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Omega General Help / Re: turboing your v6
« on: 21 August 2010, 13:41:43 »
I put an X30XE in a Ford Kak a while back but after getting bored of it I started a turbo conversion, it's not back on the road yet so I can't say anything about it's reliability but I'm hoping I've taken the appropriate measures to not blow it up!
Due to having no room left in the bay I've put the turbo in the boot with it's own oil supply (to save the engine should the turbo s*it itself and not wanting to put any stress on the standard oil pump), intercooler etc.
I'm running Volvo t5 injectors with a 3.8bar FPR which should fuel enough for 400bhp which means running at 320ish (desired figure) it'll be safe, I've ghetto decompressed the engine with spacer plates (down to 8.5:1) and have installed aftermarket management
I've got a hole in the bonnet with a scoop underneath to direct air over the rear manifold and I binned the standard oil cooler and made a remote one with an oil cooler from a scrappies and had the hoses braised onto the oil pipes near to the filter on the engine
Hopefully with all this lot done it won't blow up! If I was stupid enough to do another one of these then I'd base it on the Saab v6 turbo engine as they have under piston oil squirters and stronger rods but by all accounts it's still not a "strong" motor.
Another thing I will say is I've heard C20/Z20LET pistons won't work as desired as the valve cut outs are wrong however Z20LEH pistons suit better but that's just what I've heard
I've also got a very large capacity radiator hanging out the front, it's 1.5x the capacity of the vectra v6 one
If it's in a FWD then the remote turbo should work well knowing the problems the x30 motor has, if it's RWD then I'd agree with omegadan67, just put a v8, a bmw 740 v8 even fits in a Ka engine bay lol
It's not an Omega but would need the same work to do, everyone needs this in their life: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f86bsY1Iv9I&feature=search
Due to having no room left in the bay I've put the turbo in the boot with it's own oil supply (to save the engine should the turbo s*it itself and not wanting to put any stress on the standard oil pump), intercooler etc.
I'm running Volvo t5 injectors with a 3.8bar FPR which should fuel enough for 400bhp which means running at 320ish (desired figure) it'll be safe, I've ghetto decompressed the engine with spacer plates (down to 8.5:1) and have installed aftermarket management
I've got a hole in the bonnet with a scoop underneath to direct air over the rear manifold and I binned the standard oil cooler and made a remote one with an oil cooler from a scrappies and had the hoses braised onto the oil pipes near to the filter on the engine
Hopefully with all this lot done it won't blow up! If I was stupid enough to do another one of these then I'd base it on the Saab v6 turbo engine as they have under piston oil squirters and stronger rods but by all accounts it's still not a "strong" motor.
Another thing I will say is I've heard C20/Z20LET pistons won't work as desired as the valve cut outs are wrong however Z20LEH pistons suit better but that's just what I've heard
I've also got a very large capacity radiator hanging out the front, it's 1.5x the capacity of the vectra v6 one
If it's in a FWD then the remote turbo should work well knowing the problems the x30 motor has, if it's RWD then I'd agree with omegadan67, just put a v8, a bmw 740 v8 even fits in a Ka engine bay lol
It's not an Omega but would need the same work to do, everyone needs this in their life: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f86bsY1Iv9I&feature=search
is it near the oil filter?
