# Cool shit, Remote mounted turbos **URL:** \ **Category:** SON240sx Automotive\ **Created:** [January 10, 2005, 5:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cool-shit-remote-mounted-turbos/82922 "2005-01-10T05:21:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Racer\_XTREME](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e47c2d/32.png) [@Racer\_XTREME](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Racer_XTREME)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2005, 6:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cool-shit-remote-mounted-turbos/82922/21 "2005-01-14T18:54:30Z")
> umm yes > > turbochargers are heat scavengers…they are not pinwheels blowing in air flow as many people think > > they run off the very high heat differential between the hot and cold side of the turbine, this differential powers the turbine > > if they were just a “pinwheel” you would not be able to extract any extra energy from the system…they are positive feedback devices P \* V = N \* R \* T (boyles law baby!) Yeah the heat gives the air particles energy and the pressure pushes on the the turbine going from a high pressure side, manifold, to the low pressure side, downpipe. Its air pressure so the air is the physical being spinning the turbo. Sure Temperature and Pressure are directly proportional, but i think saying its a pressure differential sounds better 😉 thats what manifold wrap is for! keep those exhaust temps up! just thought i’d clarify some things for readers. ---
**Author:** ![spd-dmn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/spd-dmn/32/5513_2.png) [@spd-dmn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/spd-dmn)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2005, 6:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cool-shit-remote-mounted-turbos/82922/22 "2005-01-14T18:57:10Z")
The hotter the gases the more they expand the faster they wanna get through to the other side of the turbine. Am I understanding this correctly? ---
**Author:** ![Racer\_XTREME](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e47c2d/32.png) [@Racer\_XTREME](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Racer_XTREME)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2005, 7:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cool-shit-remote-mounted-turbos/82922/23 "2005-01-14T19:01:11Z")
> [@spd-dmn](#): > > The hotter the gases the more they expand the faster they wanna get through to the other side of the turbine. > > Am I understanding this correctly? Word, thats pressure! The pressure is much higher on the one side of the turbo with respect to the other, and pressure is directly proportional to heat, hence what adam and the other guy was saying. ---
**Author:** ![TM1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tm1/32/5517_2.png) [@TM1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TM1)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2005, 7:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cool-shit-remote-mounted-turbos/82922/24 "2005-01-14T19:02:24Z")
Just say: Thermal Expansion. Period. ---
**Author:** ![ADAM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4af34b/32.png) [@ADAM](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ADAM)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2005, 6:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cool-shit-remote-mounted-turbos/82922/25 "2005-01-16T18:31:36Z")
IF YOU THINK OF IT THIS WAY… a turbo is connected by its turbine and compressor by a solid common shaft… so IF it was just air flow that was powering it… the net effect of air passing over the compressor and turbine would be the same… HOWEVER it is not…once the fuel is burnt the wasted energy (heat) allows the turbine shaft to be powered OVER AND ABOVE the airflow passing over the compressor side of the turbo… .it is not a pinwheel or fan 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![200sxca18det](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/49beb7/32.png) [@200sxca18det](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/200sxca18det)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2005, 8:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cool-shit-remote-mounted-turbos/82922/26 "2005-01-16T20:22:05Z")
> [@boMex](#): > > [quote=nocwage]The PURPOSE of that setup is so that it DOES NOT break emissions laws. > It does not require you to modify your manifolds, pre-cats, cats etc, nor does it interfere with the operating temperature of the catalytic converters. > > So that’s why that thing exists. > I think it’s a decent idea, it might be laggy on a 1.6L honda but on a 5.7L muscle car i bet you’d see very little lag. … :shock: Since when have enthusiast cared about things like emissions? lol Gutted cat anyone?[/quote] not all enthusiast are law breakers and can afford stupid ass tickets! but since when enthusiast just by putting a sr20det call their 240sx a JDM? ---
**Author:** ![boMex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@boMex](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boMex)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 5:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cool-shit-remote-mounted-turbos/82922/27 "2005-01-17T05:48:33Z")
^^^You are teh suck at the typing! ---
**Author:** ![200sxca18det](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/49beb7/32.png) [@200sxca18det](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/200sxca18det)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 6:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cool-shit-remote-mounted-turbos/82922/28 "2005-01-17T06:52:53Z")
^^at least i don;t claim i drive a silvia just because i have an sr and a front end coversion. Learn how to do a brake job first ---
**Author:** ![200sxca18det](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/49beb7/32.png) [@200sxca18det](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/200sxca18det)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 7:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cool-shit-remote-mounted-turbos/82922/29 "2005-01-17T07:10:19Z")
> [@boMex](#): > > ^^^You are teh suck at the typing! oh yeah and a real enthusiasts do their own engine SWAPS ---
**Author:** ![GT1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5e925/32.png) [@GT1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GT1)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 7:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cool-shit-remote-mounted-turbos/82922/30 "2005-01-17T07:17:50Z")
thats quite enough of that. keep it on topic GT [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cool-shit-remote-mounted-turbos/82922.md?page=1)