2.5 altima coupe turbo

[infused305]

are there any turbos available for a nissan altima coupe 2.5?

[Altima1992]

make ur car look nice.....its much better

[coderedk]

it is but not really, i second this is there any turbos in the works??

[marlin29311]

Until someone decides to pony up the cash for a turbo system, you're probably not going to see one anytime soon.

[RobPaulson]

I sincerely do not understand why people buy a 2.5 and then ask if there is a turbo kit ... if you wanted a fast car why not have thought ahead a bit and drop the extra 5-7 grand on the car itself and get a VQ ...

then again its ur money

[Andy_G]

[saywat]

wats wrong with boosting a 4 cyl?

[phobs]

Nothing is wrong with it, rather just pointless. The correct choice is to invest in a 3.5 if one wanted more performance in the beginning.

[Rob.Vegan]

The correct choice is to invest in a 3.5 if one wanted more performance in the beginning.

And if one didn't want more performance in the beginning ???

I am all for boosting the 2.5, not a lot of course but it would be a fun enjoyable ride. And if it equals out to a stock 3.5 that's cool. It's like having a VQ w/ a BOV It'd make me happy

[phobs]

And if one didn't want more performance in the beginning ???

Then one should have thought ahead ! When I was in the season of buying the a/c. I ended up choosing the 3.5 because of mainly the aftermarket performance factor. I'm not against turbo-ing the 2.5 and I know in the beginning some scenarios played a role in the decision of getting either a 2.5 or a 3.5, but it would have been a smarter/safer choice financial wise getting the 3.5 in the beginning for performance.

[RobPaulson]

Then one should have thought ahead ! When I was in the season of buying the a/c. I ended up choosing the 3.5 because of mainly the aftermarket performance factor. I'm not against turbo-ing the 2.5 and I know in the beginning some scenarios played a role in the decision of getting either a 2.5 or a 3.5, but it would have been a smarter/safer choice financial wise getting the 3.5 in the beginning for performance.

+1

you can do whatever you want. I just dont agree at all with it and think it is a bonehead move for people with too much money

There are any number of better alternatives:

1. trading in your AC+5k for a used 350Z

2. spending the 5k on a sport bike, if its speed you want, you'll get it with a bike.

3. Trade in your AC+5k for a used STI, already boosted and WAY faster than your 2.5 will ever be.

but it is your money, do what u want. i'm sure you can get a turbo company to fabricate one for you if you dangle enough $$$ in their faces.

[PHENOMenalVinyl]

And if one didn't want more performance in the beginning ???

I am all for boosting the 2.5, not a lot of course but it would be a fun enjoyable ride. And if it equals out to a stock 3.5 that's cool. It's like having a VQ w/ a BOV It'd make me happy

Exactly and on top of that i mean come on you know if you had a decent turbo in the 2.5 it PROBABLY not defiantly would beat a 3.5 . That and i would rather have a boosted 2.5 than a 3.5 that's freakin awesome lol. The BOV is soooooooooooo sexy. Im still contemplating weather i will keep my 2.5 when i get out and do it up for real or tade it in and get something to play with as an everyday car. I either make it kool and go buy a g37 sedan for everyday or i go buy a toy for everyday. only time will tell.

[Zerep]

I'm no horsepower freak but wouldnt a 2.5 with a turbo that would put it up like 270hp beat a stock 3.5 cause a soon as the turbo spools you will be getting all your power and depending on the turbo it can be as low 3000 rpm vs the 3.5 getting peak horsepower at like 6000 rpm don't flame me on the rpm number I'm just throwing them up there.But you guys get what I'm trying to say right?and a loud bov who wouldnt want one like thishttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v...lated

[dldjros69]

I agree if you could get the 2.5 up to 270 but i doubt you could get it that high. You would have to get forged internals and what not.

30% hp gain would be about 50 hp, so 225 hp. I doubt you would get any more than that safely.

[PHENOMenalVinyl]

I'm no horsepower freak but wouldnt a 2.5 with a turbo that would put it up like 270hp beat a stock 3.5 cause a soon as the turbo spools you will be getting all your power and depending on the turbo it can be as low 3000 rpm vs the 3.5 getting peak horsepower at like 6000 rpm don't flame me on the rpm number I'm just throwing them up there.But you guys get what I'm trying to say right?and a loud bov who wouldnt want one like thishttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v...lated

exactly what i was saying well sort of lol but i agree with the turbo spool thing

[dldjros69]

You would get no where near 270 hp. The only advantage is the 2.5 is lighter by 165 lbs. But you would have to add the weight of the intercooler and turbo setup.

