1.6 gsi turbo any ideas????

[tricky07773]

hiya evrybody,im seriously thinkin of turbo ing my 1600 gsi nova,does anybody know of anyone who could do a desent job for a desent price and what sort of power output is expected from the conversion???any help coz i dont wanna pay silly money email me at richardhead61@hotmail.com or tricky07773@yahoo.com cheers,rick

[Stuart]

There are a few options.
Pay courtenay a fortune for the job.
go to www.mvaux.com for the "kit" and do it yourself and add aftermarket management.
And im sure there are others

basically you need to reduce the compression ratio with pistons (not a spacer plate and two head gaskets!)
A Turbo exhaust manifold
A Turbo (T2 is probably ideal)
Turbo oil feed mods to the block/sump
Intercooler +piping
A cam suited to turbo applications.. (will probably need to be a custom grind but catcams dont charge any extra for that)
Aftermarket engine management (DTA/MBE/WOLF etc lots about)

and have it setup right....
Nova-Neil had a 1.6 8V turbo and was putting out about 180bhp... but im sure it could have been better with a little more time

[tricky07773]

ok cheers mate,do u or anybody know wot sort of price were talking 4 this doing??or anymore links or sites woulb an help,cheers rick

[Stuart]

google.... lol lazy mofo :p

to do it right i recon your looking at, atleast ?2K. But most "performance" engines cost that much minimum anway, so its not massive in the grand scheme of things

[F188CHG]

I have lots of info i can send u when i get home!!!

Ali.

[Give it some rev]

i was just wondering if that manifold would fit onto a 1.2 head???? what do u think??? or is the ports the wrong shape???

sorry to hjack the thread

[SRlew]

hey nova freak, dont suppose you could email it to me aswell could you to srlew@hotmail.co.uk

cheers, lew

[tricky07773]

cheers nova freak,nice 1