STS turbo pics

[Rich Z]

Figured I would take some pics of the turbos and store them here for reference.

I was actually looking for some older pics that I might have taken right after bringing the car home from South Georgia Corvette, but browsing through all the months of pics I have taken of the work I have done on the car since then was just mind numbing. So to heck with that..... I'll just post these newer pics.

First pics of the backside showing both turbos.

[Rich Z]

Here is the driver's side turbo.

[Rich Z]

And then the passenger side turbo.

[Kap142]

Very good looking set up. You do good work Rich.

[Tampa Tuning]

What I like about the STS kit is, the heat doesnt become as much of a factor when tuning. There my be a slight lag for the boost to build, but id take that over fighting knock retard anyday.

They look great under there
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[Rich Z]

There is also the issue of all the weight in front mounted turbos being on the front end of the car. I liked the idea of the STS kit distributing the weight a bit better over the entire car.

Personally, I have never really noticed any notable lag with the STS. I guess if you just tromped the accelerator you would feel some sort of lag, but if boost comes on at 3500 rpm, I would think boost would happen regardless of how quickly the engine gets to 3500 rpm. The engine is moving the same amount of air at that RPM level no matter how you get there. And since there is already an air column in the pipes, it's not like the forced air has to suddenly fill a vacuum.

But I guess since air compresses, that perhaps that could be what is happening to cause some sort of lag. I just haven't experienced that myself, but perhaps I don't tromp on the accelerator all that much.

Beats me. I've always been happy with the system myself.

[shakedown067]

It certainly looks fantastic!