V engine single turbo idea

[Casey]

Okay so i was in a *heated lol* debate about which setup on a V is more efficiant. single turbo or dual turbo. i was on the dual side and he was on the single side... neways i said that the pipes were the only reason that a single wouldnt be as "good" on a V engine cuz a strange manifold would have to be made and it wouldnt be equal length thus there is a possibility of more compression and heat loss in the longer pipes. la la la ignore the debate i really dont care bout that. this thread is about an idea i had.
i wanted equal length headers for a V engine. so i asked myself why couldnt engine designers make the exhaust manifold come out where the intake manifold is...
picture below*
things to do

Swap intake and exhaust cam on dohc motor
leaving stock timing possions.
fabricate an exhaust and intake manifolds

heres a pic
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v178/viperbite/IMG_6888.jpg

does anyone have any input to share w/ me on this?
it could work theoretically
you would have to have the ports reported as i believe they are differently shaped for maximium flow...

any input is appreciated... id love to try this one day =D

[v-empire]

twin turbo ftw.....its application based not generic

[Lone_Wolf]

what about all the heat?? that is insane you'd want to mount a turbo in the middle of an engine. something like this would work better but look at all the heat wrap plus i think they had to modify the hood to fit it properly. the optimal thing would be for twins.

http://superstreetonline.com/featuredvehicles/130_0402_option350z_14_z.jpg


I saw in a super street mag there was some japanese tuner that converted the twins on a GTO (3000gt Vr-4) to a greddy t88h.was looking but i cant seem to find a picture. but it was mounted off to the side. I think it was a drag car that ran 10's or sub 10s.

[Zane98S14]

The APS single kits for the VQ35's isn't exactly that beneficial. From what i understand you have to drop the tranny to work on the turbo at all because the headers Y and the turbo sits right there. Lots of piping and a bitch to work on. Duals FTW two is always better :)

[Lone_Wolf]

I dont think this would be too difficult. It looks like a clean setup.

http://us.st11.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/hopup1_1944_46698262

[Casey]

=D hood scoop right infront of the turbine for the heat
and a vent behind the turbo out of the hood
just dont plan on doing stupid burnouts haha

i wanna do it tho it'd look so funkey to have the exhaust manifold right there on top =D

[hellfire]

I saw in a super street mag there was some japanese tuner that converted the twins on a GTO (3000gt Vr-4) to a greddy t88h.was looking but i cant seem to find a picture. but it was mounted off to the side. I think it was a drag car that ran 10's or sub 10s.

Ohhh! Now we are in my territory! No Japanese made GTO has ever run a 9.xx run. Dynamic Racing and then 3SX in USA were the first, second, and only 9 second holders.

And Twin Turbo is run on both. BUT there is a company running a Single GT42xx something or other that just released a kit. They haven't been to the track yet, but you can expect very low numbers. I believe they had nearly 900AWHP.

Let me bust out my picture folder here.. And I'll post up engine bay pics.

Tyler

[hellfire]

Ok, just looked around a little. And the 3SX car is running Twin GT35's, and 902HP. And this setup pulled ~863 I think.

Here ya go. This is a single turbo on a Transversely mounted V6.

http://ipsmotorsports.net/pictures/IPSsinglekit7.JPG

http://ipsmotorsports.net/pictures/IPSsinglekit4.JPG

http://ipsmotorsports.net/pictures/IPSsinglekit1.JPG

[Casey]

no i know it can be done
single turbo on a V motor
but im talkin about less pipe
by switching the intake and exhaust ports by swapping the cams
and putting the turbo on the top of the motor

[Broke240]

He is talking about swapping the heads basically. The exhaust side is now in the middle and the intake sides are on the outside, so basically backwards.

[Casey]

yeah
can you swap heads?
arent the oil and coolant ducts different?

i wanna do it one day =D it'd be so cool