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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: Squidy on 08 July 2010, 10:45:12

Title: Remote turbo?
Post by: Squidy on 08 July 2010, 10:45:12

has anyone fitted or looked into fitting a remote turbo to their mig? i'm looking into it because it will be far easier than fitting a turbo conventionally plus i think a set of 3.0 cams should handle the extra low pressure boost with between 20%-30%hp gain

Title: Re: Remote turbo?
Post by: tunnie on 08 July 2010, 10:53:07

Turbo's have been discussed before and due to an already high-compression ratio they don't give much extra.

3.0 cams are best option for beefing up 2.5 performance giving another 15-20 Bhp  :y

Title: Re: Remote turbo?
Post by: Squidy on 08 July 2010, 10:54:38

thanks!  :y i did search the threads for turbo's but couldn't really find anything!

Title: Re: Remote turbo?
Post by: tunnie on 08 July 2010, 10:55:28

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thanks!  :y i did search the threads for turbo's but couldn't really find anything!

Someone more in the know can comment on exactly why turbo's are not much use in the Omega, but best off with just cams, straight forward and good results  :y

Title: Re: Remote turbo?
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 08 July 2010, 11:24:03

Your biggest challenge is the high compression ratio on the Omega (about 10.8:1 on yours).

Your best option for a turbo project would eb a 2.6 (as its lower compression anyway) with 3.0 heads (which lower the compression further)