[Zerep]

we do know the engine is capable of 400+ hp if built a tuned correctly of course this is if you have like 10grand laying around lol

[leif927]

I have a 2.5 and I bought it because I didn't feel I needed/wanted the extra power or the gas consumption (bought it when gas was 4.00 a gallon @ discount stations...). Sure, having an extra 100hp would be nice now and again but I didn't buy a sports car nor ever thought of it as a sports car. I bought an Altima. It is better than my previous car (91 civic) in all aspects. I love my car and while boosting it, would make it more "awesome", for the amount of cash needed, it would be impractical for many reasons already stated. If you bought the car for fuel economy but now want to boost it, good bye fuel economy. Some of you have indicated you want to boost it just cuz of the BOV. Seriously? If you want to spend a whole bunch of cash for the sound of air pressure being release, Taco Bell is down the street.... You can have that sound for 99 cents or less...

[bigplayer2382]

Then one should have thought ahead ! When I was in the season of buying the a/c. I ended up choosing the 3.5 because of mainly the aftermarket performance factor. I'm not against turbo-ing the 2.5 and I know in the beginning some scenarios played a role in the decision of getting either a 2.5 or a 3.5, but it would have been a smarter/safer choice financial wise getting the 3.5 in the beginning for performance.

+1

you can do whatever you want. I just dont agree at all with it and think it is a bonehead move for people with too much money

There are any number of better alternatives:

1. trading in your AC+5k for a used 350Z

2. spending the 5k on a sport bike, if its speed you want, you'll get it with a bike.

3. Trade in your AC+5k for a used STI, already boosted and WAY faster than your 2.5 will ever be.

but it is your money, do what u want. i'm sure you can get a turbo company to fabricate one for you if you dangle enough $$$ in their faces.

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Such an ignorant post its unreal. 350z insurance is threw the roof. for me I was quoted at $2,700 a year with military discount and 100% clear driving record. Also 350z's have no backseat. Then there is the G35, which does have a backseat but now your looking at spending $24k for a used 06-07. The biggest point, what if you dont like the 350z? It's not the car you bought so obviously you didn't want it. so your point number 1, VOID.

spending 5k on a sport bike? Not everyone wants a bike, the safety of it is very low. Another void point. Trade in your AC +5k for an STI? The turbo aspect of it will give you greater HP and so will the AWD, and it will be more fun to drive. But I would love to see a nice STI for 5k+your AC. My 2010 AC 2.5 with only 13k miles on it was $15,200. if your saying I can get a 2010 STI for $20k your smoking s***, try in the mid 30's. Also why resort to another car if you like a certain kind. Once again, if you wanted that car you would have got it.

Personally I was looking for a 3.5, but i found a good deal on the 2.5 so I got it. $5,000 saved on buying the 2.5 instead of a 3.5 can easily be put into the 2.5 to make it run a hellava lot faster then the 3.5 will. The simple fact your telling people what to do with their car annoys me. Just like you think some peoples logic is retarded, does not mean they don't think yours is as well.Then you look at my 38mpg hwy I just got yesterday and I'm going to keep laughing in your face.

[Weimy812]

waste of money to turbo the altima just make it look nice

[JdsCoupe]

Such an ignorant post its unreal. 350z insurance is threw the roof. for me I was quoted at $2,700 a year with military discount and 100% clear driving record. Also 350z's have no backseat. Then there is the G35, which does have a backseat but now your looking at spending $24k for a used 06-07. The biggest point, what if you dont like the 350z? It's not the car you bought so obviously you didn't want it. so your point number 1, VOID.

spending 5k on a sport bike? Not everyone wants a bike, the safety of it is very low. Another void point. Trade in your AC +5k for an STI? The turbo aspect of it will give you greater HP and so will the AWD, and it will be more fun to drive. But I would love to see a nice STI for 5k+your AC. My 2010 AC 2.5 with only 13k miles on it was $15,200. if your saying I can get a 2010 STI for $20k your smoking s***, try in the mid 30's. Also why resort to another car if you like a certain kind. Once again, if you wanted that car you would have got it.

