R50/53 Single turbo questions
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From: Saukville
Single turbo questions
I haven't seen many single turbo setups on the R53's. I searched through some threads, but couldn't find what I was really looking for.
The custom rear mounted exhaust manifold would be a little tricky, maybe with v-band piping, and an external wastegate for a set boost psi.
I was wondering if its possible to use the intake manifold from the base model, on the S engine, essentially just completely deleting the supercharger setup.
Oil/coolant feed/drain is needed for the turbo.
After that, plum the intake piping like a normal turbo car, and throw injectors and a tune at it.
I think I read that tuning was the real catch before, are there any tuning options for a setup like this now?
Don't get me wrong, I love the supercharger, but you can make 300+ whp on any almost any shitty old turbo.
Front mounts, injectors, exhausts, and tunes all have been done for big power on S/C cars. Whats the big deal for a simple single turbo setup?
Edit. I guess a water pump solution would be needed as well since its driven by the S/C.
The custom rear mounted exhaust manifold would be a little tricky, maybe with v-band piping, and an external wastegate for a set boost psi.
I was wondering if its possible to use the intake manifold from the base model, on the S engine, essentially just completely deleting the supercharger setup.
Oil/coolant feed/drain is needed for the turbo.
After that, plum the intake piping like a normal turbo car, and throw injectors and a tune at it.
I think I read that tuning was the real catch before, are there any tuning options for a setup like this now?
Don't get me wrong, I love the supercharger, but you can make 300+ whp on any almost any shitty old turbo.
Front mounts, injectors, exhausts, and tunes all have been done for big power on S/C cars. Whats the big deal for a simple single turbo setup?
Edit. I guess a water pump solution would be needed as well since its driven by the S/C.
Last edited by LooseR53; Oct 11, 2023 at 03:00 AM.
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1320 mini in the UK has a kit that they install. They list everything they use so that could be a good look. https://www.1320.co.uk/1320mini-turbocharger-kit. This is their turbo kit but they also have a borg warner kit.
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1320 mini in the UK has a kit that they install. They list everything they use so that could be a good look. https://www.1320.co.uk/1320mini-turbocharger-kit. This is their turbo kit but they also have a borg warner kit.
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From: Arnold, MO.
I haven't seen many single turbo setups on the R53's. I searched through some threads, but couldn't find what I was really looking for.
The custom rear mounted exhaust manifold would be a little tricky, maybe with v-band piping, and an external wastegate for a set boost psi.
I was wondering if its possible to use the intake manifold from the base model, on the S engine, essentially just completely deleting the supercharger setup.
Oil/coolant feed/drain is needed for the turbo.
After that, plum the intake piping like a normal turbo car, and throw injectors and a tune at it.
I think I read that tuning was the real catch before, are there any tuning options for a setup like this now?
Don't get me wrong, I love the supercharger, but you can make 300+ whp on any almost any shitty old turbo.
Front mounts, injectors, exhausts, and tunes all have been done for big power on S/C cars. Whats the big deal for a simple single turbo setup?
Edit. I guess a water pump solution would be needed as well since its driven by the S/C.
The custom rear mounted exhaust manifold would be a little tricky, maybe with v-band piping, and an external wastegate for a set boost psi.
I was wondering if its possible to use the intake manifold from the base model, on the S engine, essentially just completely deleting the supercharger setup.
Oil/coolant feed/drain is needed for the turbo.
After that, plum the intake piping like a normal turbo car, and throw injectors and a tune at it.
I think I read that tuning was the real catch before, are there any tuning options for a setup like this now?
Don't get me wrong, I love the supercharger, but you can make 300+ whp on any almost any shitty old turbo.
Front mounts, injectors, exhausts, and tunes all have been done for big power on S/C cars. Whats the big deal for a simple single turbo setup?
Edit. I guess a water pump solution would be needed as well since its driven by the S/C.
You can use the R50 W/P & Alternator setup but it will require some alignment adjustments for the pulleys if I remember correctly (it's been a while)
As for the hot side, external Wastegate tend to be an issue because of space and the complexity of the manifolds, it may be different with a custom "log type" manifold, but that would just need to be experimented with.
Head work would be a must to make any real power.
Might not be what your looking for, but see my thread from post #24 on, for my install.
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