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Re: turboing your v6
« Reply #30 on: 06 November 2011, 21:41:05 »
lmfao! i looked into turboing an x25xev, you need the big green injectors rather than the blue T5 injectors... i have a t5....you need an uprated fuel pump in a t5 and uprated injectors to get over 320 bhp thats at 1.2 or 1.3bar of boost which the v6 engine wont take anyway, you'll get either lockup or bend a rod (or in the case of the omega probably just snap it instead)

sorry to bring you such bad news but i very much doubt it'll be reliable
the saab griffin 3.0 assymetric turbo only runs about 0.5 bar of boost so it'll be about 230bhp and 330nm at a guess!

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Re: turboing your v6
« Reply #31 on: 06 November 2011, 22:18:39 »
This thread is over a year old ;) ;) Hence the housekeeping gag ::) ::)
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« Reply #32 on: 06 November 2011, 22:30:55 »
sorry LD...wheres a mod when you need one :D
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« Reply #33 on: 07 November 2011, 09:35:46 »
The bottom line is that an Omega will never ever be a sports car so putting more power under the bonnet will only make you feel better. It will never handle like it should with 250+ horsepower, nor it will never reach below 7 second 0-100km/h acceleration. So, why to put money twice the value of a car to have more power in it while you could buy a decent sports car...
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« Reply #34 on: 07 November 2011, 09:45:30 »


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Re: turboing your v6
« Reply #35 on: 07 November 2011, 12:58:04 »
Question...

Is the 3.2 better suited to turbos or is it still the same story of melting pistons and exploding radiators?
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Re: turboing your v6
« Reply #36 on: 07 November 2011, 13:07:29 »
Quote from: bappy on 07 November 2011, 12:58:04
Question...

Is the 3.2 better suited to turbos or is it still the same story of melting pistons and exploding radiators?

Who knows? That's the problem with all of this. If you go down this route you will be a trailblazer, so you will find answers to all of these questions along the way. Some of those answers might come at a considerable cost. ;)

Given that the only direct experience offered has accompanied takes of bottom ends giving up, I suspect it might be a path fraught with many painful lessons, but for those feeling adventurous, why not? Personally, I'd drop something like a Saab 4 pot in. Plenty of "prior art", and known to be solidly reliable to over 300 BHP.
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