The Turbo 8V Project

[JethroJay]

Okay so the engine change is a go ahead, also gonna make it a 1.6 8V Turbo project, the 1.4 I'll just strip down and sell as parts and stuff if not just scrap it as it's seen way too many miles and not worth the oil that's in the sump..... So I'll keep you guys posted, I already have a Front Mount (not sure if it'll fit as it was for a Vauxhall 1.9 CDTi) also thinking of the turbo and stuff like that.

I'm not aiming for HUGE power, just about 140BHP will do, I know I can get that on N/A for less than turboing it's worth, but I wanna turbo it and Nik actually said I could Turbo it as the engine like I said has done 8,000 miles from it's full 0 mile rebuild and I got the proof that it's been done as well, heard engine running, gearbox is fine (for the backwards and forwards I used it for) doesn't smoke or anything like that so the engine's good, strong and doesn't idle dodgy either, smooth idling, sounds almost silent so yeah, there's the engine and gearbox got, now it's just getting everything else to do it, lol, before I turbo the engine I'll be running it in the car for a few months to see if there's any little niggles with it, so if there is I can sort them.

What would be the best ECU to use? For when I turbo it? Just gonna run the 1.4 8V ECU with the 1.6 8V engine till I turbo it.