turbo/carbs?

[ryansaxo2010]

okay here is the nut cracker... im lookin to do someting chep and diy fun to my vts.. i have ph3 cams and other bits " smiles " i really want to turbo or whack sum carbs on " i cant afford the 2.5k tht its gunna cost for bodies " ... so dus any 1 know what turbos manifolds etc fit off other prodouction cars? that i culd buy and make work reliably i only want 5psi boost not caring to go mental.. hence i say carbs... " small increse and nice noise " .. wich 1s would be best? i can make a manifold nps so what else would i have to buy and do ? .. is there any 1 that has dun carbs and could give me some feed back on them and how they did the conversion and what problems they had thank you :)

[atspeedracing]

converting to carburettors gives you plenty of options, obvious ones however are weber DCOEs or motorbike carburettors, which actually make quite a nice car to drive due to the varying choke size. Simple SU carburettors work brilliantly, but dont sound fast.

we are able to tune most types of carburettor, we tune a lot of oval racing cars, american hot rods and kit cars, which still use carburettors. (perhaps look at some of the kit cars for inspiration)

the problem with carburettors is they are always a compromise, and not always as cheap as people may think. example the cost of weber jets and tuning a multiple carburettor set up.

you will never match the drivability or fuel economy of a fuel injected engine.

but if different is what you want, go for it :y:

[boz]

if you dont want to spend money over 2.5k
i wouldnt go down the turbo route, , not with less than 2.5k to spend. it will just end in tears.

you can pick up bike carbs and a inlet manifold for them, quite cheap.

mapping will be the expensive part.

[boz]

you dont really want to go back in time and fit old style carbs.

granted they sound awesome, but they fuel and emissions will be a big factor if your driving on the road all of the time. they need setting alot as well, its not a case of put them on a forget about them.
they can be trouble in the winter as well.

[atspeedracing]

most problems we find with carburettors "re-setting" is when the customer has fiddled with things lol.

agreed on the turbo build - cheap and turbo conversion usually ends in tears!!

bike carb set up would be different, and as mentioned before, they drive really nice as they have excellent progression. even on kit cars where the car is extremely light so any slight flat spot etc is exaggerated, they drive really smooth :)

[axsaxoman]

you say you cant, afford 2.5k --ok
what is your budget and how much of the work can you do yourself .or does the budget have to include all labour and dyno time ?

set your budget --then reask the question