forward facing turbo

[90ggsx]

Is there a manifold that's made to fit the galant, or does it have to be custom made? Any info would be greatly appreciated /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[EMX5636]

JMF is currently building a 1G FF exhaust manifold. I'm sure it would clear in a Galant with a half rad and some creativity. As far as I know, no off the shelf Galant "specific" though.

 

[TylerAdamson]

The only Galant specific manifold I can think of is the top mount offering from JMFab. All others I've seen have been custom one off pieces.

 

[slugsgomoo]

Are you building a street car with a forward facing inlet? I always wondered about filtration options doing that myself...

In any case, if it's a track car, why not do the fab yourself so you can get it where you want it to suit your own setup, while you're at it cut the front end off and tube that, etc. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

[90ggsx]

It will mainly be for the track, but occasionally it will be on the street. I'll probably just use a screen or something. There are some vettes around here that need to get shut down. But I guess I'll be going with the jmfab haha. I'm not talented enough to do it myself.

 

[slugsgomoo]

I doubt you need a forward facing manifold to go and shut down corvettes unless they're deep single digit cars, and if they are either a) you should already know the answer to this question or B) you have enough money for someone to do this for you.

Take it from someone who has gone through some of the issues of trying to jump into the deep end rather than swimming out there. I still think i'd have had more fun and gone faster if I'd stuck with the 16g until I tapped it out. YMMV though.

Build a 2.1L long rod destroker with a dry sump, GT45R and methanol. Don't forget to switch to an auto to reduce parts breakage and then go out and shatter records.

 

[thecman02]

Quoting slugsgomoo:
Are you building a street car with a forward facing inlet? I always wondered about filtration options doing that myself...

In any case, if it's a track car, why not do the fab yourself so you can get it where you want it to suit your own setup, while you're at it cut the front end off and tube that, etc. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

This is how I run my filter on a forward facing setup. Its a short stack K&N.

 

[90ggsx]

They aren't single digit cars that's for sure. They got maybe half a car on a ep3 civic that traps about 130 in 1/4 on slicks, but when they raced the civic was on street tires. I know I don't need to go forward facing, I was just seeing what the options were.

 

[TylerAdamson]

Aside from the unique factor why go with a forward facing manifold? There are plenty of guys in the single digits with their turbos in a standard mounted fashion.

 

[prove_it]

An FP race manifold will cost a quarter of what you want to do. That's how part outs happen. Oh I'm going to do all this crazy cool stuff---- two years later it's getting parted cause it got too expensive.

Why reinvent the wheel?

 

[90ggsx]

Like I said, I was just seeing what the options were. Haha trust me, this car won't be getting parted out. The car isn't even finished and am already in love with it!

 

[prove_it]

Time and money open up any option you want. Good to hear there's another GVR4 lover.

 

[90ggsx]

Its just a gsx, but it will be somewhat the same with a little time, I am going to keep the gsx emblem though /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[prove_it]

Meh, almost close enough. It's not a real VR4, but it is more rare.

 

[thecman02]

To be fair I had a FP manifold setup with this exact same turbo. I changed the turbine housing from a bolt on to a twin scroll housing and picked up 100whp. The FP manifold really is the best setup if your looking for anything south of 500whp and need reliability. The main thing I would recommend is getting the appropriate FP turbo to compliment the setup. I had a bojankass BEP bolt on housings mated to this turbo and it was not a good setup.

The main benefit of the forward facing is realized in drag racing. I can easily stick a bell-mouth on my turbo and have it at the leading edge of my car. This maximizes ram air effect. Its pretty much the equivalent of extending your compressor map to the right. A well designed intake on a conventional turbo setup will net you basically the same results though.

 

[prove_it]

Exactly. I've seen guys just take a 3" intake pipe with a single 90* elbow and have the inlet face forward and basically come out below the headlight. Wasn't a mitsu, but still same idea. We made 900whp on our shop evo and had just a straight inlet that took air from behind the headlight. Save the forward facing for drag only set-ups that don't see the street.

 

[90ggsx]

I honestly didn't even think about that, thanks a bunch for the input! I'm really enjoying my stay on this site, seems like a bunch of knowledgeable people who want to help others, its a nice change compared to other forums. I have a question though, how many posts does it take to drop the "noob" status, I'm seeing a bunch of parts in the for sale section that would help me finish the car, and I know for idahomotorsports its 100, is it the same here? I've tried researching it, but I might be looking in the wrong spot.

 

[turbowop]

Even with newb status you should be able to buy parts. Just PM the people selling the stuff you want.

 

[90ggsx]

Alright, so its just strictly to not post in that section?

 

[turbowop]

We don't want people with no forum history selling parts. It's much easier to scam people as a seller than it is as a buyer.