Overview of Pure Vision's Twin Turbo Camaro Build

Pure Vision has become a world-renowned street machine fabrication shop, known for a very signature concept and build style that can be described as simple, straightforward and well-detailed. In this video, shop owner Steve Strope shares a quick overview of the Twin Turbo Camaro build that the shop is currently working on.

[ZorDIe]

Omg i love how the turbos have opposite spinning turbines. Symmetry is on point!!

[purevisiondesign]

@aaroncake: To be more specific, there is a special thrust bearing that Nelson Racing Engines has developed and patented. Yes there have been other reverse rotation turbo designs but they all have a fatal flaw in the design causing them to be significantly less reliable than the standard rotation versions. Therefore, anybody actually wanting to use their cars is likely to have avoided mirror image turbos in the past. These ones actually work! For more info ask Tom Nelson.

[aaroncake]

Thank you for the reply. But many OEM suppliers have had reverse rotation turbos for years. Cummins, etc. Garrett still sells them for OEM applications but to be honest, I don't know if they supply them to the aftermarket. Does your reliability statement apply to these OEM turbos, or only aftermarket turbos modified to become reverse rotation?

[INFIDELAA]

I'm not certain how Nelson was granted a patent on a "Symmetrically Designed" turbo, when Nissan has been using them in their GTR's for years. I mean, that has been part of their proprietary component for creating high horsepower motors for quite a long time. This is NOT the first company to make these, and it WILL NOT be the last. Anyone with CAD/CAM skills and the right CNC machines, can spit these out all week long. All they need to do, is make very minor changes to the way they mount together, or the way that other items mount to them, and that's called legally ignoring a patent.

[aaroncake]

Exactly how are "mirrored twin turbos" a patentable concept? Patents have to be novel and non-obvious. "Reverse" rotation turbos have been available for well, ever, and I'm sure used in twin turbo applications. Doesn't that constitute prior art? Oh right, the people financing these builds are sucked in by the buzzwords and happily write a cheque. Still a well built system and great looking engine bay, top notch fab but we can drop the "patented" silliness.