Re: Fuel mileage from a gasser?
Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2012 12:24 pm
Or buy a turbo Eclipse/talon on the cheap. All the top-end parts should bolt up, plus you have a pre-tuned ECU.mapleridge818 wrote:Any turbo will fit, it's just the exhaust manifold you need to make fit the turbo. I might be tricky finding a turbo manifold for your engine. Civics and 240sx etc get turbos put on them all the time, so there are a few aftermarket companies that make manifolds. Otherwise you need a fab shop to make one. I'd look for a t25 from a 300zx or 180sx. They are common and cheap ($200).romperroom wrote:
PS. do you know what type of turbo would fit my engine? Need that on my wish list!
But putting a turbo on a vehicle is a major procedure, it's not just bolting it on. You need oil feed and return lines, intercooler and piping, bigger fuel pump (sometimes) and a way to regulate fuel, so you can feed it more gas, as it builds boost. There are lots of ways to do that, some cheap and easy like a SAFC, but if you do it wrong, you blow your engine up. Unless you can find someone that had done a turbo on a engine like yours, and learn from how they did it, you'd be doing a lot of figuring stuff out on your own, which can be challenging to say the least.
If you're getting 450kms to a 65L tank, that's pretty sad. That's like 14.5L/100km. From what I've read, that's worse than the V6. Mind you, I guess not everyone drives their van like a race car.