MACH FYV Posted October 20, 2009 Report Share Posted October 20, 2009 I don't think the OP is planning on spending several thousand dollars as you did. Cool setup though! OP, you don't need a cylinder head from a turbo model. There are cars with forced induction that don't have sodium filled valves (ie, 90% of turbo Hondas you see). You're going to be running very low boost pressure...you may or may not need an intercooler. I would run at least a small intercooler anyway. Either that or water/meth. You could probably get away with a piggyback fuel controller on top of the stock parts. It's worked for millions of others. Though not ideal, it's pretty cheap and easy. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johann Posted October 20, 2009 Report Share Posted October 20, 2009 The only thing i'm trying to find out is where to tap in for oil..Since im not removing the motor and dont care to drill the block and tap it,Probably don't have room to drill while in the car I've heard people using remote filter systems and tapping from there.. I will be swapping a turbo pan for the return line. As far as Water cooling not sure yet.Water lines on either side from what i can see. Water isn't that big of a problem. When the exhaust manifold it out you could mount a turbo water pipe and should be all set. For oil without tapping I think the only way is to take it from the oil pressure switch connection but it would make a very long oil line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwebb Posted October 20, 2009 Report Share Posted October 20, 2009 I would advise a slow spooling turbo and lots of octane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyCarIsRed Posted October 21, 2009 Report Share Posted October 21, 2009 Will do..I'm just gathering all the parts now Thanks for the positive words..Everyone seems to hate on the idea and tell me im Stupid..You can pickup N/a Whiteblocks a dime a dozen so no biggy,Not my DD anyways Eh it's more the 500 previous folks who asked the question but had no follow through. If you're able to turbo a NA engine for a reasonable price, you'll have plenty of avid fans. If you fail but still follow it through, you gain respect and some damn good experience. Just don't kill the prices on the 16t before i upgrade :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L8 APEKS Posted October 21, 2009 Report Share Posted October 21, 2009 I think you can do it for a reasonable price, as long as you have reasonable expectations/goals. Many people tend to think that a turbo automatically equates to 150 instant HP. And, many people tend to think that you need to change nearly EVERY stock part on your N/A car to add a turbo to it. Realistically, neither of these are true. These people don't realize how the first "aftermarket turbo kits" were born - nothing but fuel pressure risers and junkyard parts. And the cars ran just fine. Not perfect - but well enough to feed the import racing trend for the last 15 years or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merlin390 Posted November 27, 2009 Report Share Posted November 27, 2009 Let me ask this. If "you" took a healthy 2.4L NA motor put a 13G (maybe a 15G) turbo, exhaust system (manifolds, pipes, mufflers), larger injectors + fuel pump + fuel pressure regulator, intercooler + pipes, and had a custom ECU mapped and a MBC (keeping boost at 5-6psi) how hard would/could this be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merlin390 Posted November 27, 2009 Report Share Posted November 27, 2009 Hit enter too fast.. if you can go from a 168hp/170ft-lb NA motor to a 5PSI LPT and bolt on say 50hp and 50ft-lbs that would be a ~220HP/220FT-LBS motor... which would be more output than the original 2.4L LPT motors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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