-mount turbos?

Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 10:35 pm
by HATERDAN
joe i'm not the skinniest dude in the land but i noticed you have some wierd shapes in your shirt like what appears to be a large cat or possibly a bag of childrens toys

Re: low-mount turbos?

Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 9:43 am
by matts13
jsquared wrote:Yo dawg I heard you like wings so we put a wing on your wing.


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i wan this wing.

Re: low-mount turbos?

Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 9:45 am
by Greg
matts13 wrote:
jsquared wrote:Yo dawg I heard you like wings so we put a wing on your wing.


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i wan this wing.
you need a ginormous wing.