A cheap ghetto turbo conversion!

[FrostyCab 0]

Just wanted to start a quick discussion on turboing a VR6 in a ghetto stylee!

I've seen a lot of kits kitting about from the states but do you think it could be done from a raid at the scrap yard?

I've been scratching my head on how to produce a proper ghetto setup to go with the theme of the car, obviously going to need some off the shelf parts like a decompression plate, downpipe and manifold but where should I be looking for a turbo, intercooler etc.

Just how cheap can this be done?

Any suggestions or wild ideas would be great!

[spadam 7]

Read jim potters thread. He turbo's his for under £1000 if you can do it for less please show us how.

[p0u1 14]

well im doing it getto style as im a poor person lol, but so far i bought to k03 turbos 97quid, there like new, i got a 02m gearbox paid 160 for it, going to be buying shafts and all the kit to get the gearbox working in my car for 300quid ( thats alot of stuff to get the haldex working too) im buying loads of butend miled steel tubes and ends, i still got loads of stuff to buy but im looking at getting the turbos and 4wd system fitted for under 1.5k, and god knows how much of my man hours

[Rustyman 0]

To be honest i'd be friend a scrap dealer and ask him to let you raid his stock... see what you can scavenge look to obvious donor cars like the evo and Scooby brigade.. not so obvious like Rovers etc and just build up your stock part by part.... Good luck keep us all posted ..

[sharky_70 0]

i dont see the point unless you want a badly running and unreliable conversion?

just set yourself a budget, work out how much you wanna spend max on each component and just wait for the bargains to come up

if you wanna keep it cheap then go for lower boost means you can use a smaller intercooler off a saab turbo or similar, stock injectors and a rising rate FPR, and a turbo from one of the drift boys when they upgrade. somethings you cant really save on though like the manifold unless you want it to crack and falll apart

[dman78 1]

i've got a t3/t4 turbo manifold for sale,check the market place

[FrostyCab 0]

...if you wanna keep it cheap then go for lower boost means you can use a smaller intercooler off a saab turbo or similar' date=' stock injectors and a rising rate FPR, and a turbo from one of the drift boys when they upgrade. somethings you cant really save on though like the manifold unless you want it to crack and falll apart

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This is what I was after, cheers

As I said in the first post this is just a disscussion as to where you could find this stuff on production cars sourced from a scrappie. It'll be a while till I roll my sleaves ups!

I agree, you'd need to spend out for a decent quality manifold and custom parts like a de compression plate.

The downpipe could be knocked up with some welding skills along with boost pipes so a good saving could be made there. I'm sure I read somewhere that kevhaywire used some table leg tubing or similar for boost pipes in his conversion at some point.

As for a turbo, there must be a raft of production cars out there that have a suitable turbo to use in a conversion. Same thing with an intercooler?

[FrostyCab 0]

Read jim potters thread. He turbo's his for under £1000 if you can do it for less please show us how.

Not long finished reading this, simply amazing work!