How to turbo your NA for $2000.

Skinny Jim · Postby **Skinny Jim** » Fri Jun 06, 2014 8:02 pm

cheers mick :wink:

Postby **NitroDann** » Mon Aug 11, 2014 6:26 pm

Guess what is coming back for a front mount, CAI , more boost and some dyno time!

13 months later and still driving perfectly.

Turns out it can be done on the cheap with the right knowledge and some patient used parts selection

Dann

Old Dude · Postby **Old Dude** » Mon Aug 11, 2014 8:16 pm

Dundy2456 wrote:I think I want this to happen to mine...

Its only a short drive to Newcastle away

Cheers
Dale

chrisearl88 · Postby **chrisearl88** » Mon Aug 11, 2014 8:32 pm

NitroDann wrote:Guess what is coming back for a front mount, CAI , more boost and some dyno time!
Dann

Modding cars/bikes/anything is like eating pringles, once you pop you can't stop. A friend and I affectionately refer to it as "chasing the dragon".

speed · Postby **speed** » Tue Aug 12, 2014 9:56 am

chrisearl88 wrote:
NitroDann wrote:Guess what is coming back for a front mount, CAI , more boost and some dyno time!
Dann

Modding cars/bikes/anything is like eating pringles, once you pop you can't stop. A friend and I affectionately refer to it as "chasing the dragon".

That's probably why I'm still sitting on the fence. If only Mazda made a 130/ 140kw n/a 1.8 then I'd be sweet...

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Nevyn72 · Postby **Nevyn72** » Tue Aug 12, 2014 10:04 am

speed wrote:That's probably why I'm still sitting on the fence. If only Mazda made a 130/ 140kw n/a 1.8 then I'd be sweet...

They will, it'll probably be 2.0L, and will be called an ND. :mrgreen:

speed · Postby **speed** » Tue Aug 12, 2014 1:02 pm

As happy as I am that they are finally producing more power, am still disappointed that it has taken this long. A Toyota 4age from 1989 puts out 105kw compared to my 85kw in my na6. Honda k20 is another example.
By the time the Nd is released we will already have a golf r32, which makes me even more hesitant to drop 4k into my na6.

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decayed.cell · Postby **decayed.cell** » Sun Sep 07, 2014 3:17 am

speed wrote:As happy as I am that they are finally producing more power, am still disappointed that it has taken this long. A Toyota 4age from 1989 puts out 105kw compared to my 85kw in my na6. Honda k20 is another example.
By the time the Nd is released we will already have a golf r32, which makes me even more hesitant to drop 4k into my na6.

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They didn't have emissions standards to meet in 1989

TTT · Postby **TTT** » Sun Sep 07, 2014 10:55 am

small port 4age 16v made 100kw. Not 105.
Silver top 20v motor made 118kw.
Black top 20v motor made 121kw.

Anyway... Turbo your curremt motor and problem solved.

speed · Postby **speed** » Tue Sep 09, 2014 7:54 pm

decayed.cell wrote:They didn't have emissions standards to meet in 1989

I'm going to hazard a guess that you were born in the 90s?
Either that or you need Google more than I.

speed · Postby **speed** » Tue Sep 09, 2014 7:58 pm

TTT wrote:small port 4age 16v made 100kw. Not 105.
Silver top 20v motor made 118kw.
Black top 20v motor made 121kw.

Anyway... Turbo your curremt motor and problem solved.

Triple T, I hear you but I'm going a different direction...

decayed.cell · Postby **decayed.cell** » Fri Sep 12, 2014 1:27 am

speed wrote:
decayed.cell wrote:They didn't have emissions standards to meet in 1989

I'm going to hazard a guess that you were born in the 90s?
Either that or you need Google more than I.

89 close enough. I standard corrected though I did find this https://www.infrastructure.gov.au/roads ... pdf/37.pdf. What I meant to say I guess was that the emissions standards weren't as strict and I would assume that it would take a lot more engineering to maintain the same power output whilst meeting stricter emissions requirements. Come on you knew what I meant :lol:

Postby **NitroDann** » Mon Jul 18, 2016 11:26 am

Of course.

The original car is still getting around and has recently asked about engineering, its going strong.

if your question is

"will you turbo my nb8b for 2000 bucks?" The answer is not even close, sorry.

Dann

speed · Postby **speed** » Mon Jul 18, 2016 11:47 am

Not that Dann's post needs defending In any way but engineering and tune can go over 2k no matter where you go and that hasn't included any hardware.

lightyear · Postby **lightyear** » Tue Jul 19, 2016 7:40 am

cherrymx5 wrote:Resurrecting this thread a bit, but is this still possible and on an nb8b?

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Yes, it is possible by using SE turbo parts like I did. A complete SE turbo kit sells for way less than $500 ( I have bought 3, and the average price was about $250 ea)
ECU is the big cost at $1000, but it is possible to do the lot for $2000. I already had the ECU, and mine cost me $1000 complete, tuned and installed including the new intercooler and bits.. Plus another $250 to upgrade the cooling system to suit track work.