Originally posted by Scott
They seem to have a hard time making big power but given how far the boost has to run makes since. Plus I can not imagine driving this in the rain nor having a 1000 degree piece of metal near my fuel tank.
Scott,
On the web site they address some of those issues.
http://ststurbo.com/common_questions
I am sure the turbo is hot, but not 1000 due to the placement. If a muffler is placed from the factory near the gas tank there should be some kind of heat shield. If you put a turbo there, then maybe you could add some insulating material to the factory shield. As far as the big power issue, this company is marketing the kits to trucks and SUV's and not to the hard core turbo enthusiast.
Mark