What about STS (remote) turbo

Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2008 11:28 am

Joined: 17 Jul 2008 Posts: 47

What do you think about putting a remote turbo on an RX8? I know of some one gettig that put onto their RX8, would there be more gains with just going with the GT 3071R kit?

Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 5:14 am

Joined: 17 Jul 2008 Posts: 47

So I bought a universal STS kit the turbo is rated up to 380 hp. It will be installed withing a month. Along with the turbo up grade i am going to install,

-Greddy high capacity oil pan
-Mishimoto performance all aluminum radiator
-Stage two water methanol injection kit with steel braided lines
-Synapse Sycronic BOV
-Cobb AP

Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 4:51 pm

Joined: 17 Jul 2008 Posts: 47

This is my turbo set up. Don't mind ht dirty car please it has been sitting over a month waiting for tunning.

At the top of the picture is the pipe coming of the turbo with exhaust, it is three inch pipe and about three feet until it is out the tip on the passengers side. The piping off the wastegate goes to the drivers side tip with inch and a half pipe. Across the bottom of the picture you can see the charge pipe going all the way to the front tire.

This is a picture of the other side of the turbo. The air filter I am using is the one from my AEM cold air intake, with the bag that came with it. The pipe in the top left is from the wastegate. On the center right side of the picture is the main exhaust, from the turbo, pipe going to the tip. There is a black zip tie on the charge piping that is holding the stainless steel braided oil supply line to the turbo.

A better shot of the turbo.

What the back end looks like, you have to get pretty low to see the turbo it is pretty high up where the muffler used to be.

I know my engine bay is really dirty like I said the car has been sitting for over a month. This is to show that I took out the factory washer fluid container made aluminum brackets and it was a perfect fit for my methanol reservoir. For the intake two pipes were kept from the AEM CAI kit. This was done so my MAF sensor could still be put on and the second piece of intake pipe has my water methanol injector nozzle on it.

My water meth pump is right under the reservoir. Steel braided lines used for this was well.

I tried to get a picture of my blow off valve, you can see just the top edge of it to the left of the blue silicone. To give you an idea where this is that is the hood latch on the right of the picture.

Front of the car, just to show how small my intercooler is (18X6X3). The BOV is behind the intercooler.

Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 8:24 am

Site Admin Joined: 30 Oct 2006 Posts: 184 Location: North America

wow. First time I've seen anyone with the STS installed. Did you install it yourself? How much was the kit?

People complain about increased lag through the various pipes, but I seriously doubt it adds more than a fraction of a second.

Last edited by Jason on Sun Oct 04, 2009 8:53 am; edited 1 time in total

Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 8:50 am

Site Admin Joined: 30 Oct 2006 Posts: 184 Location: North America

I found this online: http://www.ststurbo.com/universal_turbo_systems

Universal SINGLE TurboSystem

ALL THIS FOR $1695.00

Turbocharger (application specific)
Wastegate, 38mm
Turbo Flange Kit
Wiring Harness
Pressure Switch
Bolt Kit
Hose Kit
Brass Kit
Oil Pump
Oil Check Valve
Air Filter
Dry-Charger
Instruction Manual

Optional Upgrades:
Blow-Off Valve Kit - $300
PCV Kit - $150
Raw Pipe, Clamps, & Silicone Kit - $350 - $450
Snorkle Kit - $75 - $100
Specific turbo applications - Call for pricing

Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 1:18 pm

Joined: 17 Jul 2008 Posts: 47

yeah it is the universal kit that i got, i did use steel braided lines for my oil to and from the turbo and needed to buy the crush fittings to go with that upping the cost, I also needed to get metric fittings to go with the GReddy high cap oil pan. The whole install cost 2100 (CAD) for labor all the fittings shop parts etc. that labor includes putting in my high performance rad and oil pan. I know they worked on it way way longer than i was charged for off and on a week of work planning where the piping would go and BOV mount and well everything.

Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 1:21 pm

Joined: 17 Jul 2008 Posts: 47

I'll put a video up of my gauges, just to give everyone an idea of how fast it spools up, there is virtually no lag, right now my biggest power rob is running really rich. They did a quick tune for me for free. in spring I'm going to get MAzdamanaic to tune the car, I am also going to get bigger injectors as i'm running 92% duty cycle at 9 PSI

Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 1:24 pm

Site Admin Joined: 30 Oct 2006 Posts: 184 Location: North America

The best part of this kit is you just hack off your oem exhaust mufflers and install the turbo right on the end of it. No need to take apart the engine manifold and squeeze in the turbo..

On the bad side, I don't know if I like the intake filter being under the car. It rains frequently in FL and it would seem like it would suck up a lot of dirt.

MazdaManiac does excellent work. He personally installed my turbo kit and I am running 380/380/730 injectors.

Posted: Sat Oct 24, 2009 4:43 am

Joined: 17 Jul 2008 Posts: 47

that is really cool that mazdamaniac did your install, i'm jealous. I'm not huge on the filter being under the car like that it will mean a lot of extra cleaning, on the plus side it is VERY easy to take off. How much did the injectors run you? would it be acceptable to just upgrade my primary's and move the factory primary's to the secondary position?

Posted: Sat Oct 24, 2009 7:46 am

Site Admin Joined: 30 Oct 2006 Posts: 184 Location: North America

The larger the injector, the lower control you have over them. I think moving one of your secondary to primary (280 up to 380), then upgrading your secondary spot with something larger is a good way to retain control over idle and low rpm movement while having larger injectors as you ramp up the power.

Posted: Mon Nov 30, 2009 3:05 am