Ok well im sick of losing and being "slow" and i have decided to save my money for a turbo swap. Im pretty sure i can get one done for less than $2000. Guys that have done this or know alot about turbos what do you suggest what parts i should throw together for a kit? What turbo? wastegate? intercooler? etc. Im trying to spend the least amount of money as possible bc im a broke college kid.

Thanks guys

i know some guys have swapped to turbos. If you dont wanna talk about it publically then pm me bc im dead serious about this.

 

dude thats sick!!!! not sure what you should do, im a stupid high school kid, lol, but otherwise, what are you going to do with the old parts? like pulley, injectors, HE, belt?

 

ill only be keeping the injectors but when i actually start taking parts off the car ill let u know

 

alright thanks dude!!

 

look on ebay cause they have intercoolers for like 150 and bov's for like40 and wastegates for like 40!!!! they also have turbos like gt28r and t4 or 50 trims for like 300-500 then just take the parts to a custom performance shop and have them custom make all the piping and stuff!! i think you will need a 2.2 turbo manifold as well but i dunno what else!! hope this helped a lil man

 

definetly did man thanks! Now I just need to figure out what kind of turbo, wastegate, etc i will need. Im aiming on low boost 300whp and 350whp(wont go there until clutch) up boost and 400whp+ with a built engine.

 

how bout garrett? they make good turbos and wastegates

 

before you even do the swap man i would use your money for the turbo swap to upgrade the clutch/flywheel and forge the motot and get a headgasket and everything!! cause at 300whp alot of ss/sc's go boom and urs is gonna be no exception so i would do that first and then maybe make th turbo kit like a winter project and then come out swinging full turbo next season!!! my 2 cents

 

well i was gonna actually try and keep the car around 280whp then do all that stuff near xmas. I was gonna go easy on the car until then. My clutch will be fine. Ljavy17's his on the stock clutch with meth and it doesnt slip and he beats me by 5 cars lol

 

reall y you wont need an intercooler, b/c of our aftercooler set-up unless you plan on eliminating, you need to figue out if ur gonna get a block off plate made up, just get a plater that holds your throttlbody and bolt it to the intake, u also need to decide on what turbo you plan on running, than u need to look into a header, whether you like it or not, i think using new equipment even with our motors being fairly easy to boost, you probably are gonna be over your budget

 

I can wait on the intercooler. If the price is cheaper than hahn's kit than hell yea! Im very new to the turbo thing. What turbo would you suggest? I dont care how much this is gonna cost me i just have to stop losing to every car down here in SFL. I emailed a shoped called http://www.accarcraft.com/. Im waiting to here back from them on what prices they have to offer. Where would i find a good header also? I really appreciate all the info so far guys!

 

Look at the saab turbo, im pretty sure you can use the intake and exhaust manifold, but youll need an intercooler.

 

its too much money, youll have to have your car down for too long, its just not worth it bro, Ive been thought that, I had turbo manifold intercooler and everything and stoppped the project becuase its jsut not easy to find a shop that will build everything for you, piping and tunning and all, I say forget about it. Believe me. Just get meth, and with 25 degrees wyoull be hard to beat.

 

hmm i am goning to be doing this also... im gonna put my pulley on an get water meth then start building up the motor an come out in the spring with a turbo beast

also i am going to gut the supercharger so i dont have to take it off... unless i can find a place to make me a peice to use my stock aftercooler

 

I know man but it will be worth it all in the end. If i cant find everything within my budget then im just gonna buy meth and then do some internal mods like cams and the valvetrain. I just wanna hear the waaaaa psssshhhhhhh lol jk but really i have lost way too much and its pissing me off.

 

see thats why i am building up 1st.. incase i cant find anyplace to do all my custom **** which i basicly have cuz a guy i work with has a son that owns a shop.. getting a mandrel bender very soon.. he told me to buy a nice set of hearders and when i am ready for the turbo he will fab them up an make a nice turboheader

 

let me know how that goes 0redline6

 

haha dude thats awsome and when you do it, we meeting up, you live like 15 mintues from me!!!

 

haha well probly wont be till end of fall which blows but i wanna try to aim for the end of summer... idk how well that will go.. plus i hope the gutted supercharger thing will work out.. some people on here have said it should be fine.. tho i would like to sell the s/c an pulley....

 

You DO NOT NEED an air-to-air intercooler. Superchargers create more heat the turbos and the water-to-air intercooler on the car now works fine. Therefore all you need is a hat for the top of the manifold.

 

Definatly no need to get ride of the aftercooler since everything is installed and in place. Just about any fab shop should be able to make an adapter plate for it to mount the throttle body. A solstice uses it running 20+psi and close to 400whp with it.

 

I'd be careful here man. Most of the headers available for our cars wouldn't lend themselves very well to a turbo mani app without MAJOR rebuilding. And at that point it would probably be cheaper to just get a flange made and piece together the rest of the manifold from new tubes.

I'd just hate to see you drop $400 or more on a header and then hafta spend hundreds more making it into what you'd need.

Also I wouldn't suggest gutting your SC, you should be able to sell it with your pulleys and belts for more than an adaptor plate would cost, that way someone else gets a nice blower, and you get money in your pocket, and free up some extra space in the engine bay.. Although it would be cool to mess with people when the saw the SC and turbo, lol,

 

this was my old idea lol i have a company that is fabing there kit on my car so tey have everything!

 

Please Please...

Do not do this cheaply. Converting to a turbo setup is not a simple project.

What exactly do you need to know?

 

Listen to NJHK he knows his stuff and will save you from going BOOOOOOOM like most of the others.