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Chat => Sports, Hobbies & Motors => Topic started by: Poison_UK on March 18, 2006, 03:06:00 AM

Title: Turbo --> Supercharger
Post by: Poison_UK on March 18, 2006, 03:06:00 AM: Quick idea. Would it be possible to pull the turbo out of a 1.6 205 GTi engine and place in a Dyno Supercharger? Main reason is to try and get rid of any lag the turbo has and keep a constant flow rather than having to rebuild up momentum in the turbo.

Any idea on the kind of work that would be needed for it to be pulled off?
Title: Re:Turbo --> Supercharger
Post by: Edd on March 18, 2006, 11:35:38 AM: erm the 205 gti doesnt have a turbo
Title: Re:Turbo --> Supercharger
Post by: Madrocker on March 18, 2006, 13:23:37 PM: Quote from: Edd
erm the 205 gti doesnt have a turbo

you know you can get a 1.6 gti turbo.
Title: Re:Turbo --> Supercharger
Post by: Pete on March 18, 2006, 14:54:08 PM: Im sure itd be possible, but Id bet itd cost a fair whack too.

Youd need to find a suitable sc & then probably get custom manifolds to fit it & then work out a way of hooking it up to the crank with the right pulley ratio and then get it tuned.

/I know theres a few tricks for reducing lag (like fitting a smaller turbo) but I dont know the details, it may be worth googling a bit - also theres probably the Pug equivilant of Vmax (http://www.vmaxscart.co.uk/) lurking somewhere.
Title: Re:Turbo --> Supercharger
Post by: Edd on March 18, 2006, 17:42:17 PM: sure u can get a GTi TT conversion, but theyre rare as rocking horse sh*t
Title: Re:Turbo --> Supercharger
Post by: Serious on March 18, 2006, 18:10:28 PM: Quote from: sdp
Im sure itd be possible, but Id bet itd cost a fair whack too.

Youd need to find a suitable sc & then probably get custom manifolds to fit it & then work out a way of hooking it up to the crank with the right pulley ratio and then get it tuned.

I seem to remember one company sold an electrically powered supercharger so no problem hooking it up. Still going to be expensive though :/
Title: Turbo --> Supercharger
Post by: Binary Shadow on March 18, 2006, 18:34:30 PM: just FYI electric SCs are as useful as a chocolate teapot, they dont produce anywhere near enough air movement and generally cause a restriction rather than being helpful
Title: Re:Turbo --> Supercharger
Post by: soopahfly on March 19, 2006, 11:54:04 AM: The Easton SC from the Mini seems to be a popular one to use from what I can see, I also think its good for an engine up to ~1.8l.
Title: Turbo --> Supercharger
Post by: Christopher Monkey on March 19, 2006, 13:47:47 PM: You could also bi-turbo it.... get a T2 for quick low end power, then the standard one for higher end power?
Title: Re:Turbo --> Supercharger
Post by: Maldonado on March 19, 2006, 16:13:55 PM: yes, it is possible.

no, you wouldnt get insurance
Title: Re:Turbo --> Supercharger
Post by: Mark on March 24, 2006, 07:10:12 AM: A pretty worthless conversion to be honest.

Save the dough and get a D6C from a wrecked 405 Mi16 - NOT a BX 16 Valve, as for a start it has an 8 branch exhaust manifold that wont fit (The 405 having a 4 branch) and youll be starting from 160hp.
Title: Turbo --> Supercharger
Post by: Madrocker on March 24, 2006, 09:52:57 AM: Quote from: Binary Shadow
just FYI electric SCs are as useful as a chocolate teapot, they dont produce anywhere near enough air movement and generally cause a restriction rather than being helpful

Took the words out of my mouth, errr..... Fingers.

I fitted a Turbo to my friends Honder del sol and that cost Ã‚Â£500 just for the parts.