I got an email today from Kyle Snyder with Garrett Turbo. He sent me the SEMA photos of the Garrett kit for the L61 and a PDF with stats.

Kyle Snyder
Honeywell Turbo Technologies
Garrett Independent Aftermarket (IAM)
3201 West Lomita Boulevard
Torrance, California 90505
www.turbobygarrett.com





The PDF document detailed the items in each kit, which was really just a complete kits, and then few parts for people that wanted to use any of their own parts, and a Dyno graph. I'll try to convert the PDF to a picture later this week. The Dyno was at 7psi, had a peak torque of 230 at about 3500 RPM and peak HP of 200 at 5000 RPM.

These picture are obviously just an engine stand mock up. I would have liked to have seen an in-car installation. But it's something.

 

Dammit, that looks mad stupid how the intercooler pipe goes over the valve cover like that

 

wow thats a big turbo for the 2.2

 

Thats some crazy torque though, 230?!

 

finally some good news.

 

never seen it go over the valve cover like that

 

half, can you send the originals via email pnrcomps@optonline.net thanks

 

nobody remembers the 1.8 and 2.0 Pontiac Turbo motors....

 

That seems like an awful lot of work to get 200hp and 230 tq........not to mention that it probably isn't cheap.....

 

200hp 230 torq @ only 7psi. Imgine building it for like 14psi. I bet your looking at more like 240hp and 300torq...what you think?

 

how much does that kit cost roughly?

 

if the motor was built to handle it probably closer to 300HP

Also does this include a reflash?

 

Halfcent, did that file happen to contain any info for what kind of tuning is being used??

 

The pictures posted here are the originals. That's what I was sent. At 14 psi, you would be making over 250HP, easily. The PDF for the full kit does say tuning is included. I don't know what they are using. I'll ask.

 

Now my question is, will this work with the cars that have air injection?

 

progress...

 

whats the clearence with the turbo to the firewall..i dont know if you guys know this but our engine does not like to stay in place. Did they happen to say how much clearence the kit has to the firewall. I sure wouldnt like a turbo to smash into my firewall. Judging by the pics first upgrade will be the wastegate..i dont know if its garrets wastegate, becasue the wastegate in kits tend to leak/bleed boost. kit looks nice. manifold looks very well fab. hard to tell from the angles of the pics cant get a good look at the flange to tell what type of turbo it is..guessing a t3/t4 .40 trim maybe..i would like to see a little more advertisement of this kit before anymore hype gets built up on it though

 

ahh thats awesome news for the guys wanting turbo.

cant wait to see a 2.2 rockin high 13's

 

umm, turbos are hard mounted to the engine with the manifold and a brace..so why would you worry about the turbo hitting the engine

 

LOL rollerdan you are no longer using any peice of hardware that requires the air injection. your intake has been removed and the exaust manifold have been removed/changed.. so yes even the air injection engines will use this...you have your own type of air injection going on now...but you probally will have a CEL as soon as you install this kit.

 

And the old tubo'd Focus's had it as well!

 

hes saying because the ecotec motor tends to twist persay. it will twist and hit the firewall i dont know if this is true but ive never payed any attention to it but i do know what hes talking about i think like when i slam my car into second it fells like the motors gonna fall out thats the motor slaming back

 

WHY?...maybe because we dont have good engine mounts..thus making the engine move...if you dyno your car next time watch the dynoer WOT your engine the let off rapidly..you will see a 1-1.5" movement in the engine...thus making the turbo hit the firewall

 

^^^ This is why building up the motor and all the mounts is so important. Proper Planning is the key to any turbo set up. No matter how good the kit maybe, You should plan out every single little detail. like the old saying goes "better safe than sorry."

 

erm....with that kind of torque, can us autos even use that setup? perhaps with tranny mounts/tranny coolers? i'd rather not get a torque converter and get my tranny built if i dont have to