Saab 9000T intercooler
T30 garret from saab 9000T
weber manifold with magna astron 2.6 plenum and either GR gas carb and LPG setup or standard astron throttle body and cheap impco 225 su type mixer.
The LPG system is the expensice part but will pay for itself in 3-6 months with the way petrol prices are going.

LPG is the way to go.

cool as. im starting to think about a cheap suck through setup using as much of the standard motor as i can.

another question i have is will the standard driveline be up to the task. the plan is to do this to the "1st car" im looking at (1200 or 1000 coupe)
do you think the H145 will cope with the extra torque?

im gonna try stick to 500 dollar budget. that including everything i need to buy. labour is free...

keep the stories coming guys...

A turbo 180b i built a few years back,

rb20det turbo $450
Supra cooler plus piping $250
Falcon webber, adapter and gas hat $100
2nd hand vl fuel pump and r/r regulator $120
Cheapo boost gauge $30
Cheapo pod filter $30
Misc hosing etc $100

Car used standard dump pipe into standard exhaust, original manifold modded to suit t3 flange, stock motor and inlet manifold, stock clutch and drive train.
For just over $1000 bucks it went significantly harder on stock 7psi


Also it dosnt count because its a mini but same principles, my first car.

Toyota ct12 turbo $140
Boost gauge (tyre pressure gauge) $20
Misc piping and hosing $100

Car used suck through setup with original su carby, standard everything, already had 2" exhaust. Used a su carby lathed into a throttle body mounted after compressor outlet to avoid sucking oil out of turbo seals and the su in front of turbo had no butterfly or choke. Dodgy as custom manifolds made from my neighbours old fence scrap and me learning on an arc welder. Oil drain back into side valve cover as high mount turbo. Ran standard boost and was enough to pick the front up on boost and spin first just accelerating, i hope this enspires others to do some cheap turbo setups

just bored and thought i would ask the question.

what is the cheapest turbo job any1 has done and what was it? blow through, suck through, EFI what turbo, carb? intercooled? etc etc...