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Ok so I am curious bout something. I have a camry 5sfe in which I can run the same turbo setup you guys can with the execption of the downpipe. It has to be modified to go around my front engine mount. No big deal, but a pain. So I got to lookin online and noticed that some turbo kits for hondas have the turbo mounted with the exhaust exiting either side. Does it really matter which way the turbo faces? If it doesn't then I can take my spare B-series t3/t4 downpipe and modify it a hell of a lot easier and with less bends then the normal way all 5sfe turbo engine route theirs. Any help?

not really understand what your talking about........

you want to basically turn the turbo around? pics of the setup?

it doesn't matter which way it faces as long as the oil lines are in the right location

This post has been edited by southwest2118: Jun 4, 2008 - 10:05 PM

Well I don't have pics handy but on 5sfe's that are turbo the hot side is facing the passenger side and the cold in on the driver side. Can I just flip it around and put the hot side towards the driver and the cold towards the passenger?

I think I know what you mean. The reason behind it is the cooling (intercooler/charge cooler) and/or routing to the inlet on the manifold. If you reverse (spin the turbo 180 degrees) then you would have a bit of a nightmare getting the pressurised air to the manifold via the cooler, also, this would incur more piping, more bends and more pressure drop.

Pressure I hope you don't mind me using your photo but its the best one to give an examply of what I am trying to explain.


Take his turbo, with the hot side on the left and cold on the right. Now simply rotate it horizontal 180 degrees. From there the hot side is on the right and cold is on the left. Now I get to looking at it and the pipe from the cold outlet to intercooler now needs a tight bend. But I can clock the cold side 180 degrees from there vertically and just run a s pipe into a 45 and then into the intercooler. Now with doing that I have less piping and I don't have to finagle around my camry's front engine mount. I hope that is easier to understand and not confusing people anymore.

I am just trying to find out if it matters which way the exhaust flows into and hot side. If the fins on the wheel are shaped to only grab air and turn one way better than the other, of it it doesn't matter which way the wheel spins.

If you rotate the turbo 180 degrees you will have the turbo outlet face your oil filter.

Oil filter is relocated

The turbine is design in a circular shape so whatever flows in it must follow that shape thus spining the fins in the direction its travelling so it doesnt matter how/where you mount it.