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easy... sell the commo and buy a skyline... hehe

nah seriously, talk to the guys at CSV... last I hear they had a premade turbo kit for most commo engines. Headers, piping, turbo, wastegate, intake, cooling etc.

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i'm sure if they can handle big fu(koff superchargers, they can handle a big fu(koff turbocharger as well.

You'll see that supercharging them is cheaper tho. For very similar performance gains. In fact if its over 4.0L superchargers will give you more bang for buck than a turbo.

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Originally posted by funkymonkey

v6 turbo falcons (XR6's) aren't too bad... done properly they'd keep up with your car (at a higher cost of course)

the ba inline 6 engine is a real nice engine, the commodore v6 is an old buick 80's technology which holden imported from america in the boat full. They r pushrod rubbish!

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hmm sounds interesting

yes it is a v6

but he wants to do a full rebuild

but i gave him da details about that place that has kits

he doesnt wanna charge

he wants to be original

come on seriously

how many VS turbos have use seen...???

dif his allready got LSD out of the SS

and gear box is out of the vx ss 6 speed i believe or was that the vt ss

not sure

but im sure if it can handle 300kw of roar horse power it can hold some boost

and off course a stock buick cant handle boost... but so can a skyline NA.........

u need to change a few internals around.. but this kit that ur talking about Funky... his very interested in ...

thanks for da info

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The engine wouldn't handle high-revs, so you'd need to buy a smaller turbo to get any use out of it at all. Although it is a 3.8ltr, you probably wouldn't squeeze anymore than 8-10 psi out of the turbo before the engine melts!

Better off buying a car that is turbo'd, will handle the power... and ungrades, and will turn corners rather than skidding off the road backwards into a tree!

I agree... not too many VS turbo's out there, but the practicality of the situation is... Sell the Commo, buy a turbo and do it up!

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not my choose man

he wants a turbo commo

i guess he'll build one..

personall with some rite work.. planning and alot of $$ i reocn it will go allrite

..

u were sayinga bout the fact that it doesnt rev out that much..

is there any ways of improving this???

maybe changing the stroke or somthing like that??

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By the time you get into all of that... it's not turbo'n a commo, with the design characterists of holden and ford engines they produce their power at low rpm, but produce more torque (for drivability reasons).

By the time you get into changing the bore and stroke, new conrods, pistols, etc... you may as well buy a turbo engine and fit it into the commo chassis.

I've seen a VP with an RB26DETT in it!!!

the cheapest thing to do... if he really wants a turbo commo in to buy a turbo engine and 'drop it in', otherwise he'll need a bit of $$ to make it work!

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it doesn't rev out that much coz its a pushrod engine and not dual overhead cams like the skyline engine. thus, not efficient at high rpm. and turbo's work best at high rpm. this is why a turbo on a pushrod v6 doesn't sound very appealing but u can do whatever you want with the right $$$ so good luck to ya mate.

Waz.

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