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Designing an Entry Turbo kit for v36 @450HP Hi All I have modded turbo cars myself before on a 200sx but now have the V36/G37 Sedan auto 2012 and wanting a bit more power. NA mods dont cut it. I was looking through the US turbo kits for this car (easy $20K money- as you need to build motor and clutch upgrade tranny on top of kit) and it dawned on me that there may be a place for a basic turbo kit on stock parts. Hear me out before you judge. The VQ37VHR block stock seems to cope with up to 450Hp so lets set the limit there. also the Auto transmission wont cope with any more than that either. The question is how low can we go with new parts on a turbo kit? low boost so we dont detonate. So we would need to keep it simple. use existing manifolds and exhaust but add a bit of custom piping from manifolds to single turbo (like the boosted performance kit with turbo sitting low). add a dump pipe into the stock exhaust. Some high flow cats. Maybe keep stock mufflers depending on the restriction. Yeah, I really do mean cheap. Uprate the risky items to trigger a lean out like fuel pump and injectors but use cheaper OEM brands, possibly from other cars (repco / bosch). Need to find out what will fit here. Find a off the shelf front intercooler, nothing fancy as its a single turbo so use basic single plumbing in/out. Keep stock air intakes (this is forced induction after all). Slap on a thick head gasket may be an option to avoid detonation on the high CR this block runs stock and or water injection. Plumb plastic BOV back into the piping (Im too old to have the sound!) and this is the cheapest way. Turbo - what's cheap locally but OK? I wonder if there is OEM in any cars that can be used. The Garrett 3071/76r does seem popular. This is the most expensive bit. Uprev tune to map and see if we get 450hp (330kw). Have I missed anything *required? Thinking maybe even 5K + labour would be possible Pete