Could I turbo my 1996 fwd 1.5 gc8?
02 September 2017, 12:39 PM
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Could I turbo my 1996 fwd 1.5 gc8?
Hi all, pretty new to Subaru, have a 1.5 and as the title says would it be possible to take turbo and exhausts from a wrecked Subaru and make the most of what I have. Seeing as I bought the car for $2000 a few years back and to sell it and buy a similar condition wrx is more than twice that so if I could Jimmy a turbo setup into it then it could potentially pay for itself... sure I'm way to optimistic. Any thoughts would be much appreciated.
02 September 2017, 02:32 PM
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Hi all, pretty new to Subaru, have a 1.5 and as the title says would it be possible to take turbo and exhausts from a wrecked Subaru and make the most of what I have. Seeing as I bought the car for $2000 a few years back and to sell it and buy a similar condition wrx is more than twice that so if I could Jimmy a turbo setup into it then it could potentially pay for itself... sure I'm way to optimistic. Any thoughts would be much appreciated.
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Yes, got to agree. Im new to subaru's but not to building turbo charged angines.
above people are spot on, financially and sanity wise.
unfortunately its not just a point of buying some parts and bolting them on. To do it properly, the internals of the engine have be strong enough and ready for the increase of compression that forced induction brings. So thats reducing the CR with machining or new pistons.Then there is the increased fuelling requirements, ignition timing (so ecu remapping or building/buying units to retard the timing under boost), transmission upgrades to cope and brakes to slow it down!!
And thats the simple summary. Ultimately anything is possible with enough ingenuity and money.
But as said before, unless its a family heirloom, it will be cheaper and easier to sell up and buy a factory turbo car.
above people are spot on, financially and sanity wise.
unfortunately its not just a point of buying some parts and bolting them on. To do it properly, the internals of the engine have be strong enough and ready for the increase of compression that forced induction brings. So thats reducing the CR with machining or new pistons.Then there is the increased fuelling requirements, ignition timing (so ecu remapping or building/buying units to retard the timing under boost), transmission upgrades to cope and brakes to slow it down!!
And thats the simple summary. Ultimately anything is possible with enough ingenuity and money.
But as said before, unless its a family heirloom, it will be cheaper and easier to sell up and buy a factory turbo car.