NA to Turbo - The Ultimate Guide that Covers Everything + Cost Breakdown

Parts prices are listed throughout the video and the total cost breakdown is at the end of the video

Check out the brands that made the build possible:
https://www.aemelectronics.com/
https://www.weldspeed.com.au/
https://midshipgarage.com/
https://www.maxpeedingrods.com/
https://www.mrpltd.co.nz/
https://gfb.com.au/

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This video is the ultimate guide on how to convert a naturally aspirated vehicle into a turbocharged one. It covers engine internals, the cylinder head, transmission, turbo features and turbo plumbing, fuel delivery, intercooling, ECUs, ignition, heat management and much much more. This isn't a video meant to entertain you, instead it's designed to be a comprehensive reference and the only video you need to watch get a practical, realistic and all encompassing overview of everything that needs to be done to properly, safely and reliably turbocharge your vehicle.

Let us start with the heart of the engine. The engine block and its internals. As you will see throughout this video turbocharging an engine will require you to make many choices and these choices are important because we all have a budget and also because they can heavily influence the amount of work you will need to do as well as the ultimate capabilities of your completed engine and of your completed build. These choices are also important because it is impossible to have it all and most of the choices in your build will be compromises. Stuff like power potential vs longevity or power potential vs cost or power potential vs street legality and so on.

When it comes to the engine block level 1 would to be simply take your naturally aspirated engine and turbocharge it without opening up the engine or doing anything to the internals or the cylinder head. This has been done many times, and sometimes the results have been pretty good. Turbocharging an engine without opening it up means that you will have to do the least amount of work and spend the least amount of money but your ultimate power potential and longevity will be limited. Also if you're considering turbocharging a tired engine with many miles I would strongly advice against it. You will do a lot of work and invest a lot of time to turbocharge such an engine and the reward you will get from it will in most cases be minimal as such an engine will likely fail soon.

Now your level 2 engine internals approach is going to require you to open up the engine and take it apart. My personal opinion is that this is a more sensible approach. Because you'll be investing a lot of your time and money into turbocharging your engine so it's a wise decision to be able to see it's actual condition and to correct any issues you may run into. On the other hand opening up and engine also starts you into a rabbit hole known as "since I'm already in here". Stuff like since I'm already in here I might as well put in some forged rods. Since I'm already in here I might as well port the cylinder head. Since I'm already in here I might as well destroy myself financially. There is a very high number of areas you can address inside an engine and unless you have an unlimited budget than you will have to make choices and sacrifices. The first thing that should be done before making any parts purchases is to check the actual condition of your engine. Your cylinder bores as well as your rods and crankshaft journals. You can do this yourself if you have access to the tools or leave it to a machine shop.


A special thank you to my patrons:
Daniel
Pepe
Brian Alvarez
Peter Della Flora
Dave Westwood
Joe C
Zwoa Meda Beda
Toma Marini
Cole Philips

00:00 Choices and prep
03:16 Pistons
05:22 Crank and rods
08:46 Cylinder head
12:45 Transmission
14:31 Clutch
15:23 Lubrication
16:22 Turbo manifold
17:22 Turbo sizing
19:02 Turbo plumbing
21:51 Fuel
24:47 Heat management
25:29 Intercoolers
26:28 Blow-off valves
27:11 Ignition
28:50 ECU and sensors
31:32 Drive axels

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