370z STS TURBO KIT

TBOX

So I take it a design like this isn't meant to be driven, ever?

Jamaica

The clearance isnt an issue. The Nismo is dropped .5 inches and still has room to be dropped if needed. The owner has no issues with clearance. This is just like a catback exhaust except this one has turbo!

TBOX

What about heat melting the bumper?

What protects the turbo from objects or water in the road? I would think hitting a small puddle would be pretty detrimental to hot ceramic material.

It's a unique solution, Ill give it that, but your information doesn't sell the big red flags I'm seeing. Perhaps a little more information on this area would be helpful for anyone that is immediately taken back seeing it.

Red__Zed

Those are just standard concerns for a rear-mount turbo.

If I installed it, I might fab something up to protect it, but it is not really any more vulnerable than the average muffler.

TBOX

I'm sorry, ive never seen a rear mounted setup before. At least not that I recall.

Jamaica

Directly from STS

If water hits the hot turbo, will it crack?

Seems like it might when you first think about it, however, when I asked the Garrett engineers this questions they just laughed. There is a big difference in water splashing on a hot turbo and submerging it in enough water and fast enough to really cool it down fast. Both the new turbocharged Vette systems and the new Porsche systems sit the turbo down low and exposed to water and anything else that goes under a car.
Plus, our turbos just don't get that hot and when weather conditions are such that there is a lot of water around, you can't push enough boost to get the turbo hot anyway because you'd just spin the tires.