Leaving the N/A world too!

[666DAN]

In the tradition of other members of the N/A section I'm also going down the turbo road....but I'm taking my car with me

Cya in turbo land!

Dan

[nismoman18]

is ur NA turboed now ?

[666DAN]

is ur NA turboed now ?

It's so close at the moment I can almost hear the ptshhh.

Just in the final stages of putting it in....everything else is sorted, just need to get the turbo put on, and the mod plate firmly affixed

Dan

[nismoman18]

nice mate well done!

[Guest RedLineGTR]

nice man post up the results when its put in..are u gonna get it dyno'd too??

[666DAN]

nice man post up the results when its put in..are u gonna get it dyno'd too??

Yeah when the e-manage gets tuned after the turbo goes on it's getting done on the dyno, so full figures will be available.....

Plus I'll be more than happy to post a step-by-step upgrade thread with almost all the details and info needed for anyone else wanting to go ahead with it.

I'll try and include some more pics like the first one, showing stages

Dan

[_turtle_]

good stuff dan, a step by step upgrade guide with pics would be great!

[ninjadust]

step by step guide and piks!!!!

Dan is "the MAN"

[666DAN]

OK guys as soon as I can I'll start writing one up....give me a week though at least Also some of my rantings may not be applicable, as my car is an R34....but hey it's a start.

Dan

[Demon Dave]

Looking forward to your write up - turbo'ing the RB25DE is an option I've been thinking about for a while now. I'd be very interested to hear how you went about it, any problems, unforseen difficulties etc.

Dan - BTW, I didn't check the part numbers for the injectors, will try and get down to Nissan again in the coming week. I'd imagine they'd be different to the R33's & R32's though (part number wise) but probably not in terms of flow rate...

[666DAN]

Hmmm I'll edit this bit...because it seems I was wrong.

Took the car for a bit of a more spirited drive seem that the injectors are hitting 100% cycle duty at 5300 rpm.....seems strange that a car company would allow a vehicle to hit its upper limit before the redline?

AFM is sitting pretty at 4.00V

Well looks like I'll be in the market for some injectors...R34 GT-t stockies more than welcome

After a bit more playing with the computer...seems that the second the AFM sends out 4.00V, duty cycle climbs dramatically. By reducing the AFM voltage by 7 - 10% over 3000-6500rpm, duty cycle only peaks out at 35% with no detontaion or performance decrease.

[Dahtone Racing]

how hard would it be to do this to and RB20?

can i keep the compression high and run low boost?

the engine is gonna make way for a new one soon anyway so i would mind having a bit of fun with it now

[_turtle_]

2GU UP i've always wondered the same thing. if u can just run low boost on the standard n/a engine just to give it some extra kick.

[666DAN]

Yeah I'm keeping compression at 10:1, running 6Psi I've seen this running fine in cars overseas in more extreme heat than we have. Higher compression means faster spooling

[Dahtone Racing]

ok so if i have a big intercooler and radiator with standard compression wats the max boost u reckon i could run?

how much power u reckon it will make?

[_turtle_]

Yeah I'm keeping compression at 10:1, running 6Psi I've seen this running fine in cars overseas in more extreme heat than we have. Higher compression means faster spooling

yep, i'm only looking at running 6psi of boost. now what exact parts are required? if i can pick up some 2nd hand parts for cheap i'm going to do this. like i said, i don't want to make big power, just want some extra kick. we would need a R33 turbo ecu too right?

[Dahtone Racing]

yea wat parts would we need to do the conversion

wat ecu would i use on my RB20 i heard that they are reprogrammable or would i be better off getting an RB20DET ecu?

[666DAN]

yea wat parts would we need to do the conversion

wat ecu would i use on my RB20 i heard that they are reprogrammable or would i be better off getting an RB20DET ecu?

I've got an E-manage in my car to take care of Air/Fuel, not sure on the GTS-t ECU, it may freak out as it's not receiving certain inputs from sensors the N/A wouldn't have.

You'll need the GTS-t injectors to stay safe (got some for sale with offers over $75:) )

GTS-t AFM

Hmmm stock intercooler and plumbing, makes life VERY simple.

Stock exhaust manifold and turbo + dump pipe.

Someone to do your engineering certificate and fit some water and oil lines to the turbo.

Off the top of my head that'll be fine.

I've had many different reports on power output 30-50% increase is very likely...if you use aftermarket parts, you can be looking at near 80% like another guy I know...not a bad figure for 0.5 Bar!

Dan

[Greg]

sounds great dan...can you roughly estimate the overall cost for this?

[666DAN]

sounds great dan...can you roughly estimate the overall cost for this?

Parts including E-manage you should allow for $2000 maximum.

Compliance plate $110

2hrs of dyno tuning $??? depending on workshop

A days labour for the turbo fitting.....2 if some sort of nightmare crops up

But if you're fairly confident at doing most of the fiddly work...cutting out intercooler pipe holes, replacing injectors, fitting the intercooler, making sure everything fits in general. This will slash the effort for most workshops...and keep money in your pocket.

Most people will tell you just get a turbo model...but if you're like me and have grown attached to your current car it makes perfect sense.

Those of you wanting more than 7Psi, maybe try and source some forged pistons, lower the compression...then you'll be less limited in the boost you can run.

Getting the ECU tuned can have a dramatic effect though, squeezing out those extra Kw's while maintaining a very reliable low-boost setup.

Dan