Turbo conversion…
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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!
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@33df0134d8=youdirtyfox:
And that dont even include the manifold/exhaust downpipe or management!
It does include all of that but not the management
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post a link dude.
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This the V6 stuff
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Turbo-Kit-Ford-Probe-MX-6-2-5L-KLZE-V6-Miata-Volvo-240-_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQhashZitem2560d6b04eQQitemZ160538472526QQptZMotorsQ5fCarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/INTERCOOLER-PIPING-KIT-FORD-PROBE-V6-2-5L-KLZE-MX-3-V6-_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQhashZitem3f04bffc70QQitemZ270662630512QQptZMotorsQ5fCarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories
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We were talking 1.6 DOHC here :D
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1.6 stuff and there is loads of it for the 1.6 because of the MX-5
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alright things you dont need in that 'kit'
: Turbo timer, just warm your oil up properly before you scream it,
and let your engine tickover for a bit before you turn it off.
: external wastegate, really only needed on massive hp race engines
: universal intercooler, OE IC's are much more effiecent then thosehardest part of turboing a non turbo car is the intercooler and pipework,
universal kits are available, but you dont always know what bends
and curves you need to begin with, so you should work that out first
then buy your pipework and reducers.cheap stainless manifolds will usually crack after a period of time( a proper made stainless manifold is in the region of 800 quid) what with the extra heat the turbo produces, cast is much better so if you cant find a mazda 323 manifold look at the cast 1.6 mx-5 manifolds, wich may have to reangled
anyway becuase of the different engine placement on the mx-5
and just to add a brand new Garrett turbo is in the region of 600-900 quid!
so imagine how much those turbos in that kit cost :wink: