[dsinkster]

I have a fresh rebuilt turbo just laying around and I was considering rear mounting it. Anyone done it?? How did it turn out?

 

[Scott Hutch]

Xterra hines did a rear mount setup and made around 400hp to the wheels. So it turned out nicely IMO

 

[AndysLog]

hines truly went above an beyond with his turbo.

you could do a small set up, you wouldnt even need injectors, mani, turbo, intercooler, and a tune and you could see around 35-45 hp gains with low boost maybe 5-7 lbs.

 

[dsinkster]

you could do a small set up, you wouldnt even need injectors, mani, turbo, intercooler, and a tune and you could see around 35-45 hp gains with low boost maybe 5-7 lbs.

Thats what I was planning on doing seeing as I already have a T4, piping and oil lines.

 

[AndysLog]

see how it goes. i know the ecus on our trucks are extremely sensitive to anything at all.
if you fart in its direction it will probably throw an o2 code.

 

[stepside]

a rear mounted turbo is the exact technology behind Squires Turbo Systems - STS:

Squires Turbo Systems - Turbocharged Innovation!

A friend of mine put a turbo on a v-8 F-150... a wild concept! Its a LOT of tubing plumbing the boost from the rear to the intake, oil lines, etc etc...

 

[xterra hines]

dude if you are gunna turbo the truck, go all out! you can get 35-40 hp with bolt ons and tires n/a. you might already know this but boost is addictive. you will get tired of it. i was running 5lbs and making about 360hp to the wheels. that was alot of fun as i was spanking mustangs cameros and 350z's. but i wanted to go a bit more. thats just the nature of the beast. so i got tuned for 9 lbs. now im making 430 to the wheels and im running with corvettes and other modded sports cars, out of a v6 suv! these motors can take an *** beating! i figure im putting out about 500 from the crank. or close to. and i think thats the limit. i have yet to here even a ping or missfire. pretty remarkable if you ask me. imo rear mounted turbos(when done right) can offer the most hp per pound of boost. for instance im making around 10 lbs and pushing 430hp. thats 204 hp over my base stock tune. so that means im making about 20.4 hp per pound of boost. pretty memarkable if you ask me. then lets take the stillen super charger which is rated at 310 hp to the wheels. if that and if im not mistaken it makes 7 lbs of boost unmodded. so that would be 84 hp over stock. so that is about 12 lb per pound of boost. thats just something to consider. and since i made my own kit (fabrication and design). i saved a good amount. just something to consider

 

[bake]

Do it! I've always wanted to and you could do the hard work researching for a low key setup

 

[Corradovr6t]

I would be happy to fabricate a turbo setup for someone if they wanted a truly hi end job. Ive been making 750 plus wheel hp vr6 engines for vws for a long time now. I think that I could make a very compact, reliable under mount kit that would be easy to install and cost effective. Of course you could go all out with built motor, headers, chargecooler,etc., but I think there is a market out there for this. I would do it but my truck has 1500 miles on it. The only part I dont have the answer on is tuning the ecu. If any one wants pics of my previous builds just contact me.

 

[JAHBLESSINGS]

dude if you are gunna turbo the truck, go all out! you can get 35-40 hp with bolt ons and tires n/a. you might already know this but boost is addictive. you will get tired of it. i was running 5lbs and making about 360hp to the wheels. that was alot of fun as i was spanking mustangs cameros and 350z's. but i wanted to go a bit more. thats just the nature of the beast. so i got tuned for 9 lbs. now im making 430 to the wheels and im running with corvettes and other modded sports cars, out of a v6 suv! these motors can take an *** beating! i figure im putting out about 500 from the crank. or close to. and i think thats the limit. i have yet to here even a ping or missfire. pretty remarkable if you ask me. imo rear mounted turbos(when done right) can offer the most hp per pound of boost. for instance im making around 10 lbs and pushing 430hp. thats 204 hp over my base stock tune. so that means im making about 20.4 hp per pound of boost. pretty memarkable if you ask me. then lets take the stillen super charger which is rated at 310 hp to the wheels. if that and if im not mistaken it makes 7 lbs of boost unmodded. so that would be 84 hp over stock. so that is about 12 lb per pound of boost. thats just something to consider. and since i made my own kit (fabrication and design). i saved a good amount. just something to consider

how's the trans holding up, any shifting problems? that's my only fear when it comes to boost.