Subject: It looks good, but... Author: jimbo733i as James '84 745i : member since February, 2004 : 618 posts Posted on: 2005-01-11 15:30:24

The website is actually www.ststurbo.com

There are a few basic design flaws to this thing... one being that turbos actually run off the difference in heat in the temp before the exhaust wheel and after the exhaust wheel... which is why an exhaust with the least back pressure is best for a turboed car, it gets the cooler gasses out of the way making the pressure difference from hot to cold side the greatest... another thing is the air intake, I wouldnt want air being sucked in from the rear of the car... think of all the dirt and water being stirred up by the front wheels, then think of all of that going into a very delicate turbo! The stock PSI is 5psi, which would bring you up to around 260hp with a US spec engine...

if you wanted to turbo a 7er, you'd be better off finding the turbo set up from a wrecked 745i for only about $700, rather then spending $4000 on this...

~James

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