I think there is an Alpine GTA scrap or repair at Simpsons salvage. www.simpsonsalvage.com or co.uk. --- In doc-uk@xxxx, Martin Gutkowski <webmaster@xxxx> wrote: > I'm no expert here! BUT. I don't like the "mickey mouse" Island kit. It does add power, but there are much better ways of > doing this with greater reliablility. To paraphrase my mate Si: "If you can't get at least 100 hp per litre out of it before > you start, there's no point in adding a turbo". > > The Island kit does run significantly hotter but I think that's mostly down to the lack of intercoolers (engine gets hot air > all the time). > > Strange as it may seem, the Diesel Centre have more experience with turbos than most as more than half of diesel cars these > days are turbocharged. > > You said "One turbo is cheaper and with space at a premium I'd guess that's why there are more of these applications". > Remember with a twin setup each blower can be half the size. > > I think we all need to meet up with Si - I sent him the link off the DML today of the rotary engined D. As he's a fan of older > Jap cars he liked it a lot, and started muttering about getting a D with a view to dropping a "decent" engine into it. > > FWIW his Skyline has a single turbocharged 2 litre strait 6. It has a garrett T4 blower which boosts to up to 24psi generating > in excess of 400bhp. Here's a piccy of the einge bay. See how big that turbo is?! > > www.cix.co.uk/~mgutkowski/engine.jpg > > I want this car! > > Martin > > funkymcfly wrote: > > > > So the next Idea was and after market Turbo. After all > > > the conversation going on around this subject, I am > > > really starting to get fired up to do this. > > > > Paul, > > > > My daily drive is a Calibra Turbo. I've owned two. They both came out of th= > > > > e factory turbo'd... and both had problems. As do Skyline's and Scooby's and= > > > > any other turbo'd car.. and they were DESIGNED to take em... the Delorean w= > > > > as not.. and yes, I'm well aware of twin turbo's! > > > > Right. Any turbo application, being it a Ford Fiesta or a DeLorean is gonna= > > > > cost more than £3k if you let a company do it for you (say, Turbo Technics.= > > > > ..). If you do it yourself you're better off buying another Delorean ... ano= > > > > ther project car perhaps. > > > > Things to bear in mind... > > > > Single turbo.. no. Twin, yes. The Delorean has two manafolds and the piping= > > > > is much simpler and efficient in this setup (again, Rich and Martin know th= > > > > is). Get the turbo as close to the manifold as possible.. less spooling up t= > > > > ime, less lag. Easy eh. > > (One turbo is cheaper and with space at a premium I'd guess that's why ther= > > > > e are more of these applications) > > > > The stock engine won't take more than 6PSI for long periods (so I'm told)..= > > > > my Calibra boosts at 9 and peeks at 16PSI and that's stock... > > So you aren't really looking at huge power hikes without huge internal work= > > > > ... 175Bhp? (US spec?) > > You could get more from porting/polishing/exhaust etc and it'd be reliable.= > > > > You'd be better off getting a wrecked Renault Alpine GTA Turbo or A610 (gol= > > > > d dust) and doing an engine swap... same engine but ENGINEERED to take the t= > > > > urbo - plus well over 250Bhp and will probably drop (nearly) straight in. I'= > > > > ve looked at a couple and look the same as ours. > > > > Most of that is opinion.. Martin and Rich know quite a bit more about the t= > > > > win turbo setup than I do... as does the Diesel centre I'd imagine! > > > > That said (only opinion!).. if there was a safe, well put together applicat= > > > > ion for the Delorean I'd be interested but... other than the Island kit I do= > > > > n't know of one. > > > > Speak to a turbo specialist (generally) for a better idea of what to expect= > > > > . > > > > One other thing is to get hold of a turbo'd car, drive it hard, stop, open = > > > > the bonnet and look at the glowing manifold and wonder if you'd want that in= > > > > your Delorean engine bay. > > > > Rich... what is yours like? Any heat problems? > > > > Dan (opinion.. opinion.. opinion!) > > Vin#5284 - Hana