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low-mount turbos?

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what makes mounting a turbo lower better? Like on some of the SR20's and 1J or 2JZ's.....I'm lost.
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the theory is, less heat in the engine bay Anthony.
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ah......but heat still rises though :?
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but air travels through the engine bay and down the firewall, under the car. one reason shimming the hood doesn't help on most cars, it ruins the flow of air that the manufacturers have designed into the car.
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ah, silly me. Thanks!
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hey i forgot where we thought it was cool for you to make fun of people and act like you belong. oh wait we never did. shut it fatty
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Yo dawg I heard you like wings so we put a wing on your wing.


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wing-on-wing action....very scandalous.
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i kinda like it if its on an over the top looky drift car ricey kinda way
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dan wrote:
BandyDesign wrote:Image

hey i forgot where we thought it was cool for you to make fun of people and act like you belong. oh wait we never did. shut it fatty
dan, this is a different dude. he's cool. LOL.
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P.Haire wrote:
dan wrote:
BandyDesign wrote:Image

hey i forgot where we thought it was cool for you to make fun of people and act like you belong. oh wait we never did. shut it fatty
dan, this is a different dude. he's cool. LOL.
yeah, i think you got BandyDesign, mistaken for me for me.. :P :rotate: :lol:

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joe i'm not the skinniest dude in the land but i noticed you have some wierd shapes in your shirt like what appears to be a large cat or possibly a bag of childrens toys
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jsquared wrote:Yo dawg I heard you like wings so we put a wing on your wing.


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i wan this wing.
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matts13 wrote:
jsquared wrote:Yo dawg I heard you like wings so we put a wing on your wing.


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i wan this wing.
you need a ginormous wing.
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