Ok this may sound like a silly idea,
But it's an idea...

I have been thinking of lifting my turbo from the standard location, I was thinking of lifting it's the intake of the turbo just sticks out of the bonnet. This will obviously mean cutting a hole in the bonnet which isn't a problem. The can in question isn't going to be driven often, more of a show and shine I think with the odd track day, when being driven I would obviously need to put some kind of filter/sock over the intake.
Has this been done before?
What would it involve?
Going onto my forged ej25 into my classic.

 

why would you want to?

if you really wanna try something then front mount the turbo

 

I just thought it was a different idea, direct air feed straight into the front of the turbo

 

not really any different to a small scoop and induction like on a classic

 

Yea I suppose mate.
But what I'm wondering is what work would be involved. Oil/ water feed / return will have to be custom mate along with up/down pipe. Anything else?

 

Longer line for feeds, also change the pipework routes for the airflow, alot of work for no gain.