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matt_964

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A SUPERCHARGER :twisted:

right goddam now...

just been out in a mates 'charged corrola, so so much fun..

I was only driving back thru town on the way from buying a track car for the other half, got picked on by a skyline, bmy 6 series and a rover turbo lol.

caught the bimmer off guard, rover, well. no need to say anything there, then had my ass handed to me by the skyline lol, we caught up, had a chat whilst moving, he's running high 400's - so i didn't do too bad...

just makes you want more power... but hey, i dont want a drag car :D

(just a turbo would be nice !)
 
I've just bought a charger for a VR6............alas just as a favour for a good mate so it will only be in my possesion for a few days if that :roll: ...........but I fancy one too........£5k supplied and fitted to a 993 I believe :twisted:
 
i dont know of a kit for the 3.2, else, i'd probably order it!!

but then you have to think, well, gotta cost 6k minimum, i could just sell mine, add the 6k and get something else,


but i guess that isn't quite the point....

maybe i should just keep looking for a turbo engine...
 
demonfish said:
i dont know of a kit for the 3.2, else, i'd probably order it!!

but then you have to think, well, gotta cost 6k minimum, i could just sell mine, add the 6k and get something else,


but i guess that isn't quite the point....

maybe i should just keep looking for a turbo engine...
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you tried Vortech think they would no-doubt have an application for most Porsches
 
demonfish said:
i dont know of a kit for the 3.2, else, i'd probably order it!!

but then you have to think, well, gotta cost 6k minimum, i could just sell mine, add the 6k and get something else,


but i guess that isn't quite the point....

maybe i should just keep looking for a turbo engine...
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Can't you just buy a turbo and bolt it on?

Is this not possible, its what i was thinking of doing to give me more power on track days.
 
no, its not quite that simple!

Even just as a bolt on, you'd need to change the exhaust, buy a wastegate, intercooler, intake piping etc etc, thats before yoiu need to worry about blowing up your engine :D
 
in fact, seeing that reminds me of an old security guard i used to know, (i'm not meaning to cause any racial offence, this is true) he was an indian chap, with a black turban, and he's about 5 ft tall, yes, only five foot.

On his first day he introduced himself to the staff, and said....

"people call me the turbantor"

well, what could i say. 5ft tall, security guard, obviously a real schwarzenegger lookylike :shock:
 
Looks like you could make one out of an old baked bean can - why not give it a go
 
and you could use one of those new funky LED flashy led computer fan thingies, for that extra 0.2bhp :lol:
 
Seagull said:
Looks like you could make one out of an old baked bean can - why not give it a go
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Come on be serious!









What about a spaghetti tin. 8)
 
I was working at Ford Motorsport when we first started experimenting with turbo Escorts... First attempt was to bolt a monstrous great truck turbo onto a 1.6 CVH Escort engine - to see what happened. Ari Vatenen's face was a picture after the first trial - what seemed like about 400bhp all came in with a thump at about 2000 rpm apparently, span the wheels in 5th, and did ***** all else! Completely undriveable :lol:

Back to the drawing board, then came the RS Turbo (horrible car with no brakes) and the rest is history as they say

A long way of saying - you can't just bolt a turbo on and leave the rest alone! Have to lower your compression ratio for starters, so thats new con-rods at least, not to mention wastegates, electronics, sensors, etc...
 
turbo charging.

If its any interest to you, I am in the process of turboing my 3.2 carrera. I have been heavily into vauxhalls for a number of years, I have owned and built some pretty quick ones my favourite being this one:

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with this:

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I bought my carrera 3.2 on impulse, didn't even give it the once over, just did the classic no no and fell in love with it. Please don't take this as a criticism but after playing for years with vauxhalls, there are many websites with alot of knowledge related to tuning, what will net you the best gains for little money etc etc. Yet in regards to the porche world, it seems very closed, I can find anywhere buy a decent 3.3 turbo engine/3.6 turbo, anywhere that does have one wants very silly money for them. As such, I'm in the process of turbocharging my 3.2 lump. Its VERY easy with anyone with some intelligence to modify the intermediate pipe to house the turbo charger, oil feed is pretty simple (next to the gauge sender) and return (to one of the oil cooler lines) I'm using a huge charge cooler (mounted where the back seats used to be) Autronic SM4 management with has launch control, GT35 R, run a seperate header tank and pump to water cool the turbo (behind the front bumper) The main expense are the barrels and pistons (not yet purchased) and the management. I hoping to build and map it for somewhere in the 6k region, which is what someone wanted me to pay for an 80,000 mile 3.3 turbo lump. I know alot of people will consider this sacrilage, (hey, its a 3.2 carrera with 965 body panels, 997 turbo 2's no interior trim and left to right hand drive converted), but the main point being its possible, and can make far more power, and more reliable than the ageing porche 3.3/3.6 turbo motor using the KKK series turbos and old motronic! (my autronic has launch control and traction control built in as standard, in theory I should be able to grace the rev limiter and sidestep the clutch and just go!) I have had absolutely no porsche specific input other than people saying... ohh that will never work! Its will, if you are reaosnably mechanically minded and you know the right places to look for things, you can do it you self, DIY turbo the car. Mines not finsihed yet (I'm in the process of grafting my new 965 rear 1/4s on,) but I will post some pictures of my progress soon.

cheers

Rich
 
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