new type of turbo?
 

ok so the only reason i looked into this was cause it seemed more efficient than regular turbos. anyone have opinions?? http://www.ststurbo.com/universal_system

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yea i saw them do the vette on hp tv. Looks like a sweet turbo

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yep. although it needs xtra parts. so what kind of boost could i run on this and would it be good for about 12lbs of boost?

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I wouldnt ever buy that.

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id be afraid of it falling off or hitting something in the road

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you could do that with any turbo really, just need to make a way to mount it. a turbo is a turbo, some are better than others. you need to find the right one for your setup, not some universal kit. if you own a honda i would suggest a greddy kit, it comes with evrything you need. that kit you need to fabricate a whole entire exhaust system, and all the plumbing and mount it somewhere. why not just buy a vehcile specific kit?

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It will have terrible lag times. And I'm not clear how they oil that thing.

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For starters, full boost by 3k? I dont think so. If you lower your car you can say bye bye to your cool turbo setup. How in the world do you run oil lines all the down there? If you could and something was to tear one of those bad boys off or put a hole in one your screwd! And how are you gonna run piping all the way to an intercooler? You would have to have like 10 feet of the most complicated charge piping that you would have a great time fabbing up. And notice on there site that there isnt really anything mentioned about how you will have to consider fuel management in order to turbocharge a vehicle. seems very unrealistic to me. stick with a conventional setup.

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GReddy, Drag, Full Race, Turbonetics, REV Hard.......Just to name a few of the TOP OF THE LINE turbo kit companies....NONE of them have even considered a kit like this........The bottom line is.......The closer the turbo is to the exhaust outlet on the engine.......THE FASTER IT SPOOLS. There is a reason this kind of "more effiecient" turbo kit hasnt been produced by a different company before........Its not as good or efficient.

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so this would probably be convienent for v-8 domestics huh i did kinda have that feeling of inefficiency but was thinking about the positives.