l15jos
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I was looking at buying one of these 2 years ago and was just wondering how often they come around and what turbo is on them cops i dout the internals could cope with alot of boost. Also how much power would you get out of a 1.6 with a diesel turbo fitted as the boost would not be very high so it would run ok on standard internals
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Bettley
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i made one, it broke, would i do it again . yes !
I ran standerd internals just had a spacer plate made for it, got a oil feed from back of the block, used a 5th injector, and it ran a ihi turbo from some jap car, a frontera intercooler, it worked, and it was faster than a st focus,
Until it broke which was every day nearly, good fun if you ahve the time to perfect it
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l15jos
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but what would you rather a red top or oone of them?
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Bettley
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i have had 4 5 redtop cars
2 corsa's
1 nova
1 tigra
1 astra gsi
and 1 1.6 turbo corsa,
and tbh the turbo was faster than all of them , but like i said we spent a while geting it right and when it was , it didnt last a great deal of time
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moffat
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im thinking of turbo'in my 1.6 8v nova gte engine, all i need is, mpi manifold, t2 turbo, oil filter relocation kit, spacer plate, oil feed and return, intercooler,rising rate fuel presure regulator...
similar for x16xe, can use corsa vxr manifold and turbo though, spacer plate, rising rate fuel regulator, oil feed and return, can use a powerbox iirc....
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Bettley
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it can be done, its been done, its just the hassel they can bring ,
my old setup is for sale on pistonheads somewhere
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Ojc
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Luke Tomms had one years ago by Courtenay, it was ok but had massive cooling issues. He used to carry around a block of ice in a bottle to cool the turbo
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moffat
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the method im doing for the 8v should be fine, seen alot done that way on a few forums
[Edited on 15-03-2011 by moffat]
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l15jos
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might wack the diesel turbo on it c how that goes as iv ggot all the parts lieing about
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AlexW
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Sounds like you don't have a clue, Go for it.
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l15jos
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y dont i have a clue. diesel turbos dont run much boost so its just a bit more power. They do it on mini's alot and it works well
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Crana
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Diesel turbos are differen't to petrol turbos
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wwwNOOBcom
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Still the same idea applys tho from diesel to petrol
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moffat
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diesel turbos will not work full stop. A posted up what you need, corsa vxr turbo/manifold bolts straight on
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wwwNOOBcom
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Why wont they work?
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moffat
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more hassle than its worth. Diesel turbos are for low revving engine and for tourqe not power like a petrol turbo. As said a corsa vxr manifold and turbo bolts straight on.
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l15jos
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but the engine internals are nbot going to be able to cope with the boost and i dnt want to forge it
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Eck
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Then don't do it? Taking shortcuts WILL result in it dying.
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wwwNOOBcom
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There has been a few gsi engines running 7 psi on std management
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moffat
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dont need to upgrade engine internals with a standar vxr turbo and SPACER plate lowers compression. Using a rising rate fuel regulator also
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moffat
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upto 11psi will be safe on standard managment
[Edited on 15-03-2011 by moffat]
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corsa-torque
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i have a turbo down pipe for a 1.6 8v turbo if your intrested??
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moffat
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much for? And what turbo it fit?
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corsa-torque
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Here's a pic will fit T2, T25, T3 plus others, had it on a T25 turbo.
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l15jos
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were can i get the spacer plate for the manifold
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