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Postby Stott69 » Wed Feb 08, 2012 7:54 pm

Just found this link
http://stickydiljoe.com/2009/04/22/an-i ... -i-y-fail/

If anything on your car looks like this....... please kindly donate car to someone that knows what they are doing
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Postby YeMs » Wed Feb 08, 2012 8:15 pm

oh my god
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Postby samlloyd » Wed Feb 08, 2012 8:43 pm

love it
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Postby Lloyd » Wed Feb 08, 2012 8:45 pm

Nothing wrong with a muffler as a plenum!
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Postby holden_fan2005 » Wed Feb 08, 2012 8:49 pm

That's pure gold :D

Also, I have seen those types of turbo mufflers functional and it's a pretty cool idea :wink:
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Postby Vertigo » Thu Feb 09, 2012 10:38 am

holden_fan2005, explain??? pics/article?
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Postby Malcolm » Thu Feb 09, 2012 11:27 am

this:
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I have another pic of them on my computer at home, but they're mounted under the back seats of some American sports coupe (like a Mustang or something) so that from below it appears to be a regular exhaust system, but really there's a pair of blowers chillin there. It's a very cool idea for a stealth install, don't think it belongs with those other failures

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Postby Mr Ree » Thu Feb 09, 2012 11:34 am

In the US, rear mounts are quite popular on the IS300.

Metres and metres of unecessary piping, and lag, but the engine bay looks stock ;)
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Postby Mr Revhead » Thu Feb 09, 2012 1:14 pm

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Postby SkylineObsession » Thu Feb 09, 2012 8:57 pm

Wow they are some really horrific welding jobs. 8O :?
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Postby DVSMOTORSPORT » Thu Feb 09, 2012 9:46 pm

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I could go on for a while :lol:
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Postby rollaholic » Fri Feb 10, 2012 7:04 am

Mr Ree wrote:In the US, rear mounts are quite popular on the IS300.

Metres and metres of unecessary piping, and lag, but the engine bay looks stock ;)


from what i've read the piping length is not TOO dissimilar to what it would be with a front mount.

that shot of the turbos sitting in the rear seat spot looked a bit suspect though - that one turbo has its outlet pretty much touching the drive shaft tunnel. besides, wouldnt it make more sense to have the turbo being feed directly off the exhaust pipe, rather than perched on the muffler like that? or have the internals been altered and the muffler skins are just there as camo?

i did think the welds looked a bit too decent to be mixed in with that other stuff.
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Postby Vertigo » Fri Feb 10, 2012 7:22 am

i just cant imagine what would possess someone to weld a manifold to a turbo...
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Postby sergei » Fri Feb 10, 2012 8:26 am

Vertigo wrote:i just cant imagine what would possess someone to weld a manifold to a turbo...


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Postby siren676 » Fri Feb 10, 2012 11:26 pm

saw vw's 1 piece design and wanted to copy it?

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Postby RomanV » Fri Feb 10, 2012 11:40 pm

Caldina GTT is the same isnt it?
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Postby siren676 » Sat Feb 11, 2012 12:22 am

Quick google search shows that the 4th generation 3sgte had the integrated turbine housing and exhaust manifold.
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Postby tiny2009 » Sat Feb 11, 2012 1:30 pm

Mr Ree wrote:In the US, rear mounts are quite popular on the IS300.

Metres and metres of unecessary piping, and lag, but the engine bay looks stock ;)


Video of IS-F with similar setup, but be warned - the guy in the video is rather annoying.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SktYAwjr2aM&feature=related
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Postby Bling » Sat Feb 11, 2012 2:37 pm

Shit that's nice!!!!
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Postby leboe » Mon Feb 13, 2012 2:13 pm

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thats a remote turbo setup, its more common on bigger engines like V8's because they have so much low end power in the first place that you don't notice the turbo lag (as much). Not recommended for small displacement engines, i believe...

heres a good link that talks about it. http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/sh ... ?t=1253769
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