just wondering wat turbo would be good for a holden blue 202

Sorry I can't help you but I'm also very interested in this as I have both a VLT and an LJ Torana that I want to turbocharge - love them both. How would the original t3 work on the 202. Sorry to jump in but I figure we're on the same wavelength. Go the Rana

i have built a turbo 202.it was in a lc.LISTEN TO ME.forget it now while youve wasted no cash. the 202 can be built na to perform better.you want bottom end with a 202 more than top end.i can answer any questions you have guys but read what i said.its just not worth it

Duz360 - I'm very interested in your viewpoint here. What sort of setup did you try - blow thru or drawthru ., EFI or carby, petrol or gas (I'm aiming for gas only), what turbo , was it intercooled, what gearbox and diff, what compression and how achieved, in what car, and lastly why did it leave such a sour taste in your mouth. I've a few magazines with great looking Torana Turbo's that put out good horsepower - one at Kwinana Motorplex was running nines - what I want is a reliable setup , nice to drive and capable of 11's. 11.99 will do

Yep a straight gas, 202 with a T28 would work a treat for a nice streeter.

Turbo 202's (well any holden s6 really) are difficult to turbocharge effectively largely due to the head design (not x-flow). The inlet temprature skyrockets due to the exhaust and inlet manifolds being so close together, thus sharing each others heat!!

Yep, thats why I'd go a nice small turbo, and give it some low end poke without worrying about reliability issues. It'd make a nice streeter, enough go to keep up with a 5ltr V8 and still good enough on fuel. IMO

PSHHHT - what is a T28 - how does it compare to the t3 (or is it the t03) thats in the Vl. What performance could I expect - when you compare to a 5ltr -what 1/4's ? And what gas setup would you recommend? Thanks

duz360-wat kind of bottom end work would u recommend

Guys are you aware the 202 is alrger than your rb30? Your gunna need better than your t3!

hiflow t3 would be ideal?!.. or no?!

the turbo 202 was my introduction to turbocharging.i made every mistake you can when it comes to turbocharging.reason being,i just wanted it to be cheap and easy. it turned out to be neither.for the money you will have to outlay to get it goin good you could have put an rb26 in your car. it was a suck through system by the way so i will start off by listing what i did to my motor 202 bored and honed 250 crossflow ford pistons/7.5 to 1 compression ratio standard rings and bearings stock rods and crank jp hi volume oil pump yella terra head.9 port.ported yella terra rolla rockers stainless oversized valves 1 piece hardened push rods custom cam hydraulic lifters triple valve springs ic&e distributor and leads turbo system strata manifold kit/inlet and exhaust.i can get these still t04 turbo garret 32mm gate 52mm single webber ,3mm needle and seat. i think thats it it gives me shivers thinking of all the money i through into that thing. sure you should do it blow through with efi and cooler,but a rb26 would be so much cheaper also it used to run sooo hot it wasnt funny and pinged harder than a raver on new years eve. hope ive helped[you decide not to do it!] in the end i bit the bullet and bought a vlt and ive never looked back cheers leigh

Thanks Duz360 - you haven't convinced me not too but have given me much food for thought . I know good setups exist but there are a lot of bad ones so I need to research this very well. I've got the VLT as well and I'd like to keep the 202 in the Torana. Thanks for the input - much appreciated.

You could set this up at home your self very not much at all, just use a good oil pump as the old holden pumps gave up on standard engines!

you must go blow through,efi,hiflow t04 at least,intercooled,if you want it to work any good.i would use a 12 port head with triple injection perfection[or similar] webber based throttles.enclose them all into a plenum type arangement that feeds from your cooler

?????? Blow Thru - Yes Intercooler - Yes T04 or Bigger - Yes 12 Port Head - Yes (EFI 12 port head - good flow from standard) EFI -NO I want to use the Black EFI inlet manifold with straight gas. Triple injectors - ????

Quote: Originally Posted by 2nd child ?????? Blow Thru - Yes Intercooler - Yes T04 or Bigger - Yes 12 Port Head - Yes (EFI 12 port head - good flow from standard) EFI -NO I want to use the Black EFI inlet manifold with straight gas. Triple injectors - ???? triple throttle bodies.they look like a webber carby,and bolt up to webber manifolds but they are a throttle body.ie one throttle plate for each cylinder

OK - Interesting but I would assume with straight gas and the EFI inlet manifold I should be fine

Only so long as you feed the gas straight to the intake and not though the cooler in any way!

Blow thru - turbo thru cooler with lpg introduced just before inlet manifold.