Turbo or nitrous?

[Jim27]

Just wondering what the general consensus would be on a Zuki Mini 1.3 16v - fit a turbo and run low boost or alternatively fit a '50bhp' nitrous kit?

Pros & cons anyone?

[FatKev]

Turbo beats laughing gas hands down in my opinion. The gas gives you a right kick in power but refilling those bottles isn't cheap and soon adds up. Also if you don't spend the cash on setting up the nitro system you're gonna kill the engine fast. Suppose the same can be said about a turbo'd car - don't set it up right and you're gonna make something go bang.

[ed4ran]

I think someone on TeamSwift had 200whp from a standard engine. :lol:
but low boost works well and should be easy enough to do,
only problem is space to fit the turbo.

[Jim27]

I've seen that red pickup that runs a turbo off an Audi 1.8T - seems to run very well indeed :)

I've got a couple of Skyline GT-R turbos with wastegates lying around - as the 2.6 GT-R is twin turbo, each turbo runs from only 3 cylinders (total 1.3 litres per turbo), therefore I reckon is perfectly sized for a low boost application on the 1.3 16v. They can take up to 1 bar safely, but TBH I think that'd be a wee bit excessive, yes?

Just for general info, the standard GT-R turbos are a hybrid of T25 intake impellor & T28 compressor turbine, meaing faster spooling and capacity to flow that little bit more boost.

At least that's to the best of my knowledge... :)

My personal preference is the turbo route but it's 'always on' from the moment you get positive boost. At least with a nitrous kit so long as you don't mash the fun pedal it simply won't kick in.

Plus nitrous seems like a much neater solution for an already-cramped engine bay. It takes alot of work to plumb the extra oil feeds, turbo, intercooler, intake piping etc. for a turbo setup, I'd imagine....

[Marcus Nordblom]

This is a cool setup, bikecarbs + 4 port nos in std. injektor holes
75 hp jetting

http://www.wizardly.org/swifts/Romery/pages/IMAG0038.html

Marcus

[Jim27]

How is carbs + nitrous better than fuel injection + nitrous?

[sigmacon]

The problem is of course space. Look at http://ststurbo.com for one possible solution. These folks mount the turbo in the rear of the car and not in the engine bay. They seem to have plenty of happy customers

[Jim27]

Hmmmm..... not convinced I'd want a nice hot turbo sat under my fuel tank :shock:

Plus surely the lag must be a real ballache?

[evolotion]

theres a chap on turbominis wiht a remote mount turbo .. results certainly supprised me! was sceptical myself, it does work!

[mrbell]

I've seen these on a camaro in person. It surprisingly didn't have too much lag and made a good bit of power.
...of course that was a largish V6 that's about 3 times(if I remember my GM...) the size of our motors so it produces quite a bit more exhaust to spin that turbine...

[99fusion]

I remember seeing that mini, but i cant find it again grr.. anyone saved it as a bookmark/can point me (and others) in the right direction? this is really buggin me

muchas gracias

[Allan McD]

I am going to turbo my Suzuki Swift mini van with the turbo away at the rear the only problem I am having is finding an oil pump to return the oil to the engine.
I have a build diary on here but it is only one day old.
Allan
Ps it wont take me long

[rl48mini]

oops, duplicate post!

[rl48mini]

try these guys:

www.ststurbo.com

as noted above, they've done plenty of remote installations.