Turbo conversion…
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JUST SWAP THE ENGINE INC ALL TURBO PARTS WIRING AND ANCILLERIES ECU INTERCOOLER FOR A BPT from a MAZDA 323.
Upgrade the clutch, engine mounts, brakes, tyres.
or for even more power
Then upgrade the turbo to the BPD spec turbo ( readily available )
Buy a standalone reprogrammable ECU for best power
Get it dyno tuned.
Then for even more
SS headers, decat, full exhaust all at larger bore for turbo.
Upgrade the cam.
Get it dyno tuned again.
Much more power available this way than a KLZE swap but it does cost more.
or
Put a klze in, you will need to buy a pre 1994 donor 1.8 v6 MX-3 car for all the wiring, radiators mounts etc. But you can buy one with a duff engine for £200 or less.
This way is much more hassle but alot cheaper.
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^ They are going to be rare as rocking horse poo!
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you may aswell go for the 323 familia 1.8 engine
but to let you know, yes the 1.6/1.8 1.6/1.8 use the same crankcase, apart from the non turbo doesn't have an oil pipe for the turbo
I know, because i have the Familia and no, your not having my engine :lol:
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Ebay.com in america sells the complete kit for MX3 turbo conversions, thats a T3/T4 turbo, the intercooler plus all pipes etc for around £400 including the postage. the exchange rate is good for america at the moment and that works out at around the £400 mark for $900
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I wouldnt touch a cheap non brand turbo with a barge pole, wouldnt last five minutes :lol:
that kit doesnt include a manifold either!making your own turbo kit up is the wayforards,
and part of the fun for me, wether it be 1.6 or 1.8 8)
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Do you know what gets on my tits when you tell people about possibly turboing a car? When they say "why not just get a better car?"
Where would we be without people uprating their engines?
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@6c250d6d2a=nightstalker:
Do you know what gets on my tits when you tell people about possibly turboing a car? When they say "why not just get a better car?"
I find most of the retarded comments like that come from people who know nothing about cars/think a car can only be good if it's less than a few years old….and there's plenty of those around!
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@0c7602cbc6=nightstalker:
Do you know what gets on my tits when you tell people about possibly turboing a car? When they say "why not just get a better car?"
Where would we be without people uprating their engines?
You should move this to rainys thread about stupid sayings/phrases LOL!
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So has anybody here actually pulled this conversion off successfully? I'd love to try but it seems a much bigger job than i originally expected.
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give me another six months i should have mine installed
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great. i would like a full log of everything you do and everything that goes wrong when you're done pretty please with sugar on top.
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it will all be in my project thread mate,
then i'll do a write up.
hopefully nothing goes wrong after it,lol
Im keeping it mega simple and basic to begin with
so it wont be too hard to trace if there is a problem :)
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In america you can buy off the shelf turbo kits for the V6 + 1.6 all complete ready to assemble
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but please dont any one waste there money on them :P
most of them dont include management/manifold, and they are cheap turbos!
you want a good brand named turbo liked Garrett, IHI or Holset.
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cheers, a shopping list would be great too.
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whats your budget then?
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As cheep as poss. Am skint. Looks like around £400 would be the least possible amount. That about right?
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Not really , you need to double that atleast.
Second hand turbo and manifold > 150
Uprated clutch > 200
AEM fuel/ignition management > 300
Plug and play wiring harness > 120
Injectors > 30
Intercooler & boost pipes > 50 - 100
Wideband lambda > 120Then on top of that add in a mapping session.
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The budget kit from america starts at £700
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And that dont even include the manifold/exhaust downpipe or management!