lol! Someone else said that once in a completely different context though, so I quoted it, because I guess I couldn’t really take credit for it… and my name is just in there.
No longer will bugs suffer the miserable fate of being smashed on the front of a car. With the STM Front Facing Turbo kit; bugs will take the most thrilling ride of their life through the bowels of the internal combustion engine.
im somewhat of a turbo newbie. Whats stopping bugs and water from getting in the motor?? is there a water bypass trap or something? drain in the intercooler? what?
Nothing is stopping bugs from getting in there. Bugs wont’ hurt a motor. The mesh is stopping rocks from getting in there, and an intercooler is like a filter of its own, stopping anything larger than a piece of sand from getting in, and even that would have a long journey.
Water is not bad for a motor in small amounts. An engine can actually eat a lot of water. Look at water and meth injection.
It’s not “as healthy” having it open as it would be with a filter on it, but it makes more power this way. It’s a race mod, no question about it. I ran my neon open turbo for a few months, and had no problem.