Lets say I were to do a single turbo setup on, for the sake of simplicity, a TPI motor..

I was looking at some links on ZZ3Astro's website, and there was a Mercury Capri that used inverted (upside down) shorty headers..

So I'm wondering, could I use, say, an inverted shorty header on the passenger side, and then have a non-inverted header on the driver's side, hooked to a y-pipe like normal.. then attach the turbo to the inverted header on the passenger side, and then route the downpipe out of the compressor (?.. I think that's what it's called) and attach the downpipe to the point where the header would have connected to the y-pipe if it wasn't inverted on the passenger side? So I'd have the driver's side header and the turbo's downpipe attached to the y-pipe.

I'm new to all of this, so I really have no idea if this would work, but it seems possible.. Or, is this the wrong way to go about it? I was also thinking I could run a "crossover" pipe from the driver's side header over to the turbo on the passenger side, so the compressor would have both headers attached to it, basically.. then route the downpipe back and under the car like normal exhaust.. but pipe routing for this option would be extremely difficult..

..This is all in theory BTW, purely curiosity..

I'd appreciate any information anyone could give me.. oh also, could someone explain how a wastegate works?

 

In a word... NO! You need to have the exhaust from both sides of the engine going through the turbo

The crossover pipe idea would work... Take a look at a Buick for ideas on plumbing a single turbo on a vee configuration engine

Wastegates bleed off exhaust pressure to keep turbo shaft speed (and hence boost) under control.

Go buy Corky Bells book for a good reference on turbocharging. It will get you up to speed on the basics

Rob_O

 

Hmm, so maybe a twin-turbo setup would be simpler, in actuality?

I'll go down to Summit and see if they have any books on the subject, I guess.. it's pretty interesting stuff, anyways.

Thanks

-Jeremy

 

The other thing you must think about with a twin setup is that it gives you less room under the hood, and requires a lot of exhaust plumbing. But it does hit max boost at lower rpms.

Good luck Jeremy

 

Here's more info on the book I mentioned. Any bookstore can order it for you by ISBN number
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AS...968026-8960865

Rob_O

 

Cool, thanks for the help guys!