General what i need for a turbo

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General what i need for a turbo

cinq55

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hi guys i no this has come up so many times and your probley sick of reading about it lol

i would like to turbo my cinq 1.2 8v spi but what sort of injection system would i need would it need a remap and would i need any other stuff apart from the obverse

thanks ryan:)
 
A remap isn't really on unless your name is Woj.

You need some way of reducing the compression ratio and some way of adjusting the fuelling.

For the first, the options are:

Machine down the existing pistons. This has the undesirable effect of making the top piston land fragile.
Use a spacer to increase the size of the combustion chamber. This has the undesireable effect of reducing squish (you'll loose some power and economy).
Use 16v pistons and rods. This has the undesireable effect of lowering CR too much, and, then, they're still only cast pistons.
Use forged pistons. The only bad thing here is that they're not cheap.

For the second, classically folk have used a Fuel Cut Defender and an Aquamist MF2 to drive a second injector. This is an outdated, outmoded, approach and is expensive for what you get. Alternatives are a piggy back ECU like the ECU Master DET 3 or a standalone like Megasquirt, Microsquirt -- indeed, any standalone will do fine, although you'd really be better off with an MPI head.

You'll also need time on a rolling road to set it up and an upgraded fuel pump.

Turboing an n/a engine is expensive and heartbreaking: the T Jet out of a 500 Abarth (get the engine and gearbox) will fit with some fabrication, and will possibly be cheaper and more reliable.

The search function on the forum will yield a lot more information, but it isn't for the faint of heart or the short of pocket.
 
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Unfortunately I've run out of the second one at the moment. :(
 
When I foolishliy thought I was at that stage it still costed me the price of a decent Cinq :eek:

What you mean it cost you an extra £20? :devil:

I have enough spare parts to build another Cento so hopefully as long as the engine doesn't expire catastrophically I'm good to go.

Anyway that's even more reason to keep J away from my wallet, but of course if he wants to give me a hand finishing it he's more than welcome. :D
 
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