[GT500916]

Originally Posted by Hit_N_Run-player

Is there really any advantage or disadvantage of having a top mounted turbo manifold http://www.stockreco.com/01sap.jpg or a regular bottom turbo manifold http://www.stockreco.com/picture1006.jpg ???

First question i want to know is, do you know what size turbo that is hes running there? the A/R on that or any info on that top mount turbo??

About the top or bottom mount, i heard that one can spool faster than the other, it is because the cooler the turbo gets the more lag you have.. as posted by AWDSR20 ... i remember reading that somewhere as well.

Turbos are ment to work off heat and pressure, hot air is prettu much energy for the turbo, if that air gets colder then it wont have as much energy. This is why its a good idea and some people do this , is wrap your turbo header with exhaust wrap to not let the head escape from the header and most of it goes in the turbo and spools it faster, so it slightly reduces lag.. I doubt its noticable, but if you compare chart im sure you will notice some different numbers if compared to top and bottom mounts.

I myself dont know which way ill go myself, depends what size ill get and how much room i have to work with. Plus You might want to hide those from some people, im sure cops know exactly what a turbo looks like so hide it, but if you dont care, show it off lol...

Get one mounted sideways!!! i havent seen that one yet lol...