possiable turboing, buy using td manifold??

[Stantonio]

Is it possiable to fit a 1.5 TD manifold on a 1.4 SRI and use the turbo aswell, to make a cheap little turbo, me and my friend spoke about it and he rekons it can be-done, is this true or is he filling my head with **** lol

I am well up for trying this lol.

Please let me have info...

[Adam]

No

[Stantonio]

has anyone ever tryed it??

[Adam]

It cant be done.
The manifold ports are completely wrong, and the turbo isn't suitable for a petrol engine.

[Stantonio]

oh kk, so filling my head with **** lol, i've honestly neva looked at a TD engine in a nova so not firmilier with them. lol

[Stuart]

even if the manifold mated upto the head the turbo would melt since its designed for diesel exhaust gas which is fairly cold compared to petrol exhaust gas temperatures.

[craig green]

I'd be interested to know if the ISUZU 1.5 turbo (petrol) engine from the Lotus elan would fit on the same mounts as the ISUZU TD engine?

That would be trick!

[alan b]

what about the isuzu piaza turbo engine?

[craig green]

Piaza! Thankyou! I've been trying to remember the name of that minging coupe for ages!

It might be the same engine as the Lotus uses. I took lots of pics of the engine bay of an Elan, but never actually compared it with my TD.

I had the idea years & years ago. I'd really like to see it done if the engines use the same mount points, therefore the F15 box & Vauxhall shafts would work nicely.

[craig green]

Piazza is a 2.0 according to my search....