350z rear mount turbo install

BB code is On. Smilies are On. Trackbacks are On. Pingbacks are On. Refbacks are On. Forum Rules. All times are GMT The time now is PM. My Picture Album. Nissan Z Pictures. Become a Forum Sponsor. User Name. Remember Me? Mark Forums Read. Page 1 of 3. Thread Tools. Quote: Originally Posted by Elmoz They make power, but are very inefficient lag is freaking crazy and the powerband is small.

Quote: Originally Posted by Spooler I was being nice. LOL I still am biting my tongue. Quote: Originally Posted by Elmoz Thought you were taken off the nipple a long time ago hahha. Quote: Originally Posted by hulet Sounds like you guys have never had a proper rear mount before.

All of that compressed air from the turbo has to get back to the engine to be forced back into the cylinders, so intricate piping has to be put in place to achieve this. This is also applicable for the oil system which will need a long feed from the sump to function properly, or a bespoke oil reservoir put in place to cope with the demands of the hot turbocharger.

Turbocharger efficiency can take a bit of a hit when compared to a standard engine bay placement or a hot-V setup. The intake air to the turbocharger will have cooled by the time it reaches the area once filled by the backbox as it travels down the exhaust system.

A turbocharger also thrives when large pulses of exhaust gases are sent through its inlet, but unfortunately these pulses will have decreased in size by the time they reach a rear-mounted system. The sheer amount of intricate plumbing needed to keep the system functioning properly is a hellish project to undertake and many of the cooling benefits are vastly outweighed by the lack of heat that a rear-mounted turbo would suffer from.

Please confirm you agree to the use of tracking cookies as outlined in the Cookies Policy. Sign in or register. For a giggle, we removed the intercooler and shortened the pipework by roughly half a metre, and I can tell you that made an incredible difference to how the car drove in terms of lag.

How much power do you want? How much lag are you prepared to put up with? What other supporting mods do you have? What's your budget? Power wise I'm aiming for nothing too crazy it's not drivable. Supporting mods I was going to get new fuel pump.

Probably bigger injectors? And that's roughly all I have thought about so far. Fair enough. However, and with all due respect, I would look into this a lot more before you commit to this project, as there's plenty more there you'll need like the intercooler, ECU, oil supply for the turbo assuming you go for an oiled one , as well as the fueling side you mention.

Don't forget you'll also need to do the brakes and tyres too, if you haven't already. Have a read of the other turbo threads on here, as apart from the location of the turbo itself being different for you you'll need everything else a normal install will. The benefit of a rear mounted turbo is to fit a supercharger as well..

Agreed with Ekona, all the pipe work running up and down the car is pointless, might as well just mount it behind the engine next to gearbox.. I suffer no lag what so ever with boost in at 2.

Yeah you do, it's just minimised. You cannot run a turbo with zero lag, unless you break the laws of physics. I have a genuine Turbowerx scavenge pump imported from the states, was contemplating this idea myself but have gone turbo in the engine bay now so no longer needed.

Anti-lag anyone? And despite not actually disagreeing with you since we last discussed mixed tyres, youre wide of the mark on the lag as well - even in 8ft of boost pipe theres not very much air, and its not like youre filling a vacuum either, youre just pushing along whats in the pipe already.

See here:. If you want hp, strapping a charger on is the best bet, to get the most out of any Z33 turbo setup you need to forge the engine IMO which is big cash. I can only go off my own experience, which was changing an air to air intercooled system to a water to air one, which involved removed about a metre of pipework. Throttle response was massively increased, even on a small system like that. You're not just pushing along what's in the pipe, you're compressing it.

To compress it means that you have to add more into the same size space, which if the pump turbo size doesn't change then it must take longer. Whilst a rear mounted turbo may well be acceptable for people coming from big turbos who are used to having large boost thresholds, they're just not for me. Each to their own though, as always. What's that middle car? That looks amazing! You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

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