Discouraging Measures

[Silver98Maro]

I put my car up on jack stands about a week ago and was measuring space for turbo/IC and stuff. Let me just say that there is really NO ROOM for exhaust piping lol. I plan on keeping my AC BTW.

anyone rerout the hose from the condenser that takes up 1/3 of the passenger side space between engine and radiator?

Also, I found a space, through what I think is the K-member, on both sides. I don't know if it is large enough for a 2.5" diameter exhaust pipe though.

[Wicked 3800 V6]

You didn't really think there was space, did you? I'll have to get pics of my setup ...
-Rob

[Silver98Maro]

it even looks too crowded for foward swept headers

[StudlyCamaro]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Silver98Maro:
it even looks too crowded for foward swept headers<hr></blockquote>

it can be done , you're just silly [img]tongue.gif[/img]

[Shane]

find my post with headers pics....i kept my a/c too.

[Silver98Maro]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr> find my post with headers pics....i kept my a/c too. <hr></blockquote>

I saw the pictures of them, but not on the car.

What inside the engine bay did you move (if anything) to make them work? and did you move the AC condenser hose?

[Birdie2000]

Please excuse my ignorance, but why does it seem to be not extremely difficult to run a single or even twin turbo setup on an LT1 or LS1? Is the V6 for some reason larger than it's 8-cyl counterpart? I know a lot more V8 guys are willing to part with their AC, but I've seen it done without removing it.

[Shane]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Silver98Maro:


I saw the pictures of them, but not on the car.

What inside the engine bay did you move (if anything) to make them work? and did you move the AC condenser hose?<hr></blockquote>

I didnt move anything except my EGR which I removed completly.

[Silver98Maro]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr> Please excuse my ignorance, but why does it seem to be not extremely difficult to run a single or even twin turbo setup on an LT1 or LS1? Is the V6 for some reason larger than it's 8-cyl counterpart? I know a lot more V8 guys are willing to part with their AC, but I've seen it done without removing it<hr></blockquote>

the V8 guys are not doing what I am doing. the have the turbos in the back and run intake ducting through the wheel wells, from what I understand. they dont have room for exhaust just like I don't. The V6 is definatly smaller than the V8; I'm mounting the turbo where the gap is that the V6 leaves where the V8 takes up, lol. Maybe if I look at the LT1/LS1 setups, I can get an idea of where to mount the turbo if possible in the back. But guys on this forum have had ground clearance issues doing that before. So I don't know. It's better to bottom out on your down pipe than on your turbo I guess. Also, I considered several places for the turbo location, and behind the engine seemed to require the most plumbing, most lag.

If I could make some headers like Shane's, then I might be able to manage all of the plumbing without anything being too close to the ground.....

[Shane]

for the right price ill have some made for ya.

[Silver98Maro]

That'd be cool, but its already sounding expensive lol

Any way I can get that price?

Edit: I won't hold you to it, just a ballpark figure would be nice

[ October 16, 2003: Message edited by: Silver98Maro ]</p>

[Shane]

depends on what youll want....coated or not and stuff like that...ill need your turbo as well to do a mock setup so i know how long to make the headers.....if ur serious about it hit me up on AIM....Shane101518