Turbo Charging A Commodore

[ONE-VIA]

rear mount turbo...no one would expect a thing

[Raysboostin]

i cant believe this thread came up while searching for clutch fans! its hilarious!! so much BS!! best laugh ive had in ages!!! very little fact in here but quite a good laugh!!

[GTScotT]

Best part is the blowing up motors and complex manifolds.

Ecotec motors have basic little exhaust manifolds that can be swapped left bank to right. Meaning the outlet will point forward and any Joe Blow exhaust bloke can run the pipes up into a collector. Hell even make a bracket to give it a sturdy mount onto the block.

The comp ratio is also fairly average, I believe the VY only ran 9.3:1 or similar.

With the right size turbo (larger) with the right management I dont see how doing this could be a problem or hard. I once met a guy who did the manifold mirror and ran a GT30, thing came on boost nearly off the stall and easily maxed out the turbos capability before the motors natural redline.

POS cars with POS motors that can actually do some quite scary stuff with a little effort. Moving on from a 5 year old thread however.....

[Room42]

Keep the commodore to drive the family and use the skyline for....

[rondofj]

please dont ever do this. it would be a total disgrace to the turbo car community. no no not a commodore, dont go that low..

[AngryRB]

how about ditching the commodore engine and planting a vg30dett in there, wouldnt that make more sense?? big power potential and will fill the bonnet and have some cubes behind it..?

transplant it and use all the jap stuff so no fabricating to accomodate an old crappy buick motor that was never really upto the task without a massive budget..

or could you somhow, do a highbrid, like vs bottem end with vg30dett head etc bolted on.. that would be like a 35gtr sort of motor, lol... :whistling:

but really the thing is a big ugly looking boat isnt it?? hahah much better cars to start a project with... maybe a 84 supra ?? that could be a real sleeper and sporty too..

[Silvia GTR]

VQ30DET > VG30DETT

Q. VG's came with forgies or is that a myth?

[AngryRB]

VQ30DET > VG30DETT

Q. VG's came with forgies or is that a myth?

forgies?? sounds bit odd, i doubt it..

whats a VQ30DET, you talking bout the old one?? the twinn turbo one is the best one isnt it?? 200ish kw at flywheel standard

[Rolls]

how about ditching the commodore engine and planting a vg30dett in there, wouldnt that make more sense??

Lol no? Just selling the car and buying another one would make more sense, suggesting tipping $10k into a conversion vs selling and buying a car that is $10k more expensive is even more retarded then turboing the V6 hahah

[AngryRB]

Lol no? Just selling the car and buying another one would make more sense, suggesting tipping $10k into a conversion vs selling and buying a car that is $10k more expensive is even more retarded then turboing the V6 hahah

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hey some people like to do different things with cars, if you have ever picked up a Zoom magazine you'll see all sorts of crazy engine transplants, speaking of which ive seen a vt commodore in one edition , twin turboed and doing 9sec quarters!!

and i dont know what you mean by "buying a car that is 10k more expensive is even more retareded"

i never said that, read the post again, i suggested a better car to turbo, An 84 toyota supra , cost bout 2K NOT 10k....

im not saying id turbo a commodore but lots of people do similar things...

maybe you just have a closed mind and are a bit retarded yourself?? the people that publish Zoom magazine and all its readers might think that..

[Rolls]

Doing an engine swap is financially a much sillier decision than just selling the car and buying a performance car in the first place, buying a performance car is cheaper and... its a performance car, not a commodore.

[AngryRB]

Doing an engine swap is financially a much sillier decision than just selling the car and buying a performance car in the first place, buying a performance car is cheaper and... its a performance car, not a commodore.

I couldnt agree more with you.. i certainly wouldnt waste money on such an exercise

its a path for those with deep pockets who want to be different...

They do much worse things on Monster Garage.. they made a mustang into a lawn mower.. now how silly is that? why not just go buy a mower..

[88cameron88]

i put a 1jz in a vr ss commodore, spent 25grand by the time i sold it, went like the crackers, put many a "sports car" skyline to shame, on the straights, and in the bends on some occasions.

people can bag the v6 as much as they like, look up itt38l and see what a v6 can do with roughly the same money youd have to spend on a skyline to get the same power and times.

in new zealand there is a guy running low 11's, about to crack 10s with an unopened buik 3.8l v6 turboed, in a vb commodore with a standard rear end, now thats budget racing getting excellent times.

dont get me wrong, i love imports and their superiority over the commodore, but dont write them off!!!!!

[STATUS]

please dont ever do this. it would be a total disgrace to the turbo car community. no no not a commodore, dont go that low..

haha got a few customers running turbo std 3.8's... cheap to do (xr6t gt35 is perfect and cheap) and are quite hardy.... give most skylines even heavily modified ones a slapping so dont be too quick to get on a high horse... seen one that owes him about 6k all up and runs 10's....

[Silvia GTR]

forgies?? sounds bit odd, i doubt it..

whats a VQ30DET, you talking bout the old one?? the twinn turbo one is the best one isnt it?? 200ish kw at flywheel standard

VQ is the new one all alloy, VG is the old boat anchor, apparently I heard somewhere it had forged pistons. I just checked it out they dont, the chinese motor vg33e has forged connectors...