Sunday, 10 July 2011

Exhaust, and turbo

The exhaust for a naturally aspirated car like this is a complicated thing to build correctly. I'm not so sure i could do it justice, and if i was to build it myself, it could cause the engine to not perform how i want it to. I have been looking at the option to add a turbo to the B6 engine. It's actually not a bad idea really. The turbo manifold for the B6 engine is relatively small and does not protrude too far off the side of the engine. It would mean that i would have to stuff around with setting up the turbo, and rebuilding the motor to take a lower compression. I guess thats something i was wanting to do anyway, although increasing the compression if i was to go N/A. Not too sure at this stage. I have a friend i will see in the coming weeks who has a Mazda Familia. His engine is pumping out 300hp or so. So if anyone knows about the B6 donk, it would be him.

A quick look on ebay in the US has turned up the possibility of getting a turbo set up for $800 USD. Which would equate to $1,000 landed to my door. 

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