turbo positioning?

Most turbos I have seen have the charge air on the left side of the bike and the exhaust on the right...
@oldgixxer post up some pics of the K5 and the Gen1.

Mine arent custom but if I'll post pics if you want,I dont think it's what @XCSEDAN is looking for:dunno
I wanna see some of Greg's custom handywork @Maj750 unk

Mine are all pretty standard
turbo is easy to fit up front & there is less chance at radiant heat damage to nearby parts
I also like the short exhaust path to the turbo

Maj750 said:

Mine are all pretty standard
turbo is easy to fit up front & there is less chance at radiant heat damage to nearby parts
I also like the short exhaust path to the turbo

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While I don't have a turbo anything, I've almost fabbed one for my 4.7 Dodge Truck.

From an engineering standpoint- (not one of those either, I just think I'm one smart MF) before I read down to the quoted post- I was thinking the same thing.
I did see a Turboed Triumph Triple a few nights ago at bike night, and it was
turboed in the front near the bottom of the motor. Makes perfect sense to me.
You were even thinking under the seat? ? ? I seat warmer on wintery rides, right?

le skid said:

I recall reading in the bike mags in the '80s that the shortest possible path is (IE the smallest possible volume of pipe) is desirable because a long path results in the equivalent of a compressed air 'tank' that takes longer to build-up pressure in, compounding turbo lag.

On the other hand, shortest exhaust path = longer clean air path to get to the airbox and the same effect.

Oddly, Suzuki went with the turbo as close as possible to the carbs on the venerable XN 85

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Wow- Wikipedia states that only 300 of them were imported to the US, and only in 1983!
I never seen, or heard of this bike, Thanks skid.

OH, and btw,
Skid mentioned shorter exhaust/charge pipe = longer air intake?
Well maybe,
but the Turboed Triumph Triple I saw 4 days ago-
had a round circumferential air filter stuck right on to the turbo, down low off to the left side of the bike- where it was plainly visible.
Not exactly an intercooler.

Todd_Sails said:

OH, and btw,
Skid mentioned shorter exhaust/charge pipe = longer air intake?
Well maybe,
but the Turboed Triumph Triple I saw 4 days ago-
had a round circumferential air filter stuck right on to the turbo, down low off to the left side of the bike- where it was plainly visible.
Not exactly an intercooler.

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No, what @le skid is talking about is the charge air pipe, that going to the plenum, not the air intake.

Under the seat? Would that be considered a remote turbo setup? I would think the closer to the exhaust the better to reduce lag time

OP, are you going to do this on your k3 600?

sure am, well one of them, i have two frames and two engines, on is a complete bike, other is a slap together.
turbo bike is going to be an LSR bike, so i'm not too worried about heat unless it sets fire to something, i dont fancy jumping off a bike thats one fire at 200+mph but heatsheilds should stop that.

i was thinking of making it closer to the intake to help keep the weight centered, i will be using a steel turbine housing so that will help in the weight department over cast but it still wont save me tonnes.

but then i run into the issues of long exhaust tubing though i think the lag won't be too bad as even with rear mount turbo setups in utes (pickups) i haven't really had lag issues.

i am looking at cramming upwards of 30psi in top gear into this thing.

Dont worry about weight, were trying to add more weight up front to balance the bike after adding lead at the rear for traction
Our busa weighs around 500kg with me on it fully weighted, the 750 about 400kg
If we get a standing mile track here in Aussie then look to loose some weight , but not from the front or you will spend a lot of time with the view of the horizon blocked by the front tire

We ran into head gasket problems at 32 psi on E85 on our 600 no damage just started pushing water out , cheaped it on engine management and not enough timing control , but its good at 30 psi , Jim last ran it to 317hp , garrett turbo starts making a lot of heat for every extra pound pressure at this level , need a GTX wheel to inprove this

Greg what size turbo is on that 600 of yours??? 317hp is stoutunk

2860 Garrett with some sort of aftermarket inlet mod and compressor wheel , not sure if its Greddy or someone else , brought it that way for our 750 in 08 and the 600 is getting all our old 750 stuff as its upgraded , so it has the newer design headers with the old turbo and old intercooled plenum , but bigger injectors than the 750 had to suit the E85, and running a fuel only LT4 Microtech ,750 throttlebodys with the 600 carb cdi and harness and a dyna ARC2 boosting the spark

Sounds bad-ass:thumbup

Works pretty well , the let down is the ignition, the dyna has a great spark it can pull timing by pressure switch activated wire but cant map the timing, so were at stock or -10