Guisslapp

Mass is conserved, volume is not.

zoom44

anybody have an idea how to plumb the thing in an 8?

MadDog

G___,he obvisouly understands the conservation of mass....

brillo

once you take the airbox out, you have plenty of room to run the piping from the TB down below the car, its really not hard, you could fab up a prototype with some flex hose and pvc pipe to get your demensions and lengths correct.

I'd actually start by mounting the turbo first and making sure I could make that half of the equation work. Piping down the length of the car shouldn't be to hard though.

zoom44

well the exhaust takes up most of the room bewteen the engine and the turbod - how do you plumb the compressed intake air back to the engine.

Guisslapp

And that would assume no reaction in the cat...There is also no rule for conserving the quantity of molecules. But I know he understands, I just couldn't resist the compulsion to be a *****. I will go sit in timeout until I can learn to play nicely.

Guisslapp

I can't imagine anything very mechanically efficient fitting under there. The dremel extension tool type device may work, but it seems like it would rob alot of power similar to the transmission and drivetrain.

rotarygod

Start by figuring out what size turbo you'd use mounted in a conventional fashion. The compressor side doesn't need to change. The exhaust side does. Whatever you would normally use, go 2-3 a/r sizes smaller as a rear mount as a starting point.

zoom44

HOW ARE YOU GOING TO PIPE IT! it wont matter what size wheels you use if you cant pipe it

guy321

Im starting to eye up my stock exhaust.......... Havent looked at the bottom of the car yet (for fitting purposes), maybe take some pictures. You only need to run 2 oil lines and run a single pipe to the intake manifold thingie right? I was thinking the air intake filter would need to be run under the rear bumper to have enough clearance from water, etc..

At first glance it looks like there is enough space on the driver's side of the transmission/drivetrain to run and mount a pipe.

RG, so can you bastardize turbo's like that?


custom remote mount turbo with a megasquirt .. might be a good DIY in 2007 lol.

therm8

Woo Sah! Wooooo Saahhh!

rotarygod

When someone buys a turbo, and I don't mean in a kit, they specify what compressor, exhaust wheel, and a/r housing they want and those get assembled together. You just tell them to use a smaller a/r housing. That's easy.

If someone were to get the car up on a lift and stare at it a while, they'd find a place to run a 2" pipe from the back to the front. If it can be done on a C6 (twin rear turbos), it can be done on an RX-8.

guy321

What are good companies to buy compressors for these one-off installs?

My cousin is an engineer and is talking about using the labs/equipment at FIT to construct compressors.. I don't think i'll be going THAT far lol.

rotarygod

Turbonetics is a very well known company. Their website is here:
http://www.turboneticsinc.com/

Texas Rebuilds is here in Houston which makes it very convienient if I ever need anything.
http://www.turbochargers.com/

There are many other companies out there.

guy321

Thanks!! IF i pull this off I will name my car after you!

BaronVonBigmeat

Somehow "Fred" doesn't really sound like the name of a fast car.

rotarygod

lol It's a 4 letter "F" word. What's not to like?

guy321

I'll call it Freddielicious