What turbo should I buy? Options

[turnaround89]

I am getting ready to turbo my 1.8L engine. And I already know that you can't turbo a 914. But, what i would like to know is what are good cars to get turbo's off of?

I am looking for a small turbo that will spool quickly. Looking to run about 7 to 10 pounds of boost.

What turbo'd cars will give me a good turbo to use? I have been looking for ones on ebay, but don't really want to buy one there. I don't mind buying a used one, so going to the junkyard and getting one is definitely an option.

Which turbo?

[ottox914]

More reference material: Turbocharging Performance Handbook, by Jeff Hartman, published by motorbooks.

Ignition retard: pg 178 and 228 of maximum boost.
Carbs and turbos: pg 101-110 of maximum boost.

Reading and understanding are one thing, blowing stuff up and re-doing it is another, and leads to a more well rounded understanding of how and why. Read up, make your plans, build it, see if it breaks, come up with better ideas, build it some more.

[nein14]

More reference material: Turbocharging Performance Handbook, by Jeff Hartman, published by motorbooks.

Ignition retard: pg 178 and 228 of maximum boost.
Carbs and turbos: pg 101-110 of maximum boost.

Reading and understanding are one thing, blowing stuff up and re-doing it is another, and leads to a more well rounded understanding of how and why. Read up, make your plans, build it, see if it breaks, come up with better ideas, build it some more.

That is a costly build concept, we all learn from mistakes but that I think if that's what happened to your motor it appears you didn't retain much of what you were reading. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[RJMII]

That is a costly build concept, we all learn from mistakes but that I think if that's what happened to your motor it appears you didn't retain much of what you were reading. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

John,

I've been looking for your build thread... I bet it has some good info in it that could be useful.


I'd like to see how you went about building yours. =o) Why learn from my own mistakes when someone else might have made them already?

I think I posted earlier it will be a lot less expensive to copy a setup that already works and get that perfected and understand why it works and then if you still have any money make more hp after you have a real good idea of the basics. A boosted motor doesn't live long if it has many glitches if it's really high performance. Just getting crummy gas can be doom to some setups.

ottox's thread has it all practically layed out for how to go about "slapping a turbo on the car" with minimal piping, no cutting up the car, and it looks like it belongs there.


Dave,

thanks for posting your thread for the past two + years, I've already found at least 2 ideas that I'm going to be seeing how feasible they would be to apply towards my build.



There's an aftermarket Corvette kit that follows the same approach as Dave/Ottox's by putting the turbo setup under the car where the mufflers were and it actually reduces the weight of the 'vette.