Im weighing up my options.
How much would a turbo cost and fit?

Half a job would be about 5x what the cars worth.. I don't mean than in a negative way either. There is more to it than just bolting a turbo on.

yeah im not to sure i want power but i dont want to spend a crazy amount of money.. and other suggestions on power?

yeah im not to sure i want power but i dont want to spend a crazy amount of money.. and other suggestions on power?

what do you know about cars? how much money do you have? $10K?, $15K?, $20K?

You wont' get out of it for under $10K. make all the excuses you want but if ya want a reliable car you'll need $10K in quality parts.

well out goes that plan.. hahaha...

I wanna stick with the magna. So buying a car with more power is out.

What are some cheaper simple mods to increa performance

manual conversion, camshafts, extractors, ecu tune.

Why don't you sell the TS and go buy a TJ sports or VRX. They are getting cheap now and good bang for your bucks.

lol Thread Title: Fitting a turbo to a TS
Thread Post: $$$ seems to be my issue.

Unfortunately theres no real easy way to gain any huge increases with a 2nd gen short of changing the motor, they simply arent built for performance.

What a bunch of negative posts! Tyson must think this is a forum filled with Ogres!

Tyson, do a search here and find out how much time, effort and money it takes to turbo a Magna. It can be done, has been done, but is it worth the effort? Only you can decide. It involves a rebuild of the engine for the application, sourcing the parts, and tuning the engine management system. Even then you may find th engine unreliable, with only a loud bang standing between you and the need to do it all again.

as if anyone driving a TS has a spare $10k, lol. All good advice, to sum up OP, "Don't bother" lol

i have money and a job but by money being a problem meaning im not gonna really throw more than 3k into one part on the car, because i do value money haha

If the general concensus is that it is a bad idea then i would be inclined to not do it. and thats how its looking

i have money and a job but by money being a problem meaning im not gonna really throw more than 3k into one part on the car, because i do value money haha

If the general concensus is that it is a bad idea then i would be inclined to not do it. and thats how its looking

If you have $3000 and want more go, convert it to manual, put a cam in it and advance the timing a bit. Thats what you'll get for $3K. If you want a turbo too, plenty of electric ones on ebay :P

yeah im looking at converting to manual.. I dont understand mechanics at all. I understand wiring hahah

I had a quote from a guy near Elizabeth who said he could turbo my 2.6 TR for about 2.5k, but that would be using original exhaust manifold, original engine management, no intercooler, and low boost. He also said that it would be better converted to a manual first unless I had a spare pile of auto boxes. Didn't go for it as it was my daily at the time.

I had a quote from a guy near Elizabeth who said he could turbo my 2.6 TR for about 2.5k, but that would be using original exhaust manifold, original engine management, no intercooler, and low boost. He also said that it would be better converted to a manual first unless I had a spare pile of auto boxes. Didn't go for it as it was my daily at the time.


:bowrofl: so basically, he's going to do a half assed job, and with OEM ECU?! jesus, that's just ASKING for the engine to blow apart. I cannot believe shops would even offer that service.
$2.5K with labour that means about $1K in parts....Geez that'd be a nasty setup!!!!

You need to do it right, proper ECU, wideband, new manifold, good quality IC and IC piping AND clamps, and boost it...or else it'll go nowhere.

Wasn't even a shop, was a backyard setup, looking back I don't think it would have done much, he said it was similar to a VL setup. He has a ute he parks around with a big yellow painted board "TURBO CONVERSIONS FROM $2000"
He did also do intercoolers, piggybacks, and make custom manifolds, but each one wound up the price.

Wasn't even a shop, was a backyard setup, looking back I don't think it would have done much, he said it was similar to a VL setup. He has a ute he parks around with a big yellow painted board "TURBO CONVERSIONS FROM $2000"
He did also do intercoolers, piggybacks, and make custom manifolds, but each one wound up the price.

That just screams "professional job" if its written on the back of a ute.

Im sure the quality of the rest of his work was on par with the best. Pay peanuts ya get monkeys......at least I think thats how the saying goes.

Wow no IC??? Oem ecu with a turbo, run far and fast lol I'm with tuffy completely, what a joke.

Btw tuffy, that's a decent quarter time!

Im weighing up my options.
How much would a turbo cost and fit?

Are you good with a welder... if so, cheap cheap cheap, ebay is your friend... mate having a good play with these engines, you need a intercooler... or water/air cooling ( intercooler is the way to go because its cheaper) 2 1/5 inch piping is fine on the 2.6... remember that the injector of the aston are the same as the holden 5litres.. so you can get some high flowing ones cheap as well, all connect's to the turbo are really easy... just need to weld a plug in the sump. loop the water from the water pump to the manifold.. and the pressure side of the oil feel comes from where the oid sencor is... 6-7 psi and you'll be doubling your hp with standard compression

If $$$ is an issue, forced induction is frankly a terrible idea. Aside from the initial outlay (which I'd be budgeting around $10k for), the vast majority of people who have gone down the forced induction route have had what I would regard as significant problems with their cars. It is certainly not a drive-in, drive-out proposition.

Even if you went down the FI path, you still have an otherwise stock 15 year old Magna. All that power is wasted if you can't actually get it to the ground. At the minimum I'd be looking at peformance-orientated springs and shocks, bigger brakes, and wider rims with grippier tyres, which is a couple of grand alone just there.

A TJ Sports for around $6-8k sounds like a much better value path for you.

I have removed a number of spam-off topic posts from this thread.....if you can't offer something genuine then don't post thanks!