Personally I was looking for a 3.5, but i found a good deal on the 2.5 so I got it. $5,000 saved on buying the 2.5 instead of a 3.5 can easily be put into the 2.5 to make it run a hellava lot faster then the 3.5 will. The simple fact your telling people what to do with their car annoys me. Just like you think some peoples logic is retarded, does not mean they don't think yours is as well.Then you look at my 38mpg hwy I just got yesterday and I'm going to keep laughing in your face.

first off: this thread is from 2009, the dudes car was BRAND new.

1. he said he wants a faster car, 350 > boosted 2.5 (which is still unavailable, i believe). car insurance wasnt even being discussed, so that's a mute point. no backseat = less weight, again, a faster car. If someone spent 20-25k on a 2.5 coupe and was prepared to spent ~5k to boost it, there's your 30k for a 2006ish 350. your coupe was most likely salvaged or had something wrong with it if you paid 15k for it, unless you paid cash. again this thread was made in 2009, so a 2010 sti wasnt even in existance yet.

2. you wont make a 2.5 faster than a 3.5 for 5k, ever. the turbo alone will run you 5-5.5k, without installation/tune (another~2k). no ones telling someone what to do, merely giving suggestions, which a car forum is for. I get 32 mpg in my 3.5 pushin 305 hp at the crank and passing 2.5s with my emergency brake engaged. jokes on you.

/thread.

[dldjros69]

Well for starters im glad i was part of this thread back in 2009! Now its 2012 and i have since moved on and sold my TURBOED 2.5 altima coupe. The first few posters were clowns back then and made the forum unbearable. As for the new guys do some research about the OGs b4 u run around and act up.

A few points that i remember from above.

My coupe had 285whp. That may not be much more thana 3.5 but its not all about hp numbers. Its about driveability. I had an amazing tune from rt tuning, the power band was so long.

My 2.5 got a little less than 28 mpg when it got turboed it went up to about 32 mpg unless under boost then it was like 12.

Why did i buy 2.5? i was a broke joke outta college, my paid off car was totalled and i needed a new car asap. My dodge neon had a cai - i thought i was a tuner

You guys want a good read check out my canadian boys thread. His name is scott and he has a boosted 2.5 too. And u can find my build thread. It was a truely awesome ride along the way.

Sadly i traded my altima and got RAPED. They gave me what i paid to have the kit build. 11,000 or a turboed altima 2.5 in PERFECT condition. But i love my 2012 WW EVO gsr! WOOT

[DJ_B_Easy]

^Seriously, old thread is old.

Bring the Evo to Carlisle! You are one of the few OGs I havent met!

[dldjros69]

I feel like a jerk because ive missed the past few. Ill bring it next year! Ill make sure i have off from work. We are having a party at our house this weekend so no dice

[Ima ford fan]

Why wouldn't turboing a 2.5 altima be ok? Do none of you douche nuggets realize that kia has a factory turbo 2.0 4 door with 280 hp?

[seldomseen]

Why wouldn't turboing a 2.5 altima be ok? Do none of you douche nuggets realize that kia has a factory turbo 2.0 4 door with 280 hp?

There's nothing wrong with boosting the 2.5 coupe. The point a lot of folks make is that spending a few to several grand on fabricating a custom turbo setup along with all the necessary time and money that will be needed for tuning is a waste of money. When the person should have purchased a 3.5 coupe from the start, or if they can now afford to trade into the 3.5 coupe, or some other car that's faster than the 2.5 coupe, now using the money that would be spent on a turboing the 2.5 coupe.

Most folks that boost the 2.5 coupe actually end up with less bhp and performance, and reliability than the 3.5 coupe's factory specs. It's simply more practicle and logical to boost the 6spd 3.5 coupe rather than the 2.5 coupe. It's more cost effective and sensible to simply trade-in a 2.5 coupe for a faster vehicle. Particularly if you have the money to spend on boosting the 2.5 coupe.

[Ranga14]

Yeah, the VQ holds boost better than the QR anyway.

[6SpeedinCoupe]

http://www.motoiq.com/MagazineArticles/ ... art-1.aspx

read through this article to just get a baseline understanding as to why no one really boosts qr25de's. It is absolutely do-able and obtainable. However, me personally, im very anal to work being done right and reliable. Therefore in order for me to ever boost my car, I would absolutely tear it down and build the internals in order for it to handle what I would throw at it and still be reliable.

[metalmagician]

from recent experience a well setup 2.5 is better on a track than a 3.5. less weight In front, better weight distribution, and it certainly helped that I went up against a cvt...