Postby charles.oberholzer » January 20th, 2013, 5:24 pm
Greetings from South Africa,
I'v also turbo'd my qg16 nissan almera and the results were quite impressive.
I went all out on the conversion, low compression pistons, custom built manifolds, aftermarket engine management system, stainless steel exhaust etc. It took me some time to get everything done as I’m not really a mechanical person, but it was all worth it in the end.
On 0.5 bar / 7.2psi boost it made about 170hp on the wheels and about 215nm torque (on stock injectors) which i found to be quite nippy and a bit temperamental if it was raining as I still had the standard size tires fitted... (the sleeper look...)
The motor has been running for quite a number of km as it is my daily drive and i used to do about 150km a day to work and back (moved closer to work... now drive 14km to work and back).
I am now currently in the process of completely rebuilding the motor, new bearings, new pistons (oversized as i had to bore the cylinders because of wear and tear), modifying the manifold to accomodate and external wastegate as the actuator in the internal wastegate has now been replaced twice and keeps causing issues, larger injectors as well as some engeneering work like gas flowing the head and balancing the rotating assembly etc...
Now... My question is if I want to take the boost up to 1 or 1.2bar / 14psi or 17psi (the management system allows me to switch between maps) for the sport map and then keep the 0.5bar as the normal will the stock conrods and crank be able to keep up with the extra power or do I have to get forged internals?
Im guessing the power would be around 200 -210 hp on the wheels, maby more.... also if I want to boost that high what would the recommended compression ratio be?
Posting some pics of the project for you to enjoy...
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