172/182 Turbo Conversion Kit - £2600

[RobHardyUK]

I have dropped an email to them to enquire about the fitting costs if I drive over there to have it done (and stay somewhere). Hardly costs anything to get to Holland. Will report back.

Rob

 

[ashy_gtt]

Does this kit run a 5th injector? or do you fit bigger injectors?

I'm assuming you do one or the other becasuse if not theres no way you are running 220bhp even at 100% duty.

 

[stevo172-RWD]

Does this kit run a 5th injector? or do you fit bigger injectors?

I'm assuming you do one or the other becasuse if not theres no way you are running 220bhp even at 100% duty.

prob larger injectors as mines at 250bhp and iv been told they would max out about 300bhp.

 

[stevo172-RWD]

Yep, check his posts from the last couple of months
Seems he has problem with MOT though because of the set-up he's running

yeh, a turbo running rich, that's not normal is it? (Note sarcasm)

Incidentally the map was done by henk.....it was running rich at fast idle, why it failed mot and was running too lean everywhere else!.... says alot for the mapping.....



Now the car has been remapped by paul at rstuning and is running the correct fuelling. I would not trust my car with them tbh, 50bhp less than quoted by bbpt! It's now running safely around 250bhp.

same as mine now then lol.
every rr will be different tho mate.

 

[ashy_gtt]

Does this kit run a 5th injector? or do you fit bigger injectors?

I'm assuming you do one or the other becasuse if not theres no way you are running 220bhp even at 100% duty.

prob larger injectors as mines at 250bhp and iv been told they would max out about 300bhp.

Mines running 390cc injectors and at 6psi they'r at 90% duty.

 

[sideways danny]

prob larger injectors as mines at 250bhp and iv been told they would max out about 300bhp.

Mines running 390cc injectors and at 6psi they'r at 90% duty.

390s should max out at over 300bhp at 3bar static pressure. I know my 370s maxed at around 280 with 2.5 bar static pressure (squeezed 294.1bhp and 260ft lbs from them at Surrey rolling road without running lean)

 

[sand6000]

Question for MillerLight. My 172 has a Drag Strip of 14.9 and 92mph with better air induction and all except rear muffler removed. Can you tell me why you have 2 seperate times for 1/4 mile and why they are different?

 

[stevo172-RWD]

I am interested in this kit but have a couple of questions: -
1. where is the oil feed taken from the block for the turbo?
2. where abouts does the oil return locate into the sump?
3. where is the coolant feed taken from for the turbo?
4. where is the coolant returned to?

cheers
dez

Afaik, the turbo isn't watercooled. Ask MBCarperformance for such details.

hi henk,is it just oil feed from oil pressure sensor?
and why do you use a non water cooled turbo?cheeper?

 

[stevo172-RWD]

prob larger injectors as mines at 250bhp and iv been told they would max out about 300bhp.

Mines running 390cc injectors and at 6psi they'r at 90% duty.

dunno what size mine are but im running 250bhp at 0.6bar.
first time drag at santa pod with broken gearbox/engine mount 13.4
104mph.
is that ok?

 

[ritch 182]

k-tec do a turbo conversion fully fitted for £6000. all a case of if u no how to fit it, then buy this one! lol but ive heard if u turbo a non turbo engine then u come across aload of problems? is this true?

 

[stevo172-RWD]

k-tec do a turbo conversion fully fitted for £6000. all a case of if u no how to fit it, then buy this one! lol but ive heard if u turbo a non turbo engine then u come across aload of problems? is this true?

yh like every conversion.
if it was straight foward and easy then everyone would just do it?

 

[r516vt]

This doesn't seem a bad price for a complete conversion. I've just looked on the MBPerformance website and tbh their prices for individual parts are shocking. €590 for the turbo manifold alone? Makes BBPT look cheap!

 

[franx]

This doesn't seem a bad price for a complete conversion. I've just looked on the MBPerformance website and tbh their prices for individual parts are shocking. €590 for the turbo manifold alone? Makes BBPT look cheap!

That's around 420 pounds; is that expensive ? I actually i do'nt know... seems okay for a specialized exhaust-manifold ?

 

[franx]

This doesn't seem a bad price for a complete conversion. I've just looked on the MBPerformance website and tbh their prices for individual parts are shocking. €590 for the turbo manifold alone? Makes BBPT look cheap!

Not correct..This price is of a different manifold; the one in the kit is only just over 200pound , VAT included

Just checked.

 

[TheJesus]

so after 11 pages has anyone bought and tried this, or is the assumption that it's cheap and therefore will blow your engine to bits?

 

[franx]

mostly foreign ; i know a dutch guy from our dutch forum having his car there (182). Will ask him to post up his findings. Couple of people from abroad with snow-tip mountains i've heard.

The testcar is still going sweet, the one i drove. Maurice rides it around it , uses it as a daily driver. I'm thinking people hesitate because they do'nt trust all the "sales-talk" of tuners in general. These guys are so mellow, Fastchip Henky backing them up ; they invested in this project wanting quality and they succeeded. Marketing such a thing is the next step.. You watch, when the first one in England decides to leap, the rest will follow. It's, in my eyes, a gen product.

I'm also following this, when i see/hear anything i'll be posting.

 

[Anonymous]

k-tec do a turbo conversion fully fitted for £6000. all a case of if u no how to fit it, then buy this one! lol but ive heard if u turbo a non turbo engine then u come across aload of problems? is this true?

Hi David

 

[franx]

Hi david

 

[eggy790]

anyone tried this then?

 

[c7borg]

any news on this kit anyon installed?.. did anyone know where the turbo oil return pipe went?

 

[Mark One]

yes a 182 turbo off for a remap on thursday....what power should i have? ...pick a number....lol

600hp+ minimum after all 600 has been done on the old F4R engine (f7R)

THIS I WANT TO SEE

pics/spec list. Sadev sequential? who built it?

 

[edde]

600hp+ minimum after all 600 has been done on the old F4R engine (f7R)

THIS I WANT TO SEE

pics/spec list. Sadev sequential? who built it?

Its going back ages I cannot realy remember. Wasn't a UK car though.

 

[munz_clio]

if i am right this kit works out to under 2 grand

 

[Fastchip]

The full kit costs a little more. Ask Maurice info@mbcarperformance.com for the exact price.

 

[greg182]

turbo with no internal work sounds a bit risky to me,im gettin throttle bodies for cheaper than that and it wil give me that much power mayb mor wit my cams etc plus you cant beat the roar from bodies