Avi8or
Luxo-barging
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Thought I would post this up for anybody who is looking to do a turbo setup by themselves on the cheaper side of things. I'm aiming to keep the price down as low as possible, while using quite a few eBay parts and seeing what I can get out of it. Because I live in Hong Kong currently all the parts from Japan/Taiwan/China cost all of about $5 AUS to post to me, my turbo only cost me $20 to post. :rofl2:
First of all the car, a VS 5 speed (T5) Ecotec that has just been fully rebuilt 5000km ago. Other than a 2.5" catback its pretty much a stock, single spinner. I am going to be running 10psi to begin with and shooting for 250rwhp.
So I have been working at this for about a month now with my research, recently started purchasing the parts I am going to need. So far I have:
The turbo
A GT35 copy with a .63 turbine on it, the quality is actually surprisingly good, they have done a decent job of making the thing.
The manifold
Currently being delivered with some work needing to be done but its a stainless sidemount
Watercooling kit
My first test to see how close the copy is, the GT35 kit fits perfectly into the copy.
LSD
Sitting in my shed at home waiting to be taken down to the workshop and fitted
From here the next point of attack is to get the oil kit for it, and finish deciding on how im going to pipe it up. Stay tuned.
First of all the car, a VS 5 speed (T5) Ecotec that has just been fully rebuilt 5000km ago. Other than a 2.5" catback its pretty much a stock, single spinner. I am going to be running 10psi to begin with and shooting for 250rwhp.
So I have been working at this for about a month now with my research, recently started purchasing the parts I am going to need. So far I have:
The turbo
A GT35 copy with a .63 turbine on it, the quality is actually surprisingly good, they have done a decent job of making the thing.
The manifold
Currently being delivered with some work needing to be done but its a stainless sidemount
Watercooling kit
My first test to see how close the copy is, the GT35 kit fits perfectly into the copy.
LSD
Sitting in my shed at home waiting to be taken down to the workshop and fitted
From here the next point of attack is to get the oil kit for it, and finish deciding on how im going to pipe it up. Stay tuned.