building a zetec turbo

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building a zetec turbo

Postby John_D on Fri Mar 05, 2010 8:46 pm

i know most of the cars on this site are turbos anyway, but what parts do you need to convert a zetec to turbo?

i have a 2l and wouldnt mind a bit of extra power, if i cant get it turbo'd it'll being the bike carb route.
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Re: building a zetec turbo

Postby Ruishy1 on Sat Mar 06, 2010 10:36 am

do a search mate, there are countless build threads from basix zetec turbos that cost 500 quid to 10k.
as for bike carbs i wouldnt bother dave walker actually slates people who fit them as they are strangling the engine.
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Re: building a zetec turbo

Postby John_D on Sat Mar 06, 2010 10:47 am

who's dave walker? :lol:

ppl who fit bike carbs get more power so how does it strangle the engine?
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Re: building a zetec turbo

Postby dangerousdave on Sat Mar 06, 2010 11:14 am

John_D :who's dave walker? :lol:

ppl who fit bike carbs get more power so how does it strangle the engine?



if you wanna turbo its not good mate really!, if you wanna use bike stuff you want bike thottle bodys not carbs!! or maybe try modding nissan pulsar arangement?

i wouldnt bother tho as its just not worth it imo on a turbo car, the big hp cars on here are all single tb setup, running gt series turbos and decent size injectors!

as for building the engine what do you want from it? how much you wanna spend on it?




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Re: building a zetec turbo

Postby Ruishy1 on Sat Mar 06, 2010 2:40 pm

John_D :who's dave walker? :lol:

ppl who fit bike carbs get more power so how does it strangle the engine?

a man who has been tuning cars since before you were probably born, google him :wink:
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Re: building a zetec turbo

Postby John_D on Sat Mar 06, 2010 3:12 pm

Dave Walker cartoonist

Dave Walker - concrete garages

David Walker. Associate Professor Computer Science

David Walker | Make Money Blogging

Dave Walker Photos and text from an ethnographic researcher,

Dave Walker band

Dave Walker dog trainer

cant find him but i'll btake your word for it 8)
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Re: building a zetec turbo

Postby jonyb4 on Sun Mar 07, 2010 3:25 am

haha

dave, he meant bike carbs/TB is a route he't take if he couldnt turbo it, not turbo and TB :wink:
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Re: building a zetec turbo

Postby Ruishy1 on Sun Mar 07, 2010 2:50 pm

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Re: building a zetec turbo

Postby slipper on Sun Mar 07, 2010 3:08 pm

got no problems with my bike carbed zetec!! some people dont like them others do.
i like them, more reliable than turbo, and your head isnt always under the bonnet.
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Re: building a zetec turbo

Postby John_D on Sun Mar 07, 2010 3:13 pm

Ruishy1 :first in the search results :rolleyes:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Engine-Manageme ... 1859608353



dunno what your rolling your eye's for all you gave me was a name, you didnt say what he did :rolleyes:
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Re: building a zetec turbo

Postby Ruishy1 on Sun Mar 07, 2010 5:32 pm

it was a slightly sarcastic :rolleyes: mate, i know i never said, was too busy thinking of something else :lol:
for the money to fit bike carbs, you can do other mods to produce the same if not more HP ( assuming you dont fabricate it all yourself)
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Re: building a zetec turbo

Postby John_D on Sun Mar 07, 2010 5:39 pm

Ruishy1 :it was a slightly sarcastic :rolleyes: mate, i know i never said, was too busy thinking of something else :lol:



i do that all the time, my username should be tangent

Ruishy1 :for the money to fit bike carbs, you can do other mods to produce the same if not more HP ( assuming you dont fabricate it all yourself)


im all ears 8)
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Re: building a zetec turbo

Postby Ruishy1 on Sun Mar 07, 2010 5:58 pm

:lol: classic :lol:


Im not sure of the cost of bike carbs exactly, i thought it would be around 400 quid mark ( 75 quid for carbs unsure on manifold but thought 200 then getting it stuck on RR to get the carbs re-jetted and misc bits like linkage, fuel pump etc).

400 quid is almost enough for a brand new NOS kit, its enough for cams, or if your clever just about enough to turbo it :lol:

Im not saying from personal experience, but dave walker is a bit of a well known guru, and it was his advice to someone to ditch the bike carbs.
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Re: building a zetec turbo

Postby jonyb4 on Mon Mar 08, 2010 3:58 am

whats going on with your sig ruishy?

tlak to jonboisescort for tips on amking a good budget TB build

i recall him using rubber/samco pipes to join the bodies to a inelt (zetec cast or efi cast for what engine were using zetec or cvh) and aftermarket management

take a look in his escorts thread

but id say from what ive seen the turbo is much more value for money than a TB set up as it can be taken alot futher
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Re: building a zetec turbo

Postby Ruishy1 on Mon Mar 08, 2010 8:45 am

i was deleting pics from my photobuckt and deleted my sig by mistake :rolleyes:
cant be arsed doing another just now, il wait till later :)
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