as above lads, want to bolt a turbo on it any one know can it be done???

 

Yes mate it is possible to turbo it.
Although it's not just a case of bolting one on.

 

yea i know was thinking that how much money u think is involved.???? thnks mate

 

go buy yourself a copy of this months fast ford mate.
Stu from msd has a written a feature on the difference between n/a and turbo engine's.

As for the price, it depend's on if your doing the work or getting a tuner to do it for you.

 

ok thanks man.

 

you will need turbo pistons fitted, most people do this in the form of calibra turbo pistons, meaning thats about all you do to the engine, well you can do more but not needed as such, then you put the turbo on.
the big money comes into mapping, when i was thinking of doing it i was advised live mapping would be best and i was looking at Ł600 just for that so didnt do it in the end

 

Yes, calibra pistons, a new adaptor welded onto the ERST or FRST manifold to make it fit the Zetec, the FRST mapping and it will run. But it surely won't make much fun, especially with that dinosaur of an turbo called T3.

Use a full Zetec engine, they're all not too expensive after all. (maybe you're lucky and you find a Focus RS one out of a crashed or a Cosworth conversion )
You can keep the whole cylinder head with the whole valve train, will work fine on turbo use, too. Burton sells accralite pistons, 125 GPB each. Not too expensive. Maybe you can get your hands onto a Focus RS manifold and Turbo (don't know if they fit the FBD) your you buy some special made parts. The real expensive parts - when you want to have fun - are a proper turbo (such is the GT28 focus RS item) and a full mappable ingnition and injection system.

 

best bet wiv pistons is call PEC and get their pistons n rods for Ł850, these are proper turbo spec pistons wiv h section rods, also if ya look on american ebay u can buy a complete turbo kit wiv t3 turbo, manifold, intercooler and all pipes for around Ł900! wiv the pistons and a good ecu system ud b able to see 300+bhp easy (as long as the clutch allows)

 

you get that from usa, dont forget to add the import tax on top

once you have it doesnt work out so cheap

 

Good advive above. They're fun when turbo'd though