mr.sheen

has any of u chaps seen or heard of an impreza 1.6 with a turbo conversion

fabiostar

iv not seen one but iv heard theres a bloke in the south of england(surrey)whos trying it at the min

question is why

fabio

RB5 Boyo

I seen a silver 2.0 sport in 'Jap Performance' magazine with all the bits to make it STI spec, and its now running at over 300bhp ....think the write up on it said it wasnt worth it as it costs so much to do the conversion....

A company called Scooby Clinic in England say it is roughly £3000 plus VAT in labour alone to do the conversion, and on top of that u have to buy the donar engine, gearbox,shafts,diff,loom etc etc and any other bits needed to complete the job....so they dont recommend it as you could be talking £6000-£8000 possibly and if u have £7000 laying about ud be better just going and buying a classic STI to start with

fabiostar

that kinda sums it up

fabio

mr.sheen

sorry i,m thinking more in the lines of turbogharging a standard 1.6 impreza engine

Dee NI

On the cheap... Second hand turbo, modded manifold, fifth injector and controller or bigger injectors and remap if it's possible on the 1.6.
Then you need some custom plumbing for the turbo air, oil etc and modded exhaust to fit. All do-able but even then it's probably going to set you back a bit.

Damien

ulsterscooby

Just buy a wrx not too expensive across the water turbo conversion

fit a turbo
clutch
gearbox
brakes
driveshafts
diffs

by that stage you could have afforded a 2 ltr turbo

davey21wagon

u can get turbo 2000 and wrx s in england cheap, about 3000.... plus knock off that wot ur cars worth....

gojonnyjo

iTrader: (1)

there is a lad that works up in TBF thompson in mallusk has this done, as in stuck a turbo on a 16, not stuck a turbo engine in but just the turbo, from what I hear too its MOT as well.

petedotuk

i'm sure its easy done, u can slap a turbo onto many N/A engines. when I had my ep3 civic type r I was lookin at a Greddy turbo "bolt on kit" 4 just 2k.

j16jrf

iTrader: (3)

its not easy done at all lol.
A friend of mine owns the car you are talking about and a lot of work went into modifying the car and its all done properly with Apexi safc and that sort of trick thing.


the only problem is he is bald and totally gay, loves **** action haha. but he is good with scoobys

A555K

i no the fella ur talking bout jamie, amazing wif cars but heard he likes a bit if sausage action!!!!!!!!

j16jrf

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LOVES the sausage action hes a bit of a sausage ***** lol.

his *** gapes like the marble arch caves now, and he has even had all his hair rubbed off from all the sausage he sucks lol

Andy '00

No man, his hair is rubbed off from rubbing the bottom of boys a*se cracks while giving some tongue action


All jokin aside he still keeps us on the straight and narrow

Top chap.... hold on, beginning to sound like one myself now ha ha

petedotuk

I went to ECC to enquire about the greddy bolt on 4 the EP3 they told me that u do not need any other engine mods 2 handle 80-100hp from the turbo kit. But then I wouldnt use them 2 do any work as when I went 2 them about wat I wanted done 2 my scoob they said "wat u really want is our system, our fuel pump, our this & our that"

Its my car I know wat I want.

airbourne

Heard that about him too! seriously he's a top bloke

mr.sheen

ive seen this car in action most days comming from mallusk direction, seems to go like stink! sounds like a real one

ScoobyDoo69

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I thought that there was a 1.6 Turbo model available in Greece only or something like that?

airbourne

The one in Greece wouldn't be as tasty as this one - it seems a fit yoke alright

fabiostar

ffs..you just spent more time talking about hiding sausages that cars there.. .let me know when you are having a wee run out so i can glue my **** shut .

and fitting a turbo to an engine with standard comp pistons tick tick tick tick.......................


fabio

mr.sheen

this cars been running properly at 6psi for over 2 years now

mr.sheen

i know, i drive it every day

j16jrf

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dunger

mr.sheen

would pee on ur corrado vr6 pos

j16jrf

iTrader: (3)

yeah yea you wish lol. well its gone and we are into a new era of fun now lad

fast bloke

Don't do it - You can bolt one on for an extra 50 HP for less than a grand, but if you want the rest of the car to keep up budget 5-6k. 6k on a 1.6 will get you a good selection of classics

mr.sheen

very true i only done it becacause i had all the parts i needed that came off my 98 impreza turbo which has now been tuned. all i had to buy was an apexi safc. this car suits me because its my second car which i use for work and winter!