Well my original thought was to move everything around in the engine bay to make space for a single turbo and as I was going to be making the headers to suit I figured this would be the easiest avenue. BUT, the other day, as I removed the centre muffler to improve the exhaust acoustics and I thought what if I put the turbo where it was. There's heaps of room for the turbo, the return piping might be a challenge as will the oil return, but with the turbo down there, the engine bay can stay clean and uncluttered.
So here's what I've got and what's planned
95 SC400 motor
W58 gearbox (yes, I know the issues)
Making 4,2,1 headers (1 5/8" into 1 3/4" into 2" into single 2.5")
Maintain twin high flow cats
MSIII
Injector size increase
CoP's
My research has lead me to believe a turbo with an A/R around .84 would provide responsive boost and because of its rear mounting it would not cause to much concern for the smaller rodded motor or the gearbox (.96 might be easier again on the running gear but lag might become an issue??).
So having got this far, my question relates to T3 Vs T4, open Vs divided. As the turbo will be placed where the exhaust is a single 2.5" pipe, after cats but before any mufflers, which combination would be recommended and does the overall size of the turbo change dramatically depending on what's chosen?
So here's what I've got and what's planned
95 SC400 motor
W58 gearbox (yes, I know the issues)
Making 4,2,1 headers (1 5/8" into 1 3/4" into 2" into single 2.5")
Maintain twin high flow cats
MSIII
Injector size increase
CoP's
My research has lead me to believe a turbo with an A/R around .84 would provide responsive boost and because of its rear mounting it would not cause to much concern for the smaller rodded motor or the gearbox (.96 might be easier again on the running gear but lag might become an issue??).
So having got this far, my question relates to T3 Vs T4, open Vs divided. As the turbo will be placed where the exhaust is a single 2.5" pipe, after cats but before any mufflers, which combination would be recommended and does the overall size of the turbo change dramatically depending on what's chosen?