Guys - as most of you know I'm working on a custom turbo setup that is leaving the a/c on the car. Right now I am at the dilemma of trying to figure out the best way to move the turbo towards the passengers side a few inches. But when I do this, the turbo of course doesn't match up with the hf manifold that I have, so this is what I'm thinking of doing? See pictures - I want to make a pipe that does a complete 360 deg turn and move the turbo over a few inches without dropping it down too far. My only worry is that with this 10" of pipe the turbo isn't going to spool very quick. So my question is - will this still spool quickly, or should I work on a different design. When I say spool quickly I'm saying sooner than 3500rpm on a d16a6 motor. This is my daily drive and I would prefer to not have a lot of lag. I am running a 14b tdoh4 turbo - and only about 7-9lbs of boost.

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wow that is deffinitly a different idea man. i've never seen anyone come up with something like that.

having said that i cant say how it'll affect the spool of the turbo. theoretically all the same exhaust gases are getting to the turbo but they might be coming in slower because of the single long length of pipe.

are you sure you can't fit the turbo there without it hitting the ac stuff?

Ya, I'm sure - it's on a 90 honda civic 4dr ex - I'm having to relocate the radiator and a/c fans to make it fit the way I want too. I had a friend that is running a turbo on his car that thinks this is going to lag really bad so I thought I'd get a few other opinions first. If it's only a little slower spooling up then I don't care, this isn't my race car - just a daily driver. I just don't want to have a crap load of lag.

you welding this yourself?

I've got a friend that is going to be welding it for me - it's very simple - 2 plates, one to match the hf manifold, the other to match the turbo. Then two 180 deg mandrel bent pipes and a short straight piece - that's it.

theres no doubt it would work, but IMO you would be better off to just buy one of the cheapie log manifolds and weld a 14B flange on the left hand (read: passenger) side

but then again we never know until we try, so give it a shot.. its gotta be better than no turbo at all :P

but then again we never know until we try, so give it a shot.. its gotta be better than no turbo at all :P

haha my thoughts exactly. and if it doesn't work go with a log manifold with the turbo flange on the left side.

Ya, I'll give it a try - then I we will know for sure if it is good or not - so if something ever thinks of trying it again we can say it works or it doesn't.

using heat wrap should help with the lag but i would try a differant design and remember that the turbo doesn't have to sit like that. it can be mounted in just about any angle just as through it has the correct oil flow

aslong as the oil drain is facing straight down(requires clocking of the center section). the drain cannot be more than 30 degrees off of pointing straight down. more than 30 and it will have insufficient drain. i watched it happened to my friends t3 when he made a lil adapter that angled the turbo out to fit a 3" dp.

I don't think it will lag any worse than a normal setup. Hell, the Camaro and corvette's have a set up where the turbo is at the reaer end, right next to the diff. The turbo lag on the system is barly noticable, or so said the guys on HP TV who installed one. Once the initial pressure builds up, it should be good to go.