You guys realize a tuner kit is just a turbo, and pipes right? I agree that STS has a deserved bad reputation in most circles and I personally would never use their stuff, I'm just saying that so long as you don't trust them to do the fuel system and tuning, you could end up with a good set up. It would be the same as making your own kit really, just someone did the tube plumbing for you. I've seen rear mount SRT8 jeeps and even a modified STS rear kit on a challenger that work great. Putting a STS kit on a 10 out of the box may indeed be a recipe for disaster, but saying one brand = destruction cuz they stamped their name on a kit even at the tuner level would be like saying if you put a ford logo on your dodge truck the space time continuum will implode. It makes no sense
If you size a turbo properly, ensure adequate waste-gate path ability (tubing size to and from waste gate and properly sized waste gate itself, or double waste gates, etc.) and ensure the sizing of all the plumbing is correct, you can hold low boost adequately and not create a ton of heat in the process which will lead to detonation. I'm not an expert by any means, but my brother does this a LOT, hand crafting 1-off turbo kits for cars (as well as proven kits he builds as stated for MR2's and a few Supras), so I've picked up a few things.
That all being said, I have no idea what size plumbing STS uses and maybe even on the tuner level their kit would be flawed, I don't know. Again, I'm no fan of STS, but the overall design of a rear mount turbo is not flawed, is all I'm sayin'
Also, NOS = Nitrous Oxide Systems, a brand of nitrous that I happen to run on my van currently. In case some here were unaware *cough* I'm a fan of NX systems as well based on design, and a lot of the new Zex stuff is pretty impressive as well Peace out!
its a losing battle bro. the STS sytem has not proved it self, so no one should do it... (every SRT-10 have blown up)
IMO - if you have the money to try to make it work and a spare engine go for it. i think the KEY with that setup is the tuner !