[ender2664]

Please correct me if I'm wrong but...
It seems to me that if one is going to be running 5-7psi a kit should be able to be made that is realitively inexpensive.
Isn't there a way to just use the current manifolds to spool the turbo and then just run a pipe from the turbo to the intake manifold?
I'm probably missing something, but it isn't like a 5-7psi kit needs lots of bells and whistles.
Sure that isn't a lot of boost, but I'd drop a few grand on a bare bones kit.
If one doesn't come out I'm going to look up kaylee's skirt and see if one can be done.

[E-Ray]

This may help you understand the complexity of all Forced Induction engines.
http://modnoob.com/guide/induction

[ender2664]

Originally Posted by E-Ray

This may help you understand the complexity of all Forced Induction engines.
http://modnoob.com/guide/induction

Last time I was involved in making a custom kit it was a civic/crx.
Got some junk yard headers that came together as a nice manifold, a snail, waste gate...etc and had a kit for about a grand.
Yes, I know this isn't a civic or a 90s engine.

[SpookShow'84]

Careful with the home-brew turbo fabing if it's your first go round. Do you know how much hp the stock shortblock will take reliably if you're boosting into the 15#+ range? It's a system, the whole engine. It's is designed to operate within a certain range of power before you start over reaching the designed capabilities of individual components. Which one will fail first? Get them all right before you lay on the boost.

[SpookShow'84]

Sorry, your post cleared that up.

[ender2664]

Originally Posted by SpookShow'84

Careful with the home-brew turbo fabing if it's your first go round. Do you know how much hp the stock shortblock will take reliably if you're boosting into the 15#+ range? It's a system, the whole engine. It's is designed to operate within a certain range of power before you start over reaching the designed capabilities of individual components. Which one will fail first? Get them all right before you lay on the boost.

I wouldn't run more than 7psi on a kit I made and would probably just run 5. I have no intention of taking this motor close to its limits, she is my DD. I'd just like to get a little more power out of her so I know I can reliably beat a vette and Carrara from a roll.
I've beaten them both off the line but it was very close and had I even messed up a little off the line the race would have easily gone the other way.

Besides all that, I have a feeling I'm going to be running that rear mount kit and not making my own. Time will tell.

[jessrayo]

If you are specifically looking at turbos you have to look at the horsepower rating much more than a specific boost number. A turbo that makes 40 pounds of boost on a 2 liter engine would have to work just as hard to make 5 or 6 pounds of boost on the Camaro 6.2 liter motor. "boost" is just a measurement of the restriction to pushing the air into the motor. These LT motors are making a lot of power on just 5 pounds of boost.... 600+ horsepower worth of air moving on just 5 pounds of boost. That is a petty good flowing system. Hopping up a 2 liter 4 cylinder engine is easy, anything over 150hp worth of air is a gain..... you have got to get a serious turbo to feed this 6.2 LT that needs 450 hp worth of air without boost.... I can't see that this going to be done cheap.

Twin turbos rated 300 to 400hp each mounted directly on the exhaust manifold and sharing a common intake tube is the easiest way to get usable power. Ball bearing ceramic, titanium, small housings....all help reduce lag.... but add to the overall cost.