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...

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

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...

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.

LPG is also good because it runs cooler than petrol.
The cheapest set-up would be Suck through turbo. a adapter plate for your standard inlet manafold slap on a webber. No intercooler or fuel regulator required and no need for a high pressure fuel pump.

minimum parts = min cost and good alround performance with this set-up.

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....Suck or blow?

As its noted, Suck through turbo!. for spec's look up the tech section and it will explain the differences and hints + tips.

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then what was that about an adapter and a weber on a std inlet manifold???

Now let me know if we are not talking about the same thing here Tyrie, because you first ask if its suck through or not? and now your asking about the bolt on webber. making your question to be the same but there two different parts that each have there own function in the set-up

so Re: what was that about an adapter and a weber on a std inlet manifold???

Based on what carb your going to use. even thoe its a cheap set-up (peformance) is the word to remember, so you woulnt run a std carb on any turbo set-up even a cheap one. the cheapest way to fit a webber is to get a adapter plate for the manafold that will allow you to bolt the selected webber on. This gives you minuim fuss with a webber ready to suck through = peformance

Suck through is when the carby is in front of the turbo. No need for a weber adaptor plate to standard manifold.