"IMPORTANT" MR20 TURBO

[veronicatheV]

HI all MR20 owners,

Im coming over from the Versa thread, and we are all working on finding a solution for our how do you say "LACK" of power other than engine swaps.

A few of us have been looking into

A. The Juke MR16 DIG Turbo engine (Though too new for any real design, testing, ect)

B. versaspeed.com is working with engineers to develop a supercharger estimated arrival time is well its been a month for a year now, if you know what I mean.

C. Trial after trial after TREMENDOUS error to design and build our own.

Finally after all the I decided to out source to somewhere and someone that has pulled this off on a similar engine to our own.

Thats where you guys come in and help. Please! We need all the PICS we can get of the following
Intake manifold, piping placement, what type of Turbo all the specs anything you can give will be GREATLY appreciated.

Also I am in the Atlanta area so if any members would be willing to meet me somewhere so I can see a setup first hand would be the best bet for what we need.

FYI im not a weirdo or typical ATL punk Im just a fellow gear head from Jefferson who just graduated from SPSU. (I dont want to freak anyone out by wanting to meet up I know how people can be We just need some help in the V community)

THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR HELP!

[06_blkout]

This man is in NY, I haven't seen him in 2 years, but is this something you're looking for?

[PapaSmurf2k3]

You could go with a turbo off of an SR20... T25 or T28, or maybe a subaru WRX. You might have to make your own exhaust manifold, but your intake manifold should be able to stay the same... just don't run too much pressure through it (plastic intake manifolds SUCK).

6 or 7 psi max would be a good simple setup. If you are desperate, you can bring the car to an exhaust shop for them to do intercooler piping. Using an exhaust manifold gasket should be able to get you a flange from someone (try jgscustom.com). Also check with them for the actual manifold runners. From there on out it depends on what turbo you get (for the flanges you'll require).

[06_blkout]

I'd love to see the outcome of this project.

[veronicatheV]

thank for all your help its been a while cause my computer crashed, we know the intake manifold would have to be made, along with the piping, we have also discovered that no more than 5psi is optimal.

Have found a few fits and yaris that are turbo'ed and there experience is that 6psi or above means replacing the engine in less than a year.

[06_blkout]

Are you guys going to go through with the project?

[PapaSmurf2k3]

If you do it right, you shouldn't have to replace the engine THAT quickly. Just make sure your tune is good and you run premium fuel.

[veronicatheV]

yes we are going along with this project I have 3 people here in atlanta working on this.

The first thing we are doing is using a program from my college to "build" it online. The only problem is only one of us knows anything about the program, the second thing is that before we can start designing the new system we have to put the engin dimensions along with the whole compartment into the program before we do that.

They dont make aftermarket internals for the mr16 or mr18 yet. So I am looking to make this as reliable as possible since this is my Daily driver.

I had to change my Apex seals in my Rx7 TT this time last year, and that envolved redoing the whole engine and was due to "compresion" issues with the turbo system (and using synthetic oil wich is known as taboo for wankels). And im sure with my luck in the turbo department that I would end up replacing the engine if I do not take the proper steps.

One more point of interest is that there is room in the engine compartment for additional piping and intercooler............If the engine was over to either side atleast 1 1/2 inch and back 1 inch, but it looks like the turbo might be sitting right next to a 1/4 panel if worse comes to worst. And i dont think turbo's are meant to be THAT far away from the manifold. a solution for this might be when we design the intake manifold instead of bringing the air from the right side of the engine, we reverse it and bring it in from the left side. This would "help" but also reverse our whole way of looking at it.

[06_blkout]

Turbos can be pretty far from the manifolds. Check out the STS Turbo kits they use on the late model Camaros.