Going Turbo, By Summer of 07

[Kansei]

manual tranny conversion yet?

 

[Blackrose]

manual tranny conversion yet?

Thats what is next. The only thing that makes me hesitant is I heard the manual conversion is weaker and very unrelyable.

 

[bazooka joe]

Why don't yu just run an FMU and leave the boost low. The MSP set up will work fine for your application of low boost and an auto. Flypinoy is running that set up without an intercooler an the car runs fine so far. PM him to see what he did, he didn't spen too much either at least not for the parts he's using for the set up.

not bad advice at all!

 

[Matthew1785]

not bad advice at all!

so you dont need a intercooler for low boost applications? does it still require premium fuel?

 

[Matthew1785]

Well it looks like i'll be going Turbo sooner then i thought, quite possibly late febuary or early march! Boozka_joe im going to be sending you some msg's about your turbo setup

To answer all you guys about the questions on costs, lets just say im going to be spending less then 2000.00 "I THINK" i have a little friend on the fourms helping me out. Once the turbo is complete i will give you all pictures and price costs.

I am also going to update you guys on what has been built/purchased so far.

 

[Matthew1785]

Update: project is now going to be moved closer to mid january, early feburary.

more to come!

 

[Blackrose]

Update: project is now going to be moved closer to mid january, early feburary.

more to come!

Sweet. More info please. You going to go with MSP or setup?

 

[Matthew1785]

Sweet. More info please. You going to go with MSP or setup?

I thought I mentioned in a previous post this is probably going to be custom built, so I'm not sure if its going the MSP route

Liitle Beavis is gonna hook me up, he's been through 2 custom turbo set-ups so he's got enough parts to make it happen as for the fuel setup I'm going to go the FMU/O2 set up for now and switch to a MPI later.


More to come!

 

[Matthew1785]

Update:

FMU is here

Just ordered

Autometer 3 gauge pillar pod 58.99
Autometer 52mm Ultra-Lite Oil Pressure Gauge 57.85
Autometer 52mm Boost gauge 49.99
Autometer 52mm 100 PSI electric fuel pressure gauge 189.33
Flex-A-Lite Transmission Cooler w/ stainless steel mounting brackets 36.85 and 6.00

supposed to come out to 414 thats including shipping for 15.00

 

[Matthew1785]

It looks like i will be going over 300.00 for everything which will now bring my total from 1900.00 to 2200.00

 

[Doodsmack]

just some advice, in addition to those three gauges you should get an air/fuel ratio gauge with a wideband o2 sensor. this is the only way to measure air/fuel accurately. and trust me it is a good idea to have, since if for any reason your FMU goes bad your car will go way lean under boost. boost + lean = bad. for example i have the BEGI FMU in my car, and recently its mounting bracket snapped causing it to be dangling freely in the engine bay. FMUs need to be situated upright for them to work, so basically this meant that my car had no fuel management. luckily my wideband warned me that i was going way lean in boost. so yea its a good idea.

 

[16902]

It looks like i will be going over 300.00 for everything which will now bring my total from 1900.00 to 2200.00

It gets expensive fast doesn't it? Still, very affordable.

 

[Matthew1785]

just some advice, in addition to those three gauges you should get an air/fuel ratio gauge with a wideband o2 sensor. this is the only way to measure air/fuel accurately. and trust me it is a good idea to have, since if for any reason your FMU goes bad your car will go way lean under boost. boost + lean = bad. for example i have the BEGI FMU in my car, and recently its mounting bracket snapped causing it to be dangling freely in the engine bay. FMUs need to be situated upright for them to work, so basically this meant that my car had no fuel management. luckily my wideband warned me that i was going way lean in boost. so yea its a good idea.

Tuning with a FMU with be fine for right now, i will get a wideband later this summer but i believe we can make do with this set-up right now

 

[Doodsmack]

well i hope ur FMU is high quailty. i had another problem before where the diaphragm in mine tore, so it didn't work until i realized what the problem was.

 

[Blackrose]

Tuning with a FMU with be fine for right now, i will get a wideband later this summer but i believe we can make do with this set-up right now

Hey ill have an AEM wideband available in like a month.

 

[Matthew1785]

Hey ill have an AEM wideband available in like a month.

PM me about it

 

[Kansei]

2200 isn't bad at all! especially with an FMU and transmission cooler, two things I don't have.

How much more stuff do you need?

 

[Matthew1785]

bout to find out this weekend

 

[bazooka joe]

just some advice, in addition to those three gauges you should get an air/fuel ratio gauge with a wideband o2 sensor. this is the only way to measure air/fuel accurately. and trust me it is a good idea to have, since if for any reason your FMU goes bad your car will go way lean under boost. boost + lean = bad. for example i have the BEGI FMU in my car, and recently its mounting bracket snapped causing it to be dangling freely in the engine bay. FMUs need to be situated upright for them to work, so basically this meant that my car had no fuel management. luckily my wideband warned me that i was going way lean in boost. so yea its a good idea.

excellent advice....i wouldn't drive my car with out a wideband!

 

[bumpin_p5]

I have been buying my turbo kit piece by piece here is a run down of the parts and prices if anyone is interested. The items with a price of '0' were included in the 1250 for the turbo kit.
Part Name/Desricption Price
MSP Coolant Elbow 50
O2 Voltage Clamp 79
Autometer Triple Gauge Pod 59
Reliaboost Boost Controller 39.95
Stock Protege5 Downpipe 0
AEM Wideband Gauge Kit 285
Autometer Oil Pressure Gauge 59.95
MSP Turbo Manifold 1250
MSP Turbo 0
MSP S-Pipe 0
Oil Pan with oil bung installed 0
XS Power intercooler 0
Intercooler Piping Kit (x2) 226
HKS SSQV Blow-off Valve 179.95
HKS BOV Flange 25
Autometer Boost Gauge 0
Oil and Coolant Lines 0
Begi Fuel Pressure Regulator 249
Torq-Flo Transmission Cooler 45

Total Price 2547.85