How not to turbo an XR2i engine !!

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How not to turbo an XR2i engine !!

Postby Turboboy67 on Tue Nov 27, 2007 11:37 pm

Read through the description and see what this joker has done. :lol: :lol:

He says nothing about lowering the c/r. :oooh: :oooh:

Since when has black smoke been a sign of burning oil :bonkers: :bonkers:

I can see this ending in tears :cry: :cry:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FORD-FIESTA-MK2-R ... dZViewItem

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Re: How not to turbo an XR2i engine !!

Postby Harris on Tue Nov 27, 2007 11:41 pm

oh dear that is a fire waiting to happen. Just look at the engine bay. What a mess. Great principal in what he wants to do because if done properly you have a great sleeper,but that is an absoloute bodge up
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Re: How not to turbo an XR2i engine !!

Postby edders on Tue Nov 27, 2007 11:55 pm

and according to him its still a 1.0 :rolleyes: gammon slipper.
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Re: How not to turbo an XR2i engine !!

Postby filtra on Wed Nov 28, 2007 12:17 am

Christ, looked like something worth saving until I saw the price. £500 at the very most.
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Re: How not to turbo an XR2i engine !!

Postby Brammer on Wed Nov 28, 2007 4:36 pm

Loving the location for the ecu :(

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Re: How not to turbo an XR2i engine !!

Postby Ram on Wed Nov 28, 2007 5:16 pm

think this is the third time ive seen this listed on ebay...i wonder why lol
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Re: How not to turbo an XR2i engine !!

Postby lachojski2005 on Wed Nov 28, 2007 7:34 pm

sounds a little groggy on the video.ive seen this on ebay loads of times.lol
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Re: How not to turbo an XR2i engine !!

Postby MattPym on Wed Nov 28, 2007 8:03 pm

What a ghee bag....

Check his other vids....complete chive!
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Re: How not to turbo an XR2i engine !!

Postby M1K3Y_B on Wed Nov 28, 2007 11:44 pm

Maybe if it was done properly it would have sold long ago.

Hasn't he got the hint if he keeps having to relist it :lol:
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Re: How not to turbo an XR2i engine !!

Postby niracka on Thu Nov 29, 2007 8:54 pm

LOL i saw this erlier and sent him an email about comp ratios but he's sent nothing back as yet. I wonder why :lol:

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Re: How not to turbo an XR2i engine !!

Postby edders on Thu Nov 29, 2007 10:52 pm

niracka :LOL i saw this erlier and sent him an email about comp ratios but he's sent nothing back as yet. I wonder why :lol:

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thats probably because his vocabulary cant stretch to compression.
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Re: How not to turbo an XR2i engine !!

Postby niracka on Fri Nov 30, 2007 8:17 am

:rolleyes:
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Re: How not to turbo an XR2i engine !!

Postby mrorange2 on Fri Nov 30, 2007 10:05 am

What a shed lol My mates doing an XR2 RST at the moment and it aint as easy as hes making it out and shouldnt be done at cost.

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Re: How not to turbo an XR2i engine !!

Postby niracka on Fri Nov 30, 2007 3:36 pm

Compression aside. There are probably quite a few other things that this guy has overlooked. Really wouldn't touch this with a 10ft barge pole
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Re: How not to turbo an XR2i engine !!

Postby jayrs on Sun Dec 02, 2007 1:04 am

£50 for blue injectors he already had
£60 for a cam shaft he already had,
grey smoke to much fuel,

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: , i dunno if i should read on :lol:

still someones gunna think they got a bargin, with the engine beeing run wrong and the turbo fcuked for the price its at now is far too much :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Re: How not to turbo an XR2i engine !!

Postby stevo™ on Sun Dec 02, 2007 12:12 pm

jayrs :£50 for blue injectors he already had
£60 for a cam shaft he already had,
grey smoke to much fuel,


just what i was thinking
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Re: How not to turbo an XR2i engine !!

Postby niracka on Sun Dec 02, 2007 4:04 pm

haha he just replied to my e-mail saying "Dear niracka,

its running just less that 1 bar. and can handle that with ease for a long time.

- connorcarey18"

whatever.

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Re: How not to turbo an XR2i engine !!

Postby Brammer on Sat Dec 08, 2007 11:28 am

This has to be the worst attenpt to turboing a fiesta i've seen - it make the one above look like a concours attempt

If your a member here please go and sort yourself out :lol: :lol:

CLICK HERE FOR THE WORST TURBO CONVERTED FIESTA

Intercooler setup :cry: :cry: :cry:
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Re: How not to turbo an XR2i engine !!

Postby jayrs on Sat Dec 08, 2007 10:27 pm

ah mate whats a cool way to set the intercooler up, why didnt i think of that when doing my rs :o


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Re: How not to turbo an XR2i engine !!

Postby Ollie on Tue Dec 18, 2007 1:26 pm

It that coolant tank attached to the turbo pipework!? :lol:
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Re: How not to turbo an XR2i engine !!

Postby JayC on Sun Dec 30, 2007 5:19 am

i rekon the odd chive goes to the library ends up here flicks thru then spends his giro on what you see above..

where do they get the info...
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Re: How not to turbo an XR2i engine !!

Postby festa_boy19 on Sun Dec 30, 2007 12:25 pm

:aaah: :aaah: at both of them!!! why f**k about with cars if you dont know what you're doing - thats a death trap!!
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