I feel stupid for not knowing where my turbos are, but I cant find them anywhere!! I even brought my car to my job and we looked under the car, and I still didnt see them... anyonw know where they are located, or maby have any pics? im just curious

 

Wow.

They're bolted to the passenger side of the motor. Primary on the front, secondary on the rear, with a shared turbine housing.

 

haha....You shouldn't own an FD if you don't know where the stocker's, or any turbo for that fact, is located. Just messing with you.

Follow the intake tubes. They are on the left side of the engine compartment. If your car is bone stock, then they will be buried.

Here are is a picture of my car with arrows to show where to follow to find the turbos.

There is another picture of my current setup with the location of the turbo.

 

drivers side if its jdm/aus,

i wasnt sure where they were at first

Ive seen FDs with no turbos by the way, NA worked makes good power!

 

They're covered in metal heat shields. Follow the pipes from your intake.

 

<--------------viewed from front passenger side -------------->

 

Jiminy Crickets, guys! He asked a VALID question, it just appears incredulous to us as we have been exposed to the cars for much longer.
I remember when my ex-boss, who had a 930 Porsche asked to see my engine bay and he was like, "so....where are the turbos?" as you CAN'T see them. Shoot everyone that isn't familiar with my car WANTS to see the turbos (there is that...allure...of turbochargers, and when you have TWO, it makes gearheads salivate...) and they always kind of are disappointed when you say, "Well, okay...underneath this mass of hoses..see that?...follow the big hose off the airbox and that plumbs into the front of the primary...". They want to see something impressive and....it isn't in stock form, visually.

 

Good post.

I was going to comment on some people's obvious belief of superiority because they can point out a blow off valve - but I was lashing out like a madman... so I didn't post.

 

I remember having some kids looking into my engine bay while arguing with each other about how my car is non-turbo. They couldnt see the turbos. They finally asked if it was n/a and I told them that it was One of them punched his friend in the shoulder and said "see! I told you it wasnt turbo!"

Normally I'll show people where the turbos are but these guys deserved to be messed with. I agree bajaman, people look under the hood expecting to see two beautiful turbos but instead are greeted with dozens of hoses and a giant air box.

 

This is a completely stock engine bay (doesn't matter if japan or usa version) as recently posted from the pics thread:



I agree w/ Sgtblue. We can't all assume the original poster knew the car as well or knowledge as some of the more rotor heads of this forum. For someone new to this car, look at that pic above...where the heck are the turbos? It's so buried underneath. Even from underneath the car, you have to sorta "know" where it is. A new person to the FD/turbo world will not instantly know to follow the intakes, etc to find the turbos.

True, we all would like new "knowledgable" owners or even casual buyers of any everyday car (Malibu, Accord, Trucks, etc)...when buying the FD to know what they are getting into. But you know what...a lot of people yesterday, today and tomorrow will buy cars just because the car looks good and priced well w/o knowing what powers the car mechanically. Similar scenarios include turbo'd MR2s and 300ZX.

 

No, i agree with the others. Its not hard. It takes common sense. Well common sense to a somewhat car guy.

What drives a turbo(s)? Exhaust. Its not hard to find where the exhaust lead is. That should take less than 20 seconds, 1 minute max. Its an engine bay, not the hubble telescope.

If its not around the manifold, intercooler piping area, well jeez, let me look to the other side cause every engine needs to get rid of the exhaust somehow.

O there it is!!

Not hard at all.

 

Either answer the question or don't post. Simple as that.

 

Quick note, i made mistake of quoted sgtblue...meant to say bajaman. that is all.

 

is this a joke? no matter what market FD you have the turbos are going to be on the passenger's side.

 

+1 ...

 

lol just because they have the steering wheel on the other side, doesn't mean the entire car (and every part) is a mirror image...ahahahaha

 

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Should I point out the sillyness of this comment?

What denotes the "passenger side" of a car? logic says its the side the "passenger" (as opposed to driver) sits on.. so on a RHD vehicle the passenger is going to sit on the left side of the vehicle. NOT the side with the turbo's. Simply because you are conditioned to think driver = left and passenger = right does not mean that's the way it always is.

 

lol pwned

 

i was fixing to same the same **** and before i could post he beat me to it, pwned hard dumbass.

 

I saw a picture in the factory manual, that shows that the turbos are located directly after the second air intake hose ( the large hose at the bottom of the factory airbox), and I figured this hose was for the turbos, but Ive tried to trace this hose and I still dont see them, maby ill look some more, im determined to find them!

 

Here... see where the lowest intake connects to that housing? That's the primary turbo. The other intake pipe leads to the secondary turbo, which is near impossible to see even on my setup.

 

Good post. How's the engine running?

 

lol... the last time i saw my stock turbos they were in the trashcan.

 

i'm obviously talking about the USM passenger's side...haha. STARBOARD side of the car...there. didn't think i need to elaborate. jackasses

 

You quoted someone referring to a JDM/AUS version which mentioned nothing about US spec cars... why would you throw in USM at the last minute? Maybe to recover from your embarrassment? Besides, you stated it didn't matter which market FD, it would always be on the passenger side...