RC 597 Member 8 Member For: 17y 7m 12d Gender: Male Posted 22/02/08 05:10 AM Share Posted 22/02/08 05:10 AM Just thought I would share my experience with the turbocharging of my 2004 BA XR6 ute.I had pondered this conversion for some thime, the pros and cons ect, and finaly decidedto turbocharge the standard asprirated motor. Leading upto christmas I watched ebay and the trading post for the items I required.I managed to source nearly 90% of the conversion on Ebay. This may sound a bit riskybut worked out well in my favor in saving some cash. Having a plan that I would useas many factory parts as I could,anything that I could not buy 2nd hand I bought new from the local ford dealer.The conversion itself took the best part of the weekend. and is very straight forward. before Getting ready to drill and tap the sump. 16mm hole for the oilretun and 2 M8 tapped holes. Pack the flutes of the tap with grease to minimise fileings goning in the sumpI decided to replace the 2 original hot water pipes with the ones designed for the turbo cars. The maifold and turbo are bolted on as a single unit. The cold side of the intercooler pipework being installedSorting out the intake pipework. Mounting of the intercooler. The parts of the loom here need to be tied back as far as possible. (heat)The finished product. As you can see the assembled engine looks almost like a factory one.(except for the red rocker cover)A couple of other items you will need are a "tee" peice for the water return (bypass) heater hose,and an adaoptor for the oil preasure sensor to allow the turbo io feed line to be bolted up.The guys at HPF will be fitting 42lb injectors and a Walbo 255 intank as a preliminary dyno run indicatesthat my injectors are way to small.MY PARTS LIST SUPPLYER COSTTurbo,manifold,lines and sheild. FTG Autosalvage $2000Factory I/c and plenum+pipes E-Bay $200Factoy exhaust and dump. E-bay $150Genuine ford water pipes Ford $130Genuine ford heater by-pass Ford $35Monza intercooler Auto bahn $350Boost controler Turbosmart $1502 bar map sensor hpf $200spark plugs NGK NGK $50As I type this the car has a little over 200RKW@ 4000 rpm. Will be back in the shop next wednesday for final tune.THis has been a great proect for the DIY .Cheers Richard 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dillz Three pedals are better then two.. Donating Members 15,637 Member For: 17y 6m 15d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 22/02/08 05:17 AM Share Posted 22/02/08 05:17 AM (edited) Someone has finally had a good go at it, awesome. How do you think it will compare to a standard T mate? And good to see the old I/C is good for something.. Edited 22/02/08 05:18 AM by XRTPSI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbjunior99 Member 4,359 Member For: 21y 11m 18d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 22/02/08 05:33 AM Share Posted 22/02/08 05:33 AM Good work mate, can't wait to see what sort of figures it produces Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inducted_Breeze Member 247 Member For: 17y 3m 28d Location: Perth, WA Posted 22/02/08 05:38 AM Share Posted 22/02/08 05:38 AM by far one of the best NA to Turbo conversion build threads I have seen in a while.Top marks for the information; thanks for sharingT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCRIBR Yaris member Member 4,486 Member For: 18y 5m 20d Gender: Male Posted 22/02/08 05:43 AM Share Posted 22/02/08 05:43 AM im very impressed!For the price & the power increase you have done really well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPJ Member 4 Member For: 16y 10m 5d Posted 22/02/08 07:36 AM Share Posted 22/02/08 07:36 AM Whats the compression ratio on a N/A motor?Should be better than a genuine T off boost... Probably on too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quick xr6 Suspended 229 Member For: 16y 9m 25d Gender: Male Location: sydney Posted 22/02/08 07:41 AM Share Posted 22/02/08 07:41 AM well done now you got me going good luck let me known what you get rw/kw when you get tuned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fordboy1981 Donating Members 2,075 Member For: 21y 10m 23d Gender: Male Location: Sydney, NSW Posted 22/02/08 09:04 AM Share Posted 22/02/08 09:04 AM should be interesting...could be a very nice ride! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EZ2CME Formerly XR6NA Member 3,512 Member For: 19y 11d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 22/02/08 09:06 AM Share Posted 22/02/08 09:06 AM Well done! Heaps cheaper when you can do alot of it yourself. How far are you planning on taking it power wise? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob^ Member 170 Member For: 21y 1m 8d Location: Geelong Posted 22/02/08 10:44 PM Share Posted 22/02/08 10:44 PM Finally, someone who has shown it is possible to do on a budget.Good work mate! I was planning on doing the same, even though everyone was telling me to just trade it in for a T. But being in the market for a house has put those plans on hold for a while... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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