I have a fully stock fg xr6 and I'm looking to buy a turbo for it, where should I look?

[AdamH]

So basically I've owned my falcon for almost 6 months now and in the future looking to buy a turbo for it. I can't find anywhere in new Zealand to buy a turbo kit, let alone anything to put on a stock barra. Does anyone have a place that is reputable with turbo kits and/or xr6t engines to replace?

[biddie_fiddler]

Look at selling it and buying a turbo FG.

 

Reasons:

1. Engine is not built for boost
2. Transmission is not built for boost - especially if its a 5 speed. Even the NA 6 speed is different to the turbo 6 speed
3. Diff is not LSD
4. Requires turbo ecu to be done properly
5. You need to replace a lot other stuff to make this work
6. Its going to cost you a lot of time, and money

 

Can you do it? Absolutely!

Spend an hour researching all the people that have done this on forums and fb. What is their car like long term? Any issues? How much time did it take? How much money? Whats broken since? Would they recommend it?

If you're dead set sold on keeping the car you have. Find a wrecked turbo and transplant all the driveline, ecu and pcm. 

 

 

Google "Ford FG turbo kit" and you'll find all sorts of kits that will ship to your door.

https://www.tiperformance.com.au/products/ea-fg-falcon-4l-turbo-conversion-kit/

 

This kit is ~$4kNZD delivered.

You'll need a turbo intake plenum to replace the factory NA one too

If you keep the NA motor you'll need to tap an oil return in the sump and get oil to the turbo.

You need to get coolant to, and from the turbo

When you change ECUs you'll need to "marry" it to the car, you will need to pay someone to do this. Or, you keep the NA ecu and buy an e-boost controller. That costs extra

 

 

If you're competent working on cars, done it plenty of times, then all this would be a cake walk. A weekend project over a couple months to get done by yourself. Don't underestimate just how complex this job actually is, though. Getting a professional shop to do it for you is going to cost you a lot of money. Do let us know what you decide to do though! If you do embark on this journey, there will be plenty of people on the forum that I'm sure would be happy to help answer some questions as you go along  

[k31th]

^^ very good summary of the problems. It's just not worth keeping an N/A XR to then try and turbo it, is the bottom line... but as above, if you're willing to cope with a bunch of pain to get it done, it can be done properly.