Turbo for a 94 Talon ES

[trixtert]

Hey guys I have a 94 Talon ES nonn turbo. ANd I am really tempted to put a turbo in it. I have two options I dont want a kit because its too expensive. I either wana buy a 91 Talon TSi 2 wheel drive(I think this is the only talon that came turbo charged and had only the front wheel drive) I want like a reaer eneded one of those. Or there is a shop here in calgary called Yoko Used Japanese Car Import Parts and they sell these engines. Lets say I was able to find a Turbo engine with about 70,000 to 120,000km on it. Could I get a boost controler and lets say run maybe 11 or 12 or even 13 pounds of boost or would that be too much for the engine. I wana put another 70 or 80 thousand km on the car then I wana sell it I want it to be reliable and driveable yet I want it too haul ass. My goal with this turbo and like a 3inch straight pipe exhaust and highest safe PSi from this turbo to make around 200 to 220 horsepower is this realistic?

 

[Project ES]

Your best bet is to do research, research, and more research. If you dont wanna buy a kit to turbo your n/t motor, then your only choice is to swap everything. To do this u need a whole nother car that u can take all the sensors and computers from along w/ the engine. FWD turbo DSM's were made 89-99. The motor you want would be out of a 89-early 92. Its a very large task and if you are not planning on a lot of downtime you might not wanna do this either. Ive been working on doing the same thing for about a year now and im almost done. Im not saying you couldnt do it faster (i get lazy and frustrated) but it will take some time to finish. Running 11/12/13psi on a stock turbo motor and turbo is realistic seeing how they run about 11psi stock. Good Luck

 

[trixtert]

Well actualy I was hoping to do the whole project in one moth tops. But I will have a couple people heling me and we have all of the right tools I also plan to put in around 20 hours a week into this project. 11,12,13 psi is a bit much all I want is enought PSi to break the 200hp mark

 

[mavisky]

check the tech articles section, xhypno wrote a how-to on turbo'ing an nt motor with low boost. this would save you the trouble of a complete swap but would help you clear the 200hp mark.