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Mighty Car Mods builds a Turbo NA

Posted: Fri May 17, 2013 12:21 pm
by Regie

Re: Mighty Car Mods builds a Turbo NA

Posted: Fri May 17, 2013 3:06 pm
by Gladiator
Haha, Moog wants to put "Hermaphrodite" personalised plates on it. Love to see that. :)

Re: Mighty Car Mods builds a Turbo NA

Posted: Fri May 17, 2013 4:04 pm
by PaulF
Geez, you have to get in quick on this forum.

I had heard rumours that they were keen to do an MX-5, so this doesn't surprise me too much. It's also one of the best deals going for a cheap fun car, so they were bound to get on board eventually.

Re: Mighty Car Mods builds a Turbo NA

Posted: Fri May 17, 2013 4:20 pm
by emily_mx5
I'm so glad they didn't get an eBay manifold, and explained why they are a bad choice / bad area to save money on.

Re: Mighty Car Mods builds a Turbo NA

Posted: Fri May 17, 2013 5:39 pm
by Apu
Anyone having ideas, I have a brand new TD04 for sale cheap cheap and a used T25 even cheaper!

Re: Mighty Car Mods builds a Turbo NA

Posted: Fri May 17, 2013 5:47 pm
by TIP
I wonder how much power its going to make 125kw?

Re: Mighty Car Mods builds a Turbo NA

Posted: Fri May 17, 2013 7:03 pm
by itrungs
Awesome!!! Finally Marty gets a real car 8)

Loving that Turbo Yoda music lol

Re: Mighty Car Mods builds a Turbo NA

Posted: Sat May 18, 2013 3:32 pm
by TTT
Al and Miles are absolute magicians.
they have done so many of conversions and turbo'd so many different engines that nothing is too hard for them.

A short list off the top of my head.

Toyota 5L V12 in to 1989 merc 190e.
Toyota 5L V12 with twin td06 20g turbos in to gen 3 liberty sedan and convert to rwd.
Toyota 1uzfe 4L V8 in to Volvo wagon + turbo
3L Subaru H6 boxer motor in to. Wrx body + turbo.
1uzfe in to hilux + turbo
2jzgte in to e30 BMW 318i
1jzgte in to s14 200sx
3sge Beams motor in to ke25 corolla.
his own car project is a ground up build of an old crown with 2jzgte.
2jzgte in to 635 csi BMW
Could go on but you get the message.

Re: Mighty Car Mods builds a Turbo NA

Posted: Mon May 27, 2013 6:08 pm
by Speedyblue
TTT wrote:Al and Miles are absolute magicians.
they have done so many of conversions and turbo'd so many different engines that nothing is too hard for them.

Toyota 5L V12 with twin td06 20g turbos in to gen 3 liberty sedan and convert to rwd.

That one was thoroughly abused, judging on teh build thread. Used mainly for drawing 11's down the streets, until the boost killed the engine. I think they were all surprised how long it actually lasted.

They know their stuff, that's for sure.

Re: Mighty Car Mods builds a Turbo NA

Posted: Mon May 27, 2013 7:05 pm
by Jeo
Speedyblue wrote:judging on teh build thread.

Link?

Re: Mighty Car Mods builds a Turbo NA

Posted: Tue May 28, 2013 3:30 pm
by Speedyblue

Re: Mighty Car Mods builds a Turbo NA

Posted: Tue May 28, 2013 4:39 pm
by bigmaxy
I had read that Liberty V12 thread ages ago (shed skids, hehe) but had no idea it was the same person responsible for this. Turbo Yoda eh.
Can't quite remember the other one he is working on at the moment Nissan VH56? into something? lol

Re: Mighty Car Mods builds a Turbo NA

Posted: Wed May 29, 2013 11:13 am
by TTT
bigmaxy wrote:I had read that Liberty V12 thread ages ago (shed skids, hehe) but had no idea it was the same person responsible for this. Turbo Yoda eh.
Can't quite remember the other one he is working on at the moment Nissan VH56? into something? lol


I think he has a VH45 in a VK comodore with twin turbos at some stage.

Current work is the 2J 635csi which is getting much more than just a motor transplant.

http://performanceforums.com/forums/sho ... l-overhaul

Re: Mighty Car Mods builds a Turbo NA

Posted: Wed May 29, 2013 2:41 pm
by barge
So what's the point of these builds? like a V12 liberty, I mean you can't legally drive these builds on the road, and if you want to build a race or drag car there are much smarter and better approaches that are tried and tested. If the point is just to prove it can be done; yeah anything can be done given the time and money. And they've proved the point already. I still don't get it.

Re: Mighty Car Mods builds a Turbo NA

Posted: Wed May 29, 2013 3:15 pm
by Speedyblue
barge wrote:So what's the point of these builds? like a V12 liberty, I mean you can't legally drive these builds on the road, and if you want to build a race or drag car there are much smarter and better approaches that are tried and tested. If the point is just to prove it can be done; yeah anything can be done given the time and money. And they've proved the point already. I still don't get it.


Umm... the twin turbo V12 liberty was legal in QLD... and you'd be driving around in a twin turbo V12!!! What's not to get?