I have a TH, 3.5L Magna Sports auto with pedders springs & k&n panel filter. Does anyone know where in Sydney I can get it turbocharged and have it street legal/complied. I'm not looking for ridiculous power gains or loud exhaust note. Something like 250kw. Budget around $5000. If it costs too much, I may sell it and buy a XR6 turbo with a unichip installed. Plus, who insures customised cars? :confused:

I have a TH, 3.5L :confused: :confused: Magna Sports auto with pedders springs & k&n panel filter. Does anyone know where in Sydney I can get it turbocharged and have it street legal/complied. I'm not looking for ridiculous power gains or loud exhaust note. Something like 250kw. Budget around $5000. If it costs too much, I may sell it and buy a XR6 turbo with a unichip installed. Plus, who insures customised cars?

hmmm front wheel drive 250kw or rear wheel drive 250kw i know which one i'd get.

You would be hard up to get a turbo conversion for 5g's. unless you used all second parts even then it would be close

http://www.aussiemagna.com/forums/showthread.php?t=10144&page=2&pp=10

HMMMM, this is your first post??? And your already going to Ford, me wonders. :nuts:

I have a TH, 3.5L Magna Sports auto with pedders springs & k&n panel filter. Does anyone know where in Sydney I can get it turbocharged and have it street legal/complied. I'm not looking for ridiculous power gains or loud exhaust note. Something like 250kw. Budget around $5000. If it costs too much, I may sell it and buy a XR6 turbo with a unichip installed. Plus, who insures customised cars? :confused:Well you wont get a turbo for an XR6T or your Magna for 5k

Get the XR6T.. Go and conform with the rest of the world :)

cmon guys, fair go. stop being so 'street commodore forums' like......

in all honesty, 5 grand is not enough. you'd need at the VERY least, 8 grand. and that's a basic setup, no real strengthening of anything or contingency for any long term effects. the only way to do it for 5 grand would be to do most or all of the labour yourself. PM tooslow for more info, and/or booya (if you really have to.... :D j/k) but there does come a point when too much power through the front wheels becomes stupid. if i were you, i'd get the XR6T

*hides in corner, waiting to be kicked out of AM*

good luck

Here's a better idea.

Bore out your 3.5 to 3.8, raise the compression while you're at it, fit a piggy back ECU and programme to run premium fuel. Also, do some breathing mods.

Cost around $5,000 or a bit over.

Power = 220+kw.

This gives you a better power to weight ratio than the XR6T. :D


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Power = 220+kw.

This gives you a better power to weight ratio than the XR6T. :D


yes, but getting all that power to the ground through the front hoops = :cry:
and throttle on during a corner? = understeer like a beatch

yes, but getting all that power to the ground through the front hoops = :cry:
and throttle on during a corner? = understeer like a beatch

Oh, yeah, almost forgot, you'll want to get yourself a Limited slip diff. :D



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Another $1800 ;) for the LSD thou ...

yes, but getting all that power to the ground through the front hoops = :cry:
and throttle on during a corner? = understeer like a beatchadd strut brace and change suspension settings as well (ok +$1K for full Koni adjustables etc) but still help understeer heeps!!!

Look at the FTO LSD as it goes straight in!!

add strut brace and change suspension settings as well (ok +$1K for full Koni adjustables etc) but still help understeer heeps!!!

helps heaps, but nowhere near good enough to get the power from a boosted engine to the ground. now if it was 4wd......

Just get a turboed FTO, sexy car and u get to stay with Mitsu,

but where to pick up a nice gto FTO without it being thrashed, slight mods nothing to harsh and an english stereo that you can understand

If you want performance get an XR6 Turbo. Those things can be tuned to 750kw !! Costs around $35,000 or so on mods to get it there. When you consider guys like Booya have spent over $50,000 on mods, and have not come close to achieving 750kw and on a RWD platform, it would be roughly the same price as he has paid for his TE Magna + mods. I think someone in this forum posted a link of this. It's more just the wank factor of saying you have a 1000 HP car. If noone here has heard of this I will post a link / scan of document. I think the most economical way to make something nice and fast is to buy a factory turbo - a lot cheaper and proven way. Either way unless you're prepared to spend big bucks don't bother. If it's a project I would go the XR6 Turbo and put more money into it. If it's just for fun and you don't wanna make a 1 / 4 mile king, spend about $10,000 on a Magna turbo. Would be probably more fun and cheaper to do it to a Magna, but don't expect much in the long-term (more and more funds) from a FWD.

well there is a caryard in Newcastle that import from Japan, i'm sure other places get good imported cars around

what caryard in newcastle does jap imports?
thanks

what caryard in newcastle does jap imports?
thanksthere used to be a few of them, but there is definately one out Hexham way that does imports (its on the northern side of the highway just near the double speed cameras:mad: )

The guy at Sandgate still does them (well he did a couple of months ago( i think he's called Sandgate Motors) and also the toy shp at Cardiff still import. www.japimports.com.au

doesnt RPW do a single turbo conversion for about 5k that they claim would get close to 250kw at the flywheel?

honesty if u dont want to run high psi with a front mount intercooler i reckon if u look around enough u could find a place that could do a turbo conversion for around 5k, just get on that phone and start making phone calls to places it doesnt hurt

I used to have a Pulsar SSS and was a member of the Pulsar Forums. The guys there do turbo conversions by buying front cuts of Turbo Bluebirds or GTiRs and swapping the motors over. The front cuts cost them around $2.5K Even then they have to budget around $10K to do the job properly with FMIC, custom piping, changing the seals in the turbo and changing the wiring loom. $5k is dreaming.

hey no offence to the guy who posted above me , but 5k is not dreaming,

5 minutes ago i was reading a magazine that quoted a supercharger kit (still forced induction) for a vn-vy commo, for a little over 5k. keeping in mind this is using brand new parts etc.

i think its highly likely that if you do some of the labour yourself and source some good second hand bits (turbo, fmic, etc.) then you would come close to 5k

otherwise, i reckon 7-8k would do a single turbo conversion easily,


my .02


later :cool:

hey no offence to the guy who posted above me , but 5k is not dreaming,

5 minutes ago i was reading a magazine that quoted a supercharger kit (still forced induction) for a vn-vy commo, for a little over 5k. keeping in mind this is using brand new parts etc.

i think its highly likely that if you do some of the labour yourself and source some good second hand bits (turbo, fmic, etc.) then you would come close to 5k

otherwise, i reckon 7-8k would do a single turbo conversion easily,


my .02


later :cool:you need to get a little more into it!! those kits are made in bulk (as there are a lot more people doing up those cars) and as such can be sold much cheaper...

as far as i know only one or two places in Australia have made kits for magnas (RPW and possibly StreetTorque) and both will cost well over $5000!! Also getting second hand parts isn't easy cause cause we have cars that very few know what fits into them!! try talking to a wreckers about magnas, they have no ****in idea!!!

The spending never stops....

cause then you need to get a big exhaust to capatilize on the turbo.....big brakes & suspension mods to stop you killing yourself and others......then one day you will want to fiddle with the boost & computer tuning......then you realise your clutch is frying itself......and your driveshafts, CV joints and engine mounts soon need replacing......and you've known from the moment you first put your foot down that you need an LSD to use most of your new grunt anyway.....yadayadayda.

Not saying don't do it - but as most people have said a 5 grand budget is unrealisitic.