I have to ask, out of pure curiosity and craziness has anybody ever run a rear mount set up on a Subaru (Not including the STS kit offered for the BRZ) ? The previous owner of my car was well on his war to building a rear mount set up and for the life of me I cannot figure out how this would be more beneficial than a properly located, shielded, and plumbed solution in the engine bay/wheel well like Matt (Fobia) builds? Wouldn't the the length cause too much heat loss and pressure (quick enough) to create great spool? Better yet, what could be the benefit from this setup, if any?
Yeah saw this on the nets; but your right if you have room you might as well do it under the hood. http://ststurbo.com/why_rear_mount.php
Yeah based on their half-arsed list all I can gather is easier maintenance, which could be debatable as well. I really do not see any significant performance advantage for a Subaru motor that is already a turbo motor and a car that is built to have one in the engine bay - lower under hood temps I guess...
As with everything with cars, it's a compromise. You get a very simple installation, and without worrying about the heat insulation issues of adding a turbo in a car that wasn't designed for it, for a moderate (at best) power-bump. It's really the only viable way to market a turbo kit for add-on to non-turbo cars. No. It makes absolutely no sense for a car that's already turbo. And yes, it's pretty lag-prone, so it's best for engines that make good low-end power.
I used to own a 4th generation eclipse and a guy with the 3.8 mivec did a rear mounted pte 6266, it made like 445 fwhp and like 415fwtq. With the v6 there is little to no room in the engine bay to mount a turbo, so it all really depends on the platform, for a subaru I would reccomend a rotated kit in the stock area, or in the front bumper fog light area. http://club4g.org/board/members-rides/69866-kaiju-born.html
