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help with fitting a turbo on a sj413

Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2010 7:45 pm
by farmerben
hi,
i was thinking of fitting a turbo on my 1990 sj413 but wondered how much boost the engine would take ,and where to take the turbo oil feed from and where to put the oil return ????
many thanks,ben 8-)

Re: help with fitting a turbo on a sj413

Posted: Sat Nov 20, 2010 7:02 pm
by Edweird
I don't know much myself, but this popped up on my yotube recommended today and I remembered your thread.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEAvEPgu ... grec_index

He might be worth talking to, if you can message him through youtube. According to his video, he's using 25psi boost.

Re: help with fitting a turbo on a sj413

Posted: Sat Nov 20, 2010 9:55 pm
by ScottieJ
That engine must've had some serious work done to the internals then as a stock sj lump's limit would more than likely be around 6-8psi. anything more and I doubt the bottom end would last long. I would imagine the Sammy in the vid was running a modded swift gti lump.

I personally think if you want to off-road your Sammy then you'd be better off fitting a 1.6 vit lump or fitting a supercharger as you want torque not high rev bhp.

If you are serious about turboing it then your best bet would be to look on teamswift.net as not many sj owners bother turboing them.

Re: help with fitting a turbo on a sj413

Posted: Sun Nov 21, 2010 7:02 pm
by Henry
Mate of mine fitted a 306 turbo to his 1.3 (engine was on its way out)


It went well, but just sped up the process of dying... from about 6 weeks to 6 days :twisted:




Long story short, its not worth it, fit a tdi lump in it instead :twisted:

Re: help with fitting a turbo on a sj413

Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2010 8:35 pm
by farmerben
thanks for the help people !

Re: help with fitting a turbo on a sj413

Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 10:20 pm
by farmerben
ive borght a garrett t15 turbo and have started making a manifold ! does anyone know the size of the oil pressure switch thread as i need toget a t-peice ? is it 1/8npt?

Re: help with fitting a turbo on a sj413

Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2011 10:59 am
by twiss
think so yeah...

Re: help with fitting a turbo on a sj413

Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2011 9:45 pm
by farmerben
hi this is how far i am at the moment i was just wondering would it be ok to run the oil drain from the turbo into the rocker cover???

Re: help with fitting a turbo on a sj413

Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 9:33 pm
by farmerben
hi people i had it running the other day just got to sort out the air filter and exhaust and will most probably need some fine tuning but,here is a link to see/hear it running as it is at the moment let me know what you think


Click Here for Youtube Video


Re: help with fitting a turbo on a sj413

Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 9:53 pm
by ScottieJ
sounds good, bet you cant wait to see how much power you have now :guns: so hows the paint on the chassis :lol:

what psi are you running?