Turbo Conversion underway

[P11GT]

For those of you who dont know as yet, ive began the first stages of my turbo conversion. To save repeating myself, visit my site at www.p11-gt.co.uk and click on updates. There you can monitor my progress which i try to update daily. I would have taken some pictures but i dont have the digicam at the mo. Hopefully get some up soon.

[AznVirus]

sounds good, how many lbs. of boost are you going to be running about? get some pics posted up as well!

[frogg]

Dang P11GT,
Everytime I think your done for a while modding your car, you do something else.. makes me jealous

What I was gonna do is get a SR20VE and do all the standard bolt-ons then possibly add a turbo to it -- I think it would make one fast ass G!

I think the SR20VE will actually become a engine largely supported by the aftermarket.

Anyways, good luck with your turbo and I hope you are happy w/ it

[b-b00gie]

Noticed you need an intercooler...

Call Peter @ Forge Motorsports... he's a really nice guy and know A LOT about DET's. I actually spoke with him today, he called me here in the US.


Anyhow.. they have good prices and a good intercooler to fit your bumper...

You want their front mount intercooler model 104. It is the perfect size for the bumper opening.. 24"x6.5"x3" core.

http://www.forgemotorsport.co.uk/pro...tercooler.html

[P11GT]

Hey thanks for that Brian, ive already had a reply from Wayne @ Forge and this is what ive sent him. Hes quoted me £270+VAT which isnt bad at all. I measured the space available and this is what ive come up with.

[P11GT]

Originally posted by P11GT
Hey thanks for that Brian, ive already had a reply from Wayne @ Forge and this is what ive sent him. Hes quoted me £270+VAT

CORRECTION!! It wanst Forgemotorsports at all, it was Pace products that quoted me 270. Ive just had a phone call from Mike at Forge and hes beaten the quote and increased the intercooler thickness to 80mm for a mere £235 all in.

[b-b00gie]

[Cue-Ball]

Could someone please add this intercooler info to the FAQ? If/when i finally go turbo it would be nice not to have to look all this info up again.

Thanks.

[nismo_gt]

P11GT : For those of you who dont know as yet, ive began the first stages of my turbo conversion. To save repeating myself, visit my site at www.p11-gt.co.uk and click on updates. There you can monitor my progress which i try to update daily. I would have taken some pictures but i dont have the digicam at the mo. Hopefully get some up soon.

I'll be watchin' with interest Kev :smoker2:

[AznVirus]

i was wondering, you have to take out the front reinforcement bar to fit the intercooler right? and you bolt it to the radiator?

oh ya, and please add it to the faq for future reference.

[b-b00gie]

if you go with an intercooler which is 6.5" in height or less you probably wont need to touch the reinforcement bar at all.

When you need a bigger intercooler with more flow (for say a 300whp application) you will need to cut part of the bar.


The model which I was speaking of ( Forge Motorsports 104 ) will fit fine w/o mods.

[2002G20Racer]

Sweet, more people are adding turbo's to their G20's and the JWT kit should be coming out soon (like everything else they make lolz). This is going to make my turbo project a lot easyer because their will be tons of info by the time I start it. It's also great to just look at the pic's of turbo G20's.

[ales]

Good Lord! Thumbs up, man, really thumbs up! It's so good to see someone doing a turmo conversion in Europe!

Are you going to use the Fast Road cams in the turbo motor?

[P11GT]

ales - Ive already got some custom cams in, and they'll be staying in, cos i aint got the std ones anymore.

The intercooler will be located between the bumper and radiator. Theres a brace/bracket that goes fron the cross member to the front bumper which houses the air bag sensor, well the intercooler will sit below that brace. Thats why its only 6 inches high. But now, ive managed to get a price for a 80mm thick intercooler which should make up for the lack of height. Heres a 3D view of it.

SITE UPDATED!!

[G-Forces]

Originally posted by P11GT
ales - Ive already got some custom cams in, and they'll be staying in, cos i aint got the std ones anymore.

Check if those custom cams have a big overlap. If so get some cam gears and dial out some overlap. Turbos don't like a lot of overlap.