There is a guy I saw at the track 1 day w/ a turbo that is at the rear of the car just before the tailpipe!? I didn't get to get to ask him about it. I saw him on the road yesterday and it reminded me about it. Has anyone seen or heard of this, or are you guys just going WTF? Any kind of info(gains,cost,just wtf)?

 

Yeah, I am pretty sure its called the STS turbo kit
http://www.ststurbo.com/ls1_camaro_kits

 

So who has this? Sounds too good to be true.

 

do you remember what the guys car ran ?

 

That seems like a pretty sweet deal to me.. If those dyno charts on the site were real than that seems like a REALLY awesome turbo modification. I watched the video on how it worked and it seemed like it could work, but I don't really know too much about turbo's.

 

Sorry, I didn't see his times, it was a busy night. A guy I was talking too about it there said his times were not too great. For $3700 and no extra mods, that is a good pwr to $ ratio, is it not?

 

Anybody here w/ this?

 

i cant imagine what the turbo lag must be!!

and i can't imagine the turbo would last too long on a daily driver. imagine all the dust and water that the intake would pick up, not to mention the corrosion on the turbo and components themselves being under and behind the car like that!!

i suppose for a garage queen or a trailer beauty it would be cool...but i think i'll pass for my daily driver

 

I had the system put on my convertible last October and went through a pretty wet and snowy winter, driving it nearly every day. Maybe that wasn't smart on the salt-the-road days, though;-). I had a precharger bag on my filter to reduce the garbage that might get through.

The 7 lb system took 2 seconds off my G-tech quarter-mile time, before I did any tuning, and with the pre-charger bag on there (which I've since learned restricts air flow quite a bit). I've since tuned the car but haven't gotten out to run another quarter mile. So, before tuning, I went from 15.1 to 13.10 (I'm at 4500 feet above sea level). The 13.10 had two people in the car besides (both runs were G-Tech Pro). Everything else is stock on my car, including the 245/16 tires. They just slapped the turbo on for me in an afternoon, and I've done my own tuning (very slowly, with Tunercat).

If you're not interested in tearing your car to pieces to do the install and want great power for the $, I think this kit is the answer. The driveability is awesome, and the exhaust note is a little beefier at cruise, and a lot louder at WOT. By 3500 RPM, I'm at full boost. Not the boost response of a roots blower, but I don't think centrifugal superchargers can do that!

This car is so fun to drive, I'm leaving my 2000 Vette home! I can't believe I went so long with my slow Z28 before making the jump. No LT1 should be without it!

 

Damn, that sounds like a sweet set up. 2 seconds?!!?!? Those are awesome results.

 

I was looking at the G-tech results. And the 3rd comparison run says Methanol Injected @ 50%. And that ran them a 12.5 @118 with 7 psi.
Think the Methanol had more to do with it than the turbo did??

 

Anybody w/ a LS1 w/ this on there car? 2 seconds off 1/4 times? WOW, for the $ that is good right.

 

I sell and install these kits. On my stock '02 Formula, it makes 412/451 @ 5psi. Driveability is completly stock until you get on it. It carries over 400ftlbs from 3000 past 5000. Gets great gas mileage. Its easy to install.
I have had mine on for about 5 months and its great.

 

That's badass.

 

There are kits for LT1's, full size GMC and Chevy trucks with v-8s, Toyota Tacomas with the v-6, and Toyota Tundras with the v-8. There are tests that have an LT1 putting out 589rwhp/637 rwtq at 12psi. The LT1 takes boost a little better than the LS1.