ok i was thinking. everybody says u can piece together ur own kit but i was just thinkin can i just throw a turbo on my car and run it at low psi. (this would not be with the bov or intercooler yet) what would i need and where could i get it from?? thx and im sry for having a thread thats probably already been covered but i couldnt find it

 

read,read,read.
then get started.

go here and look around..
linky

and here
linky2

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by drklver &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">read,read,read.
then get started.

go here and look around..
linky

and here
linky2</TD></TR></TABLE>

Becareful if you get turbos from a junkyard. My boyfriend got one off of a saab and got it home and it was busted internally. Took it back same thing happened on the next one. Ebay has rebuild kits available... work pretty well.

 

make sure you know what every single part is and what they do before attempting this...

 

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You really need to do some research.

You cannot just slap a turbo onto something and expect anything to happen. Basically all that would be doing is having a very expensive header that makes a whizzing noise from time to time.

 

ok ive done a bit of research thx for the info. one question though cause im not sure on it. does the down pipe connect to the exhaust system? and if i run the turbo without an inter cooler will it run alright or will my engine overheat or even blow? also (sry bout these stupid questions, thx if anybody answers them) is a blow off valve mandatory or will something happen to my engine if i dont have one

 

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yes
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by big-cat &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">and if i run the turbo without an inter cooler will it run alright or will my engine overheat or even blow?</TD></TR></TABLE>
it will run alright, it wont blow. Although it is recommended and WILL give you a lot more power
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by big-cat &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">is a blow off valve mandatory or will something happen to my engine if i dont have one</TD></TR></TABLE>
no it is not mandatory, it is again just recommended because it helps save your turbo over time...plus it sounds nice

 

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it will run alright, it wont blow. Although it is recommended and WILL give you a lot more power

no it is not mandatory, it is again just recommended because it helps save your turbo over time...plus it sounds nice </TD></TR></TABLE>

a)it wont blow immediately, but you'll have less chance of damage with one than without one.

b)right again, its not mandatory, but when you let off the throttle, that boost has no where to go, so it goes back down the chargepipe and hits the fins, often times causing them to stop or even turn in the opposite direction, in other words, bad for your turbo and can mess it up very quickly.

 

i got the basic info then. so make sure u change ur oil more often and intercooler and bov will make the turbo last alot longer thx for all the help guys. so truly the turbo kind of sucks the engine exhaust air faster out of the exhaust pipes. more so than it pushes air into the engine

 

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You scare me and I fear for your motor.

 

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Alright you're clearly still confused so allow me to help you.

The function of a turbo is simple. The exhaust side of the turbo (ordinarily the dark colored cast iron side) is bolted to the exhaust manifold. When you are accelerating, exhaust gases come out through the exhaust manifold, and go into the exhaust side of the turbo. This causes the exhaust fin to spin rapidly. Attached to the exhaust fin is a small shaft that connects to the other side of the turbo. The other side of the turbo is called the intake side. The shaft connects the exhaust fin to the fin in the intake side. When exhaust gases turn the exhaust fin, this causes the intake fin to spin as well. On the intake side, there is a small opening called the inlet. When the intake fins begin to turn, air is sucked into the inlet and is pushed through the intake side of the turbo, into one of the chargepipes. The forced air moves through the chargepipe, and then it goes through the intercooler. This is why and intercooler is important. The air that goes into the turbo is hot air from under the hood of your car. Without an intercooler, there is nothing to cool this air, thus you are basically shoving hot air into your motor, motors don't like heat. Anyway, after it goes through the intercooler, the now freshly cooled air moves out of the intercooler and up another chargepipe, and then into your intake manifold.
Now, the function of the wastegate happens sometime during acceleration. If you are using an external wastegate, you interchange the springs inside the wastegate to get the desired boost pressure. Say you put in a 5 pound wastegate spring. When you accelerate and your boost begins to build, once it reaches five pounds, the spring depresses, so the turbo cannot continue to build boost. Many different size springs are available, a boost controller can be used as well, however thats an explanation for another time.
Alright, now at some point in all of this, you're going to need to let off the throttle to shift or to simply slow down. When you let off the throttle, the turbo stops building boost, however, there is excess boost pressure still in the chargepipes. The blow off valve allows this boost to escape without causing any damage to your turbo. Without one, as I explained above, the excess boost pressure will move back in the chargepipes, which can cause the fins to stop turning or begin turning in the wrong direction, neither being good for your turbo.

I think that about covers it, I hope this helps, it might be too much information to grasp at one time so try to take it in small pieces, read over it more than once and I'm sure you'll begin to understand.

 

here ya go dude... na is best but, to each his/her own. https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1024174

 

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