A long time coming, Rob's 4motion turbo build!

[RolfGolf]

Good Stuff ... look forward to hearing it! (and seeing it de-ghetto'd!)

[numb nuts]

I have been looking for somebody who has turboed the V6 here ...now I have.
Should I give up before I start??.... I have found a turbo kit in Canada that comes with everything.... did you look at this??(C2 based on this system)
any advice you can give me as unlike you I can only change a tyre.
Luckily my mechanic is keen for the challenge.
will be looking forward to your video post

[Mr. JLT]

I have been looking for somebody who has turboed the V6 here ...now I have.
Should I give up before I start??.... I have found a turbo kit in Canada that comes with everything.... did you look at this??(C2 based on this system)
any advice you can give me as unlike you I can only change a tyre.
Luckily my mechanic is keen for the challenge.
will be looking forward to your video post

Are you talking about CTS or Hpa?

[numb nuts]

kinetic motorsport
can you point me in another direction???
any advice would be appreciated
my friend wants to take me to get something custom built....

[WhO]

Its done! It runs, its smooth, its only running 10psi at the moment till i get a boost controller... but for 10psi its pretty damnn quick

The thoughts of what it'll be like at 20psi are scary!

I'll post a full update tomorrow, now its boosting time

[Coralon]

Nice work, only new here but have been following this thread very closely. I told my bora the other night that I would not do bad things to it as it sat there quietly, but in the back of my mind this thread and a turbo build kept popping up for some reason.

Very interested in the final figures, both perfomance and efficiency.

[RolfGolf]

Looking forward to the update - can't wait to see this out and about.

[Mr. JLT]

Its done! It runs, its smooth, its only running 10psi at the moment till i get a boost controller... but for 10psi its pretty damnn quick

The thoughts of what it'll be like at 20psi are scary!

I'll post a full update tomorrow, now its boosting time

Nice work mate- I'm sure it felt good to clean it all up and take it for a spin. Enjoy your new found power. Cheers J

[WhO]

Thanks mate, it's been fantastic I pulled the front end off again today to clean up afew things. Front bar needed a bit more trimming to make it fit more flush, had to hook up another sensor, and pulled the rocker cover off to re-torque the head. Tomorrows jobs are to plumb and wire in my second fuel pump and install my gauge pods, boost gauge and oil pressure gauge.

Unfortunately i've hit a few little problems, there's a clicking coming from the front right somewhere when im over 30kph, it sounds like a stone in the tyre but there isn't one there. Everything is done up tight so i'm baffled as to what it is. I've also got one of my newly re-booted cv joints spitting grease so i'll be taking the car back to the driveshaft place to get them to look at that. Last teething issue is that the exhaust thumps on the chassis when reversing or when shifting hard, i think my dogbone mount is shot so i'll replace it with a poly bushing and hopefully that'll sort that out.

As my mechanics dyno is only 2wd, tonight i also tried pulling fuse #31 to see if it disabled awd. Certainly does and fwd on 10psi essentially = fried tyres through 1st and 2nd, fun but not fast! I'll be dynoing it on Thursday hopefully i'll be able to find a boost controller as mine wont arrive till saturday.

Tomorrow i'll take some better photos with an actual camera rather than a phone and hopefully get them uploaded soon.

Hopefully this thread has inspired a few more people to take the plunge as believe me its one worth doing!

[Mr. JLT]

Where are you going to mount the inline fuel pump? What brand did you get? I would recommend right by the inline fuel filter and wire it to the K27 relay so when you open the door it primes the inline fuel pump along with the intank pump. Let me know if you got any ??'s Cheers J

[Dyldo]

Its done! It runs, its smooth, its only running 10psi at the moment till i get a boost controller... but for 10psi its pretty damnn quick

The thoughts of what it'll be like at 20psi are scary!

I'll post a full update tomorrow, now its boosting time

Man, I am stoked for you. Having chatted to you by PM and email, and swapped ideas, i know what you went through to land this sucker and am very happy for you.

[gecko2k]

Well done! Followed ur Thread for a while....nice!


oh yeah:

Video or fake !!!!

[blue32bingo]

Awesome job!!

If I could tell the difference between a flat head and a phillips head screwdriver I'd love to do this (plus have the cash).

Have you spent a lot of time working on cars - making your own dump pipe you must have a fairly good level of mechanical aptitude?

[McDub]

liking the sound of this, but i want that video you promised!

[WhO]

Sorry for not having uploaded a vid yet, its 100mb and i havent had the time to re-size it. Same with photos, i had intended on having them done yesterday but running around trying to find fuel line fittings ate up the whole day.

Fitted the fuel pump today, ended up putting it in a corner of the engine bay, it worked out to be the neatest and easiest place to put it. I've run a trigger wire from the standard fuel pump so it only runs when the stock pump is running.

I'm now starting to wonder if ordering the Superpro "race" dogbone bushing was a good idea... Looking at the exhaust i've put one section of it way too close to the chassis so really i should just fix that and the thumping will stop. I'm still keen to get a better bushing for the dogbone because the motor moves a crapload but maybe the Street / Sport one would've been a better choice. Ahh well we'll see, if it causes too much vibration i'll either swiss cheese it or sell it. Anyone potentially interested in a Poly Dog-bone Bushing?

Blue32bingo: I've been tinkering and pulling things apart since i can remember. I've never worked as a mechanic or fabricator and my dad has two left hands when it comes to anything mechanical but i've worked with cars ever since i've been driving and before that it was pushbikes so i guess you could say i'm pretty mechanically able. I've amassed a decent array of tools in the past years because i've looked at many jobs with the mindsed of if it costs x to pay someone to do it and costs y to buy the tools, if Y isn't unreasonable and its something i can do then why not buy the tools, do it myself and get the job done but get to keep the tools and experience to boot!

This project entailed me buying a tig welder and teaching myself to weld alloy and stainless. The total cost of the welding equipment was probably around 1.5k but its already paid for itself from the savings in labour as well as the capability it has given me to do other jobs. Also Argon is great for preserving open bottles of wine being an inert, heavier than air gas (same gas the pro's use)

Anyway Dyno is booked in for 9am tomorrow, i still dont have my Electronic Boost Controller so i'll have to make do with a bleed valve, hopefully it works! Wish me luck, i'm hoping for somewhere in the region of 350-400whp but time will tell!