My Ka Turbo
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My Ka Turbo
Hi every1 im not sure many of you guys no me but im Chris 21 from Essex, ive not been on here fot a long time now but after having my rs stolen i went jap and bought a scooby, owned that for a year but just missed the fords so im back lol.
I have turbocharged my 1.3 ka, still lots of work needs to be done but she is on the road and running.
Mods so far;
Garrett T15 Turbo (running 0.4 bar at the moment !!!)
Intercooler
Full De-cat Mongoose Exhaust System
K&N Induction Kit
FSE Power Boost Valve
Baileys Dump Valve
Cool Running Thermostat
Lowered 30mm
Front Strut Brace
Boost & Temp Gauges
Iam still currently adding more mods as we speak, some which include;
Helix Motorsport Paddle Clutch
Oil cooler
Oil Swirl Pot
Fuel Swirl Pot
Omex 600 Ecu
Pics will follow soon for all those who have not seen me about southend.
I have turbocharged my 1.3 ka, still lots of work needs to be done but she is on the road and running.
Mods so far;
Garrett T15 Turbo (running 0.4 bar at the moment !!!)
Intercooler
Full De-cat Mongoose Exhaust System
K&N Induction Kit
FSE Power Boost Valve
Baileys Dump Valve
Cool Running Thermostat
Lowered 30mm
Front Strut Brace
Boost & Temp Gauges
Iam still currently adding more mods as we speak, some which include;
Helix Motorsport Paddle Clutch
Oil cooler
Oil Swirl Pot
Fuel Swirl Pot
Omex 600 Ecu
Pics will follow soon for all those who have not seen me about southend.
Last edited by ChrisRS1800; 05-10-2008 at 12:58 PM.
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i think you will struggle to get that power, most turbo ka's ive seen get around the 90-100bhp that are running standard internals, and everone of them have melted tbh, i like it though!
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Thanks for the advice, ill remove the dump valve in the week and let you know what its like
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Radders, both my EFi'd RSTs chattered like fuck at any positive boost My Red XR2 Turbo ran 4 psi when I first got it but still chattered it's tits off!
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I'd still do that now, had I not become sensible and bought a ruddy toyota avensis family wagon
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It has not been expensive at all to be honest, all work has been carried out by myself, most parts i have got have been purchased from burton power and i get a good discount.
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The exhaust manifold has been modified to take a 1.7 astra turbo, turbo downpipe was hande made to join the rest of my exhaust system and intercooler was specially made to sit just behind the grille, as to rest of parts it was a simple trip to burton power to get all the relevent hoses etc...
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Longterm plans, well i was going to drop a cossie lump in a ka but the price it will cost ive decided to scrap that idea. Decided that when i can get insured for a decent amount of money ill go get meself a proper cosworth
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Its not too expensive to do a zetec conversion. You could have a 2.0l 136bhp zetec in your car for the money youve spent. But maybe the next thing to do would be mild zetec turbo as with your ecu and the turbo bits (need bigger turbo!) you could get a lot of fun for not much money. Think pF's project peanuts. they spent about Ł5k but havent done it the cheapest way really.
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Ive got a Ka turbo myself.. same set up as yours nearly. get rid of the dump valve and get an induction kit! mine chatters pretty loudly, loved going into ford fair haha, got some wows and dropped jaws. shame it broke a few weeks later tho, will follow this with interest as ill be tuning mine when its replacement lump gets put in. mines a T15 from a TD Vw/audi.. not sure what tho, came as a Van aaken kit