Remote Turbo

[Larue]

Has anyone tried the remote turbo kits I see advertised for other vehicles?

http://www.ststurbo.com/universal_system

I was thinking of mounting one next to the tranny area (protected by the skid plate).

 

[MAKG]

How do you keep the exhaust from cooling? Whatever energy goes into heating up the ambient air does NOT go into compressing the intake air.

The right place for a turbocharger to live is right at the exhaust, as close to the engine as is feasible.

 

[BlackBII]

It has been done on a Ranger here on TRS, search for it and Im sure you'll find the thread. I beleive the truck was blue...or silver.

That kit looks nice, but you'll need some serious fab work...you can weld I assume?

I would do a turbo under the hood, as MAKG suggested. More effecient that way. Less energy loss.

If you do go with a remote setup, I would use a good amount of header wrap, to keep the heat flowing.

 

[oldmantruck]

If i remember correctly from my thermo dynamics class, basically you treat a gas turbine( ie turbo charger) with ideal gas equations so as temp goes down, so does the energy in the working fluid (exhaust) STS is avertising a reduction of about 500 f or about 1/3 in absolute temp. That just means you get about 1/3 less boost than up front all things being equal.

But remember that a turbo has a waste gate to dump off extra exhaust anyway, so if you size the compressor correctly compared to the turbine, it will work just fine out back. The added bonus is that it is cooler and you get a built in charge cooling effect from the long intake tube.

I would do this in a heart beat if i had the money, I would love to try this same setup as a budget build project.

The major down side as I see it is on the scavenge pump end of things.

 

[Evan]

How do you keep the exhaust from cooling? Whatever energy goes into heating up the ambient air does NOT go into compressing the intake air.

The right place for a turbocharger to live is right at the exhaust, as close to the engine as is feasible.

You keep the exhaust from excessive cooling by using exhaust heat wrap.

Even though some heat is lost, there is still more than enough energy to provide the necessary boost.

Many people have sucessfully run remote turbo setups.

 

[Wicked_Sludge]

there is ample room in any stock ranger engine bay for a standard turbo setup, why would anyone choose a remote mount over a conventional if they had room for the latter? it just adds more complexity to what is already a considerable amount of work.