what about the ATI procharger kit?

[blown02]

that still looks like it will drag on a truck with like a 4 6 drop

[agreif]

All I would want is some type of shrou. I mean road debris, plus salt and all that crap has to take some toll. Get a little gash in the casing and then expose it to the ellements...i dunno. I'm just skeptical I guess. Not trying to question everything, but I wonder what you would lose if you put it right after the cat, but before the muffler, heck even before the cat, just somewhere a little more tucked away without being in the engine compartment. Less distance to travel.

Andrew

[kinjo1977]

Originally posted by blown02@Apr 13 2004, 01:42 PM
that still looks like it will drag on a truck with like a 4 6 drop

I see what ur saying, but if the turbo is mounted "higher than the stock equipment" that would mean you would have to be draggin the frame to actually hurt the thing.
As far as debris hitting it...well dodge the potholes and the roadkill. I mean even without the turbo, if you have a 4/6 drop ur gonna be dodgin everything that isn't level pavement anyways.

[fullthrottledan]

turbos are more efficient on heat. more heat the better, to an extent. all the way back there would lose alot of heat and power potential.

Id say procharger for racing, radix for towing, but if i had the money i wouldnt be choosey

[scsb96onbaggs]

i love to see people pst that pic i have seen it a thousand times and you know what you allreaddy have that under your hood. your headers get like that if you are at high RPM for an extended period of time. this picture was probably on a duno run where the motor was at about 6500rpm for about 30 seconds. This is why people wrap them and they wrap turbos also. also this is why heat shields are used.

[kinjo1977]

Originally posted by scsb96onbaggs@Apr 13 2004, 07:55 PM
i love to see people pst that pic i have seen it a thousand times and you know what you allreaddy have that under your hood. your headers get like that if you are at high RPM for an extended period of time. this picture was probably on a duno run where the motor was at about 6500rpm for about 30 seconds. This is why people wrap them and they wrap turbos also. also this is why heat shields are used.

I don't think the point of the picture was to say that nothing else in your engine produces heat. It's just pointing out that no one would really want a glowing hot turbo under their hood if they were able to mount it elsewhere with the same results, if not better.

agreif: I think a shroud would be nice to have also. I mean, even if it did absolutely nothing for the turbo, at least you would peace of mind knowing your investment is covered.
I'm sure that would be a pretty simple thing to make if you did get a turbo. Just get some sheet metal and weld up some kind of box around it.

[RedHeartbeat]

The image of that hot turbo next to a carpeted floor scares the hell out of me. Imagine that hot turbo heat soaking your floor board after you park your truck after a couple of hard runs. You come out later to the sounds of fire trucks coming to extinguish your burning truck interior. Damn, what a scary thought.