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hey guys/gals

with my rather recent obsession with skylines etc, and my increased interest in cars (always been interested, but a lot more now) some of this has seemed to rubbed off on my dad cos he's like, "i might lower it a bid" or "u reckon i could turbo the car?"

i've been pushing for him to mod it a bit, like exhaust, filters, maybe a chip. Got him to get 17's for it actually, he was gonna get the standard 16's.

anyways, i know it's not the first car u think of when modifying, but what do u guys reckon?? Could it be done? at the moment, it's a 3ltr Straight Six, 170kw:

stats:

Max power 170kw at 5,900rpm

Max torque 300Nm at 3,500rpm

kerb weight = 1605kg (ouch, stupid leather, tv's, satnav etc :))

0 - 100 7.1 secs.

** plus a killer engine note, mmmmm BMW straight six :drool:

So looks like a pretty good platform, but whether the BMW engines are up for it is another thing. Being BMW i'm sure they are up to the task with a bit of strengthening of some of the components.

What's the basic steps for turboing a non turbo car? what needs to be changed to except a turbo??

as u can see, i have no idea what-so-ever so any info is much appreciated

is it even possible?

cheers

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im not an expert at this but my guess would b

get a zaust manifold to suit turbo and eng, dump/front, make sure ur gearbox and clutch is upto the job, also make sure ur injectors and fuel pump r upto it aswell

other than that i dont think u have alot to worry bout except puttin a cooler on it

then hopefully the internals r strong and can handle the new power

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