Turbo

26th May 2008, 16:53

I want to put a turbo on my vts but i dont want to spend £££££. Could i keep the price down by useing my original minifold weld an adapter plate on? Or buy a ss manifold an put a turbo on of a 2wd cossie.

26th May 2008, 16:57

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Originally Posted by 3cott

I want to put a turbo on my vts but i dont want to spend £££££.

there's your first problem to be honest. You're not going to have a reliable useable car without spending at least 3k on decent bits. Yes you can use the original manifold with an adapter but it's bodgetastic, if you're going to do it then do it properly - DPengineering manifold is 600euros from Holland. Then you have fuelling, cooling, brakes, clutch etc etc

26th May 2008, 17:01

So what other bits would i need

26th May 2008, 17:07

Use the search function mate,
or ring someone that can do a turbo conversion and ask for an all in price etc.
GMC or someone like this maybe able to help?

26th May 2008, 17:11

I can get that basic kit wat ci tuning do for £1300 but im not gunner tuch them with a barge pole

26th May 2008, 17:41

there is no cheap way of doing it mate.

you could get an adaptor plate and use the standard manifold but then you would have to make an exhaust, oil feed and returns, intercooler, oil cooler, all boost pipes, alter fueling (mf2 and 5th injector or standalone ecu) would need remapping, compression reduced with either low comp pistons or 2 headgaskets etc.
would also need uprated brakes,clutch etc
Renault 5 turbo/200sx turbo (cant run big turbo's unless you do it all properly,even then they have lots of lag)

Even then you wont be able to run much boost without it blowing up all the time.

save your cash and do it properly. or get more power other ways such as cams, throttle bodies