Been looking at these and was wondering witch would you chose, i think the rear mount looks sexy even tough the turbos are tiny and it looks way easier to install.

upp twin turbo starts at 5699 and is mounted in the front wheel wells (kinda)

around 550 rwhp on 8 psi on ls1 engine
http://www.uppcos.com/index.php?cPath=22_24_43


hinson supercar single turbo starts around 4999 and is top mounted
505rwhp on ls2 engine at 9 psi
http://www.hinsonsupercars.com/p-44-hsc-c5-single-turbo-kit.aspx




sts twin turbo starts at 6999 and is rear mounted
469rwhp at 5 psi ans 568 at 9 psi with water meth injection on ls1 engine
http://ststurbo.com/build_my_kit.php

rear turbo set ups always give me a woody

Hinson for sure.

totally agree, no homo.

In terms of responsiveness you don't want a rear mount. I was going to put the squires on my C5Z until I did some research on them.

upp fender mounts are the way to go out of these. rear mounts dont really work so well.

I like top mounts simply for the fact that inspection and repair is very easy. Agreed with the rest that I wouldn't go with a rear kit, despite how cool they look. Both the first two kits are a toss up for me.

Hinson. No way I would run a rear mount kit

UPP would be my vote. Theres a vendor on CF selling them with free shipping/80 lb injector upgrade at that same price (should you decide to go with them)

Are you stuck on boost or do you just want 500ish hp?

If anything you might want to look into some N/A setups.. 500whp is well within reason without boost. Its gonna run you almost as much $$ to get the same HP but it will be super reliable if done right and wont have half as much shit to go wrong.

For some reason spending $5K for a turbo kit + fuel sys + install + tuning + etc + etc for 150whp over stock doesn't seem worth while.

Im sure FMX can give you some great choices.. I am guessing you could make 500whp fairly easy with H/C/I + full bolt ons or just a cam + exhaust and some nitrous, etc.

Not to mention I think you would be surprised how different a 500whp turbo C5 is gonna feel vs a 500whp N/A one... world of difference.

Edit- What ever you do stay away from any rear mount kit... you will thank us later.

This post was edited by Killerme99 on Feb 17 2014 10:18am