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Yes and no Posted by Ari [Email] ![]() ![]() In Reply to: Add Turbo to 16V?, Kevin K ![]() |
Yes, you can do it. You will have to keep the turbo boost WAY down because a normally aspirated engine has a much higher compression ratio than a turbo or even LPT engine.
Yes, you can do all that work, and chances are the driveablity of the car will, in a word, suck. There is so much more than just stuffing more air into the intake.
If you're looking for a project, and feel like experimenting, then go right ahead. Just don't expect to get a car with anything near the same drivablity. Yes, it may go fast in some places, but the engine flexibility will go to pot in others - dead spots, hesistation, and the like.
If your present car is in really good shape and you want a turbo, your best bet is to find a donor turbo car and do a complete engine swap. But the best way to turbo a non turbo 900 is to:
remove license plate bolts
remove non-turbo car
replace with turbo car
install license plate bolts.
The cost of a clean older 900turbo is low enough that it really isn't worth the money to monkey with a non-turbo. The results will be nowhere near as good for a lot of effort. A bunch of very experienced engineers spend a lot of time engineering and developing that system. In the early '80s, many manufacturers slapped turbos onto cars and sold them, and the results were awful. And these were manufacturers with extensive engineering and test facilities, like Ford and GM. It is harder than it looks.
However, if you just feel like a project car, go for it.
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