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Thread: Has anyone done a X18XE/XE1 Turbo??

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    Quote Originally Posted by scott.parker View Post
    Meh, i dont want big block weight though, im looking small/nibble and no under steer just as the nova was designed, i forgot these things till i got my 1.2 then i realised what i gave up...

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    A properly setup big block doesn't understeer unless provoked Into doing so

    Anyhoooo sod the f28 for an old expensive bag of toss, f23 is the new weapon of choice

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    Quote Originally Posted by Stuart View Post
    A properly setup big block doesn't understeer unless provoked Into doing so
    nope there all crap

    Quote Originally Posted by John View Post
    have you not thought about a s/c 1.8? Lee303 did one in an astra g, very successful iirc.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvbW1...2&feature=plcp
    i looked into this alot, not much chance of fitting a Eaton into a nova bay, only way i reckon a charger will fit is if you use a Rotrex and there mega bucks

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    could you fit it where the alternator goes? then fit a little alternator on the back where the mini water pump fits??

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    Quote Originally Posted by mowgli View Post
    could you fit it where the alternator goes? then fit a little alternator on the back where the mini water pump fits??

    technically yes. There is a chap with a VX who is thinking of compound charging his LET engine and will move the alternator to the other side but it will suffer with exhaust heat.

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    well, it won't be any worse a mounting point than the mk3 astra gm diesel.... and the factory heat shield on the astra is abysmal

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    An eaton should fit in a nova bay if people are charging mini A series!

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    precisely... even if someone has to fit a cross shaft so it can sit over the gearbox

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    Quote Originally Posted by mowgli View Post
    precisely... even if someone has to fit a cross shaft so it can sit over the gearbox
    This, I've seen a mk3 fiesta RS turbo with a supercharger fitted over the box with a shaft over the rocker cover to drive it,
    success is only limited by a weak mind

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    but hEatons are poo, Rotrex is where its at for mechanically driven forced induction.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Stuart View Post
    but hEatons are poo, Rotrex is where its at for mechanically driven forced induction.
    But the Rotrex and Eaton chargers are both different styles of supercharger.

    The Eaton is a Root supercharger where as the Rotrex is just a mechanically driven centrifugal compreser section like a turbo charger. The Rotrex will have instant response but wont have the off-idle boost capability that a true roots blower has (unless you over-drive it like mad and vent excess boost and deal with the massive heat)

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