Lets try this heat cold thing a different way. Take a turbo and on the engine exhaust side apply 1000F and on the discharge side apply dryice -180F. Well it spin?
Now take a Ingersoll Rand compressor and apply 150psi to the engine exhaust side (inlet) of the turbine. Well it spin?
The pressure differencial between the intake side and outlet side will determine the amount power the turbine potential well be.
Have your gym teacher talk to Rick Squires, owner at STS turbo and I don't think he'll say it's "the next best thing". If you'd like I could get Rick on here or maybe email me his thought's on this so I could post them here.
If you read my post I say the unburnt gas coming out of the engine is still expanding creating more pressure.
Read what a few experts have to say:
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Kenny Duttweiler - Duttweiler Performance, Inc.
(Longtime "Turbo God" Kenny Duttweiler has a well-established reputation as the finest turbo tuner in all of drag racing.)</DIV><DIV>
"Squires Turbo Systems' remote-mounted turbos have solved all of the problems associated with traditional engine-mounted turbo systems. The intense underhood heat a turbo generates has been eliminated and you no longer need to punch a hole in your oil pan or cut up the front of the vehicle for an intercooler. Emissions should be really good too with mounting the turbocharger after the catalytic converter."</DIV><DIV>
Joe Pettit - Editor of Sport Truck Magazine
(Joe recently installed our system on a Chevy 4.8L Silverado - details are in the October 2004 issue of Sport Truck magazine.)</DIV><DIV>
"When we first saw this turbo system at last year's SEMA Show, we were very skeptical about throttle response. We thought that with the turbo so far away from the combustion chamber, the system would be lazy with a lot of turbo lag. But after driving the system on other trucks as well as on this install, we find the lag not excessive in the least; it is very near what you find on factory turbo systems."
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"So if you're looking for a power adder for your sport truck, we recommend you take a look at the STS remote mount turbocharger system." </DIV><DIV>
Evan Griffey - Editor of Turbo and High Tech Peformance Magazine
(Evan's 3 page article on STS appears in the October 2004 issue of the magazine)</DIV><DIV>
"The velocity of exhaust gas and the fact that the STS design features a good deal of straight pipe, coupled with what exhaust gas does when it enters a turbo, should help negate any "lag" in the system."
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"We commend Squires Turbo Systems for the innovation and integrity of the concept it put forth, and we also appreciate the enormous potential it represents."</DIV><DIV>
Patrick McCarthy, instructor at ESPN's
Here's somemore to read about STS
http://www.ststurbo.com/testimonials