frrfrr Posted June 26, 2006 Share Posted June 26, 2006 hi , has any one fitted a turbo to a 2.5na. is it a straight forward job or are there any modifications needed. i am thinking about fitting one to give me a little more oomph and would appreciate any help or tips. thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonb Posted June 26, 2006 Share Posted June 26, 2006 Not a good idea, you will need to plumb an oil feed to turbo and a return. Pistons probably won't be upto the higher stresses and temps. Cooling system may not be upto the extra waste heat either. The injection pump won't be able to supply the extra fuel, a proper turbo engine links boost pressure, to throttle, to fuelling. If your 2.5NA is near the end of its life (lets face it its almost 20 years old...) fitting a turbo will probably finish it off... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frrfrr Posted June 26, 2006 Author Share Posted June 26, 2006 thanks, i thought fitting a turbo would be strait forward enough job. it would be a landrover 2.5turbo that i would use, does this make any diference? ithought that being a landrover it would be ok. the engine was rebuilt about 5 years ago and still performs brilliant ( well as brilliant as a n/a goes ) . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Henson Posted June 26, 2006 Share Posted June 26, 2006 As Simon says - it's a lot of work, and additional parts to get it to work. You can't get away with just bolting the turbo on in place of the exhaust manifold on the N/A. Compression is lower on a turbo, so gawd-knows what would happen if you just bolted the turbo on. Les. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidlandy Posted June 26, 2006 Share Posted June 26, 2006 for the money a turbo and manifold would cost you could add a few quid and buy an old wrecker of a Disco and transplant the 200tdi into yours. far more sensible Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonb Posted June 27, 2006 Share Posted June 27, 2006 Yer, someone off here (u know who u are) has just boughta 190K Disco 200 5 door, with ALLOYS for less than £500 and its a runner! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BogMonster Posted June 27, 2006 Share Posted June 27, 2006 gawd-knows what would happen if you just bolted the turbo on. God would say: "What was that bluddy great bang?!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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