calfpv New Member 12 Member For: 13y 7m 16d Gender: Male Location: Victoria Posted 09/09/11 12:27 PM Share Posted 09/09/11 12:27 PM Hey guys have just finished my Na to turbo conversion on my 2011 fg xr6 ute which was well worth it .I started watching turbos and parts for the fg to do a standard conversion with all factory parts,which I later found harder to find than what I thought it would be.I looked around wrecked fg turbos but no one wanted to split the engines as rather sell them as a full motor.Parts:I found a factory intercooler and pipes on Ebay for $200then sprayed them black to be stealth and hidden,then got a factory fg f6 typhoon turbo and 3and a half inch dump with a 1 inch waste gate plumbed back into the exhaust and 3.5 inch inch Herrod cat for $1000.I finally tracked down the inlet manifold, throttle body and exhaust manifold which came with turbo injectors, heat shields and fuel rail for $1000.went to auto barn and bought a FPR for $120.Turbo Plugs NGK Iridium for $100Heat wrap for $100.Sent it to the mechanic in Mcloud (TTP Automotive) (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Taylors-Turbo-Performance-Automotive/150621991675638) where they had it for a few days, while they tapped the oil drain, water lines and oil feed and plumbed everything up. has had basic tune running now. running no blow off valve for that dose sound Power is great and very responsive/crisp breaks traction with traction control on in most gears (: and it hasn't had full tune yet!! so very happy with there work.the car is booked in on the 26th to get new exhaust and full tune and some more boost. engine bay looks almost factory except the rocker cover isn't red . very pleased with how it turned out. will be good to see what its like after the full tune etc . would like to thank all the mechanics at TTP who worked on the car. rest of the pictures will be up tomorrow (:thanks callum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iliov Member 49 Member For: 15y 10m 14d Posted 09/09/11 03:29 PM Share Posted 09/09/11 03:29 PM Nice work bro.PS: Im the guy with the black fg u added on facebook lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
234Fpv Donating Members 522 Member For: 13y 4m 17d Gender: Male Location: Yeppoon qld Posted 09/09/11 06:50 PM Share Posted 09/09/11 06:50 PM Nice work. Are the eternals in the non turbo the same? Compression?Sent from my HTC Desire using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impellor Member 835 Member For: 14y 4m 5d Gender: Not Telling Posted 09/09/11 08:55 PM Share Posted 09/09/11 08:55 PM No N/A runs 10.3 comp ratio. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest XR09 Guests Posted 09/09/11 09:18 PM Share Posted 09/09/11 09:18 PM Which comes from a different head gasket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dillz Three pedals are better then two.. Donating Members 15,637 Member For: 17y 5m 30d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 10/09/11 08:40 AM Share Posted 10/09/11 08:40 AM That herrod gear was on ebay for ages, thought it must of been buggered but obviously not. Good work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calfpv New Member 12 Member For: 13y 7m 16d Gender: Male Location: Victoria Posted 10/09/11 09:17 AM Author Share Posted 10/09/11 09:17 AM yeh all stock internals stock box and diff.. diff is going to be a new tight lsd but all stock is good enough. havnt touched the electrics at all like every one says but the check engine light stays on haha not to worry though. has been flashed with my mechanics micro computer and every thing was tuned . and yeh utes are still better haha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calfpv New Member 12 Member For: 13y 7m 16d Gender: Male Location: Victoria Posted 10/09/11 09:19 AM Author Share Posted 10/09/11 09:19 AM oh and the ratios are not that different to worry about as all the other turbo conversion leave them stock as well (: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JVK Silver Donating Members 751 Member For: 18y 11m 7d Gender: Male Location: North West Hot Hell,VIC Posted 10/09/11 10:29 AM Share Posted 10/09/11 10:29 AM Did you replace the computer or hook up a boost control solenoid ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calfpv New Member 12 Member For: 13y 7m 16d Gender: Male Location: Victoria Posted 10/09/11 12:10 PM Author Share Posted 10/09/11 12:10 PM Yeh my mechanic just hooked up his microtec computer and remapped my na computer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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