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Originally Posted by Driftster

Why this isn't a logical solution for this car is that it's nose has been reduced in size substantially in comparison to every other car on the subaru lot..Which is why the engine bay "seems more cramped" and this car has the minimum front overhang possible.

While you're correct in saying the front has been squashed, you haven't seemed to have taken into account that the engine has been pushed backward a VERY large amount, because it lacks the need to have Subaru's AWD system where the engine is mounted in front of the axle.

I think this is where extra (enough) room would come in to mount a turbo.

Let's reduce this clearance all together, and THEN ontop of that clearance reduction...extend the turbocharger out a few inches and then up and tell me you don't run into anything...

Assuming this car uses electric fans, you've already saved a bit of room with fan/radiator clearance. Also, so far we haven't seen any really good pictures of how the radiator is mounted. We've seen good pictures of the top support bar that goes between the headlights, but we've seen nothing of the bottom support, and nothing of the angle of the radiator, which could easily leave more room at the bottom of the radiator than the top.

We now have the potential of Subaru/Toyota throwing a 20lb turbocharger at the nose of the car, 20-30lbs in charge pipe...and an intercooler ...All over the front wheels..

And now you see why they didn't make it in the first place. Turbo is not what this car is supposed to be! (This isn't aimed at you directly, just everyone on the "needs a turbo" side)

In the event of an accident you now have a prop blade spinning at 100,000 rpm atatched to a cast iron lump that is sitting at in excess of 300F which is now free floating in your engine bay..

There's reasons why companies who produce amazing turbocharged engines..Never have the turbocharge as openly exposed as is to be expected in this case..

So does this apply to the likes of the Mitsubsihi Evo's, Dodge Stealth/Mitsubishi GTO's, Toyota Celica GT-4's (All-tracs in US) which have turbo's mounted up front stock?

We're talking melting accessory belts
melting plastic end caps on radiators
boiling off paint from metal it's riding up against..

Something as simple as a Turbo Beanie is used on Supra's and this fixes the melting paint problem above (turbo isn't mounted close to the radiator in a Supra). They're cool enough to touch even after a decent stint of boosting.

I'm sure Subie/Toyota would come up with something more elaborate than that, but it shows it's easily fixable.

Another option would be ceramic coating, which is also suppsoed to keep temps down, though I've never seen it myself.

Have you noticed the location of the turbocharges in relation to these belts in these builds?

Yes, and that's why almost none of them run heatsheilding around the turbo.

the company that decided a 12.5:1 compression direct injection 200HP box 4 was the best platform to sell to a crowd of people and marketing it as a car designed with "tuners and racers" in mind?

Technology has to advance at some point. Leave the direct injectors alone if you or your tuner doesn't know how to tune them?