Due to lack of space in my car I am considering remote mount turbos. Does anyone know the real downsides of this and how to overcome? I was thinking of less energy in the exhaust gasses because they cool down, so there is less energy to drive the turbine. Then there is a big intake pipe that needs to be pressurized and that also might be heated up. Then you have to get oil to the turbos and if it's not a seperate system you also have to get the turbo back to the sump with an oil scavange pump. Any other problems and obviously how do you overcome them?
Mounting the turbos away in the car / under the car / behind the rear wheels does allow you to mount them better / more complex (think of compound turboing for example).
My other two options are in front of the engine, that give me a lot of pipeworks in front of the pulleys and next to the engine (over the valve cover or something) or very low where the bellhouse meets the engine and that also requires a scavange pump I think as it's almost under the oil level.
Mounting the turbos away in the car / under the car / behind the rear wheels does allow you to mount them better / more complex (think of compound turboing for example).
My other two options are in front of the engine, that give me a lot of pipeworks in front of the pulleys and next to the engine (over the valve cover or something) or very low where the bellhouse meets the engine and that also requires a scavange pump I think as it's almost under the oil level.