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What turbo should I buy? |
turnaround89 |
Jan 9 2009, 09:20 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 671 Joined: 17-May 08 From: Rockford, Illinois Member No.: 9,067 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
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? |
turnaround89 |
Jan 15 2009, 08:10 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 671 Joined: 17-May 08 From: Rockford, Illinois Member No.: 9,067 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
QUOTE Most modern turbos offer an intake seal (are they still carbon face seals?) No, most turbos, come with a dynamic seal, which will not work with draw through, like you mentioned. I have read over monster turbocharged volkswagon about how to actually change to a carbon seal. the hard part about changing to a carbon seal, is finding the thrust collar and carbon seal plate. I have not located those parts yet, well, i located the thrust collar, but you have to buy the whole rebuild kit which i don't want to have to do since the turbo will be brand new. I guess a couple extra parts never hurt. Im totally aware of the possible screw ups that can/may happen. Learn by your mistakes. It may be expensive that way, but if thats what it takes to learn how to run a turbo, then so be it. If i screw up, ill try again, until i get it right. when all else fails, try, try, try again!! |
rtalich |
Jan 15 2009, 08:43 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 279 Joined: 25-September 06 From: Bellevue, WA Member No.: 6,913 Region Association: None |
Im totally aware of the possible screw ups that can/may happen. Learn by your mistakes. It may be expensive that way, but if thats what it takes to learn how to run a turbo, then so be it. If i screw up, ill try again, until i get it right. when all else fails, try, try, try again!! My 2 cents... Why put yourself thru the trouble? Why not take advice from experienced people and do it right the first time? Why do you think you need to experience the failures for yourself in order to learn how to implement a turbo? If you're trying to accomplish this on a tight budget then it sounds like Dave's implementation is the way to go and he has documented it pretty well. Its just hard to read posts like this and not chime in... sounds like theres nothing anyone can do to pursuade you either way. You could still do it the right way and still learn a thing or two. Or, in this case, listen to peolpe that have been in your shoes, wanting to boost their type IV and have done it successfully through trial and error. Just trying to save you some $$$$ dude. |
nein14 |
Jan 15 2009, 09:05 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 839 Joined: 6-February 03 From: USA Member No.: 262 |
Im totally aware of the possible screw ups that can/may happen. Learn by your mistakes. It may be expensive that way, but if thats what it takes to learn how to run a turbo, then so be it. If i screw up, ill try again, until i get it right. when all else fails, try, try, try again!! My 2 cents... Why put yourself thru the trouble? Why not take advice from experienced people and do it right the first time? Why do you think you need to experience the failures for yourself in order to learn how to implement a turbo? If you're trying to accomplish this on a tight budget then it sounds like Dave's implementation is the way to go and he has documented it pretty well. Its just hard to read posts like this and not chime in... sounds like theres nothing anyone can do to pursuade you either way. You could still do it the right way and still learn a thing or two. Or, in this case, listen to peolpe that have been in your shoes, wanting to boost their type IV and have done it successfully through trial and error. Just trying to save you some $$$$ dude. I have to disagree with the tight budget of Dave's implementation, his SDS injection alone was most likely more than cost of all my parts used in my conversion. Also from what I read in his build thread it did not run that long sucessfully for a extended time period without issues. |
rtalich |
Jan 15 2009, 09:38 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 279 Joined: 25-September 06 From: Bellevue, WA Member No.: 6,913 Region Association: None |
Im totally aware of the possible screw ups that can/may happen. Learn by your mistakes. It may be expensive that way, but if thats what it takes to learn how to run a turbo, then so be it. If i screw up, ill try again, until i get it right. when all else fails, try, try, try again!! My 2 cents... Why put yourself thru the trouble? Why not take advice from experienced people and do it right the first time? Why do you think you need to experience the failures for yourself in order to learn how to implement a turbo? If you're trying to accomplish this on a tight budget then it sounds like Dave's implementation is the way to go and he has documented it pretty well. Its just hard to read posts like this and not chime in... sounds like theres nothing anyone can do to pursuade you either way. You could still do it the right way and still learn a thing or two. Or, in this case, listen to peolpe that have been in your shoes, wanting to boost their type IV and have done it successfully through trial and error. Just trying to save you some $$$$ dude. I have to disagree with the tight budget of Dave's implementation, his SDS injection alone was most likely more than cost of all my parts used in my conversion. Also from what I read in his build thread it did not run that long sucessfully for a extended time period without issues. OK... bad example, I guess. It is well documented to say the least. Just wanted to get a point across. |
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