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I once had a turbo saturn. It was quick, but the setup was ugly and there was a lot wrong with it. I told myself I'd be retarded to have another turbo saturn, so without further ado, I present the brainchild of a mental incompetent.
The goal is to have a dead reliable turbo setup and not break the bank. The budget? Around $1500. It's going to be accomplished by using parts that I have lying around from the trunk of the previous turbo car an making everything that I can my by my damn self.
So I picked up a turbo on Ebay the better part of a year ago with the intention of turbocharging my car. It's from a marine engine, so the flange is quite unique, but it's nothing a plate of steel and a mill can't solve.
Since I used to be on the FSAE team at Case Western, and they don't hate me too much these days, I've been given limited access to their shop. This means I get to use a shitty mill, a shitty lathe, and a pretty decent TIG welder. These will be used for the manifold, downpipe, IC piping, all brackets, and any adapter or fitting that I don't readily have on hand. Bear in mind that I am NOT a professional welder and my stuff doesn't look as good as Mike's. They are, however, TIG welds, and I am competent enough to make it worth my while, especially compared to all the suckers out there who have to use MIGs [img]{SMILIES_PATH}/biggrin.gif[/img]
At this point in time, these are the rough parts:
IHI RHC6 - $90
Manifold materials - $100
Downpipe materials - $25
Wastegate - $60 (chinga chong)
Oiling - $30 (Most was lying in basement or liberated from the scrap bin at work)
IC - $50
IC piping - $80
MS2 w/ harness n stuff - $350
Wideband - $225
Full 2.5" exhaust (previously installed, but I'll count it) - $200
I'm sure I'm missing some stuff, so I'll add it as I remember it.
In pursuit of reliability, and without a need for huge power since I'm on a relatively stock engine, a log manifold layout was chosen. 304 stainless weld els were actually cheaper than mild steel at McMaster, so I went that route. Flanges were milled out of 3/8" mild steel, also from McBastard. Here's the results:
Hooray for compressor swaps!
You see where I'm headed with the dump...
More dumpage to be...
The downpipe and oil drain fitting (fitting was MIG welded in anticipation of the turbo setup, LOOOONG before I actually started doing it)
I finished the wastegate dump tonight and there'll be pictures later this week. I took the intelligent route and set up a slip joint so that there would be no cracking on the wastegate tube due to heat expansion. I won't bother describing it since it'll be in pictures soon enough.
The goal is to have a dead reliable turbo setup and not break the bank. The budget? Around $1500. It's going to be accomplished by using parts that I have lying around from the trunk of the previous turbo car an making everything that I can my by my damn self.
So I picked up a turbo on Ebay the better part of a year ago with the intention of turbocharging my car. It's from a marine engine, so the flange is quite unique, but it's nothing a plate of steel and a mill can't solve.
Since I used to be on the FSAE team at Case Western, and they don't hate me too much these days, I've been given limited access to their shop. This means I get to use a shitty mill, a shitty lathe, and a pretty decent TIG welder. These will be used for the manifold, downpipe, IC piping, all brackets, and any adapter or fitting that I don't readily have on hand. Bear in mind that I am NOT a professional welder and my stuff doesn't look as good as Mike's. They are, however, TIG welds, and I am competent enough to make it worth my while, especially compared to all the suckers out there who have to use MIGs [img]{SMILIES_PATH}/biggrin.gif[/img]
At this point in time, these are the rough parts:
IHI RHC6 - $90
Manifold materials - $100
Downpipe materials - $25
Wastegate - $60 (chinga chong)
Oiling - $30 (Most was lying in basement or liberated from the scrap bin at work)
IC - $50
IC piping - $80
MS2 w/ harness n stuff - $350
Wideband - $225
Full 2.5" exhaust (previously installed, but I'll count it) - $200
I'm sure I'm missing some stuff, so I'll add it as I remember it.
In pursuit of reliability, and without a need for huge power since I'm on a relatively stock engine, a log manifold layout was chosen. 304 stainless weld els were actually cheaper than mild steel at McMaster, so I went that route. Flanges were milled out of 3/8" mild steel, also from McBastard. Here's the results:
Hooray for compressor swaps!
You see where I'm headed with the dump...
More dumpage to be...
The downpipe and oil drain fitting (fitting was MIG welded in anticipation of the turbo setup, LOOOONG before I actually started doing it)
I finished the wastegate dump tonight and there'll be pictures later this week. I took the intelligent route and set up a slip joint so that there would be no cracking on the wastegate tube due to heat expansion. I won't bother describing it since it'll be in pictures soon enough.
its like putting makeup on your car to make it look all nice and pretty" hocmedej8 on EJ8 squad
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