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Old 01-Jun-2004, 12:05 AM
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free turbo !!!! is it worth my time???

hey i just got a whole 3 cylinder suzuki swift w/turbo any helpful thoughts of putting this turbo on my d15b and is it really worth my time seems like a small turbo?? any idea of HP gains? 20, 30? is it even worth it?

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T15 or T18 I think they were. 1.0L turbo... no way. That thing would be more of a restriction than a help. It'd be like stuffing a squirrel in your intake
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what is the smallest turbo i cna use then ?
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Old 01-Jun-2004, 10:48 AM
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You could always hop up the swift...I've seen those when I was overseas. Some of them were pretty damn fast...
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Originally posted by white92d15b7
what is the smallest turbo i cna use then ?
From what I've seen on HMT and such, T-25 or maybe a 14b would suit your application pretty good. I know I plotted 7psi with an rpm range of 3000-7000rpm on my d16z6 and it fell perfectly on a 14b compressor map. I'm assumming your d15 would fall fairly close to where mine landed.

Search around and see what other people are running on that motor.
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yup, T25 is the smallest... T3 is good and 14b is pretty good too!
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The turbo off the swift is not worth it.The car only makes 70 hp.Like T-Shirt Ninja go with a T25 or 14B.You can sell the swift here http://www.teamswift.net/forum
There are a lot of canadian that would give you good money for the car or turbo set up and use that money to build a turbo kit.
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wtf ok there is no "smallest" turbo you can run..a t25 is a nice turbo an ihi rhb5 is fairly small but still nice....a 13b is tiny as **** but still good on a 1.6 motor...it all depends on how much air the turbo can push whne is spools and how hot the charge is (how efficent it is) I'm sure you coudl run that turbo at 10-12 psi and get soem hp outta it...but like said might aswell sell and go for a bigger turbo run lower psi get bigger hp run lower intake charge temps etc...
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sorry for the mis communication i don't have the car i just have the engine!!!!!!! and all its components!!!!!!! turbo included!!!!
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swap the engine into a go-cart cuz no part of that engine will do you any good on any other car.

or a riding lawn-mower

I drove a Pontiac Firefly 3 cyl turbo once... those cars are pretty quick Maybe purchase an older shell with a dead motor and build a fun little track car for under $1000
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Yep, they make a good cheap track car....
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