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Spoons
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29th Apr 06 at 17:31   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
hey, i have been toying with the idear of fitting a turbo to my 1.2, i was just wondering if its possible? and yeah i know i can get a bigger engine with a turbo but i want to do something different!


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jamied
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29th Apr 06 at 17:32   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
been loads of posts about 1.4 turbos etc, will cost loadss and wont be tht fast imo
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29th Apr 06 at 17:33   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
It is possible to turbocharge pretty much any petrol engine. I'm currently in the process of fitting throttle bodies to my a spare 1.2 engine just to see what it can do.


[Edited on 29-04-2006 by fragpot]
Spoons
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29th Apr 06 at 17:49   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Well i went to a car show today and their was a 1.1 Chinchento turbo their, which is faster than a saxo vts. so i am sure a 1.2 will be fairly quick
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i have seen a picture of a turbo x16xe they used the inlet of a daewoo

would imagine you can get a 1.2 16v turbo`d would not bother touching the 8 valve engines
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29th Apr 06 at 17:57   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Can make it as fast as you like, depends how much coin your willing to throw at it. 1.1 turbocharged Seicento would probably be fairly fast because it only weighs about 750Kg
Spoons
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29th Apr 06 at 17:59   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Well i think i am going 2 give it a go
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I dont know how strong the standard 1.2 bottom end is. Obviously its not designed for mad power. I don't think it will handle much more than 100bhp. If i get hold of another spare one then i might try running a 75bhp shot of nitrous through it and see how it likes it.
Spoons
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29th Apr 06 at 18:04   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i was going to try and get it up to around 90 +
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is it a 1.2 8V spoons?
Spoons
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29th Apr 06 at 18:07   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
yeah it is
John
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29th Apr 06 at 19:06   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
For the price of the turbo you could buy a car with 90bhp.
Spoons
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29th Apr 06 at 19:10   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i was going to use a second hand turbo from a golf tdi or from a corsa 1.5 td

[Edited on 29-04-2006 by Spoons]
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29th Apr 06 at 19:15   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
PMSL, a turbo from a diesel will get chewed up by the exhaust fumes from a petrol engine

also, diesels run lower pressure turbos, so it wouldnt give you much extra power to be honest

its just not worth it
Spoons
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29th Apr 06 at 19:17   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
true, well it is only a idear at the min anyways
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I'd use a GT12 or GT15 turbo - £500. Your looking about a grand and a half to get it running on the cheap.
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29th Apr 06 at 19:29   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
and for that money, its just not worth it.

1500 quid would get you an XE, and you'd have 105bhp more
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1500 quid could get u a car newer than a 1.2 8v corsa with more than 90bhp.
Did you want a dump valve?
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quote:
Originally posted by Spoons
and yeah i know i can get a bigger engine with a turbo but i want to do something different!
John
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I understand the different thing.
Theres different and theres pissing money against a wall though.
Turboing a 1.2 8v would be the latter.
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29th Apr 06 at 19:41   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote


i couldnt have said it better myself

theres different, then theres plain stupid
ed
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29th Apr 06 at 20:19   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
You can say that you are being different. But there is a reason why you are boing different and why no one has done this before.
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Engine life would be very short indeed!

 
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