what do you guys think of this kind of turbo...

and you think it would work on our cars if they would make one...

www.ststurbo.com

 

The design is sound. However, the idea is to provide for a turbo where under-hood space is not available. Thats not the case in the Cobalt. You don't want your plumbing to be any longer then it needs to be. Too much heat and loss.

 

so your saying its not a good idea?

 

I drove a STS turbo 5.7 GTO. Car was wicked. I didn't notice any serious lag.

 

Searched around on some -body sites, and it works really well. I also found an article on Chevy High Performance
http://www.chevyhiperformance.com/te...mounted_turbo/

its nice because you reduce operating temps up to 500 F, so you don't need a turbo timer.

I'd rather just have a turbo in my engine bay though. It looks cooler :-)

 

plus some of those 1\4 miles they have on that site for some cars are some serious #'s

 

yea it look cooler but you already have the SC in the bay its good to have the turbo tucked away...

 

Even though the plumbing would be longer than tucking the turbo under the hood I think having it run cooler would be great. Also, we already have the supercharger to provide the low end and only really need the turbo on the max rpm end. I think it would be awesome to put a really small pulley on the supercharger, like a 2.6 or something to spool up quick, and put a turbo the size of your head in the back. Also since we have the single exhaust all the plumbing could be run on the passenger side of the vehicle. It would be really expensive but it would also be sweet to have a cobalt that makes 15psi at like 2000rpm and 35psi at 6500 rpm. It's fun to dream, isn't it?

 

everything could happen nothing is a dream.... as long as your willing to put the time and money into it nothing is a dream...

 

I guess I should have clarified...I'm married. So yes it still is a dream

 

She is already scared senseless of the balt right now. And I haven't done anything except make the SC louder.

 

its a cool idea if they came out with one and hahn wasnt any time soon id buy it

id like to know what it would sound like they just replace teh muffler and since a turbo muffles the sound would all you hear is the turbo whineing at high rpms??

 

STS systems have proven to be effictive and produce good power with minimal lag consider the location of the turbo. I just think a convertional system would be better.

 

that would make the ultimate 2.2 sleeper for sure

 

lol sign me up... i liek the idea of a sc/turbo system especially if the turbo runs cooler and it like said above it would make a good sleeper... ill just take off that wing and the ss badges and putas wont know the difference

 

The systems that they make for the GTO and F-Bodies not only look out of place but they can't hold a candle to a real well designed turbo system.

 

Yeah it would. That would be kick ass.