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i have a turbo idea.. but..

Started by tobie vbmenu_register("postmenu_1509473", true); · 9 Aug 2007 · 5 replies

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i dont no where to put this thread haha.. umm ok..i have an n/a vl.. the km's r gettin high and something will **** out soon no doubt (knock on wood) however i do love turbos.. but i dont want to buy a new car.. so im thinking about maybe doing an engine conversion.. so that everythings newer and stuff.. BUT!.. this is where it gets interesting.. i want to put an r33 turbo motor in it.. is this possible?? if so.. would anyone recomend it?
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Have you searched? It's very possible
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Or, you could do what has been tried in US and put the turbo in the rear wheel space above diff, works ok and the air return pipe acts as an intercooler Would be odd to hear the spool up from rear, there's a joke there somewhere Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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soooooooo easy to do..and good motor
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mate...this gets done just about everyday...
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Quote: Originally Posted by Mike_M Or, you could do what has been tried in US and put the turbo in the rear wheel space above diff, works ok and the air return pipe acts as an intercooler Would be odd to hear the spool up from rear, there's a joke there somewhere haha that sounds like waaaaaaaaaay to much work dude.. Quote: soooooooo easy to do..and good motor really? coz if it is then ill look further into it.. add up costs and ****.. like every r33 i see rollin around always sounds so nice.. i wanna hear that coming from the vl.. or something like it.. Quote: mate...this gets done just about everyday... so im not original then but that is also good.. coz means someone out there knows what there doing hehehe Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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