Turbo
So I have a 3rd gen tl and I've been trying to figure out if it could be turbocharged or not and I don't know if the engine cant handle it or is it because there's no room in the bay, but I want to single turbo my 3.2 nothing crazy, just a small turbo running about 8 psi. But theres no articles anywhere could someone help me out.
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Originally Posted by TL.kid31
(Post 16412418)
So I have a 3rd gen tl and I've been trying to figure out if it could be turbocharged or not and I don't know if the engine cant handle it or is it because there's no room in the bay, but I want to single turbo my 3.2 nothing crazy, just a small turbo running about 8 psi. But theres no articles anywhere could someone help me out.
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Originally Posted by horseshoez
(Post 16412468)
It is certainly doable, and folks have in fact done it, but it ain't even remotely cheap. I figure an easy $5,000 to do the job right. That said, if your car is an automatic model, don't bother, you'll toast the transmission in short order.
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Originally Posted by TL.kid31
(Post 16412492)
Ohh ok. Cause I have the 5 speed AT. Any upgrades you suggest doing that wont sacrifice my tranny. Like bigger throttle body maybe?
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Not another one of these threads...
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Just do what I wanted to do at one point. Tranny swap!!
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Get a tranny swap by getting an S4.
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Just buy a faster car...
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Originally Posted by horseshoez
(Post 16412468)
It is certainly doable, and folks have in fact done it, but it ain't even remotely cheap. I figure an easy $5,000 to do the job right. That said, if your car is an automatic model, don't bother, you'll toast the transmission in short order.
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Buy turbo.
Buy intercooler and piping. Buy waste gate. Fab up manifold. Connect turbo to manifold. Fab up pipe and down pipe Fab waste gate to piping. Drill bung into oil pan. Connect oil feed to turbo. Tune car. |
Originally Posted by justnspace
(Post 16419928)
Buy turbo.
Buy intercooler and piping. Buy waste gate. Fab up manifold. Connect turbo to manifold. Fab up pipe and down pipe Fab waste gate to piping. Drill bung into oil pan. Connect oil feed to turbo. Tune car. |
Can you weld aluminum piping? Are you skilled enough to determine where everything goes?
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Originally Posted by justnspace
(Post 16419934)
Can you weld aluminum piping? Are you skilled enough to determine where everything goes?
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Originally Posted by RomansTL
(Post 16419945)
yea I have a welder and stuff, just worried that like I put like enough oil to turbo and stuff and not screwing that up
you should be more worried about fabricating a manifold. there are two heads you have to think about, facing the opposite direction. you need to think about how you will merge the two piping. will you merge above the engine or below the engine? where would you put the turbo?? where would you put the blow off valve? Fabricating is the HARDEST part, yet you fail to realize that....and are worried about oil... |
literally, you buy oil and pour it into the engine until the dipstick is full. that aspect of the car will never change....Because you've added an oil feed line from the oil pan to turbo.
but you knew all of this stuff already, since it's so easy...right? |
Kids these days...
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Crab man, I have a welder, Do you wanna come over this weekend and complete the turbo system on my mustang then we can do my TL?
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Well I’m just new to turbos so that’s why I was wondering, I was going to have the turbo in place of the battery, just get a smaller powerful battery or just move it to the back, soemthing like that, still doin research on how others did it
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everybody is new to turbos...only a few have done it.
and it's just piping man! figure out where the pipes go and weld her up! hope you have a way to tune it, first...before you do all that work. . |
Originally Posted by RomansTL
(Post 16420379)
Well I’m just new to turbos so that’s why I was wondering, I was going to have the turbo in place of the battery, just get a smaller powerful battery or just move it to the back, soemthing like that, still doin research on how others did it
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Forget the turbo and go with Gerzy Bear's SC. You lose your A/C but you will get support from someone who really knows these engines and their limitations in stock form.
I'm one of the people who has gone the turbo and if you think the initial cost is high, wait until things start breaking. |
if only i didnt need A/C
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Could you mount an electric motor to use for A/C? Similar to EPS.
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There are 12V units and I've heard about retrofitting them into cars that didn't come with AC.
Quick search pointed me to: https://www.seanhylandmotorsport.com...ompressor-3753 But 32 Amps would be a lot of additional load on electrical system. |
Maybe use a lighter-grade, aftermarket compressor? :shrug:
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look at the brains on you, wes!
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Originally Posted by Midnight Mystery
(Post 16423094)
Maybe use a lighter-grade, aftermarket compressor? :shrug:
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