Removing A Turbo

[Lwood]

My mate has asked me this question a fair few times and i really don't know the answer,

He wants to know if he buys a turboed R33 can he de-turbo it without having any problems,and if so what would he need in part wise, i know this is a very weird question as most people want to turbo there car, but with these new p plate rules i'm sure this question will get asked more and more...

[krzysiu]

The amount of times this question is asked makes me wanna shoot the person who posts it every time.

The VIN number of the car states that it IS a turbo.

If you remove the turbo the VIN will still say its a turbo.

You are still driving an illegal car even though it has the turbo rmoved.

Simple as that.

[Lwood]

The amount of times this question is asked makes me wanna shoot the person who posts it every time.

The VIN number of the car states that it IS a turbo.

If you remove the turbo the VIN will still say its a turbo.

You are still driving an illegal car even though it has the turbo rmoved.

Simple as that.

Thanks mate thats all i needed to know!!

[krzysiu]

No probs

[mitchy_]

mmm, low compression NA.

[GTS4WD]

As above.

Re move all the parts and you have a heavy low comp NA.

Its not impossible. Dont get me wrong. but its not worth the work and you'll be shooting yourself in the foot

[drive2slide]

And struggling to make it up hills

[GTS4WD]

.. while revving the tits off it to get anywhere..

[Lwood]

.. while revving the tits off it to get anywhere..

hahahaha point taken, we had the argument you would be very disappointed when barinas are dragging you at the lights!!

[N-DAWG]

What they said ^^^

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/Tu...hl=remove+turbo

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/Co...hl=remove+turbo

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/Co...hl=remove+turbo

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/Na...hl=remove+turbo

[nIsMo86]

If he wants to do it though, it is possible (even though its a waste of time). But at least it'll be turbo ready when he gets off his p's.

It'll be an autosalon car...all show, no go

[N-DAWG]

If he can handle driving a low compression N/A for so long... it will be like turbo lag without the boost and quite humiliating when your car struggles to get of the line

As been mentioned before, depends how they classify the car even without a turbo, and also most State's rules are something along the lines of "a vehicle that has had its performance modified" which could really mean having a turbo removed technically...

For the cost of de-turboing a car now, and then reverting it back later (lets not forget about the way the ECU is probably going to see the car without a turbo...) he'd be better off buying a N/A now and doing the bolt-on turbo conversion later, or engine swap later, or change the car later.

If he wants to drive an even slower skyline around, he might as well by an econobox till he's on his open licence unless he absolutely must have a Skyline purely for the looks and status.

On another note though, if one was to do the turbo removal...how much of a difference would it make if the car was run with a more restrictive exhaust?

My reasoning behind this question is that if too large an exhaust on an N/A Skyline results in less power down low, but more top end power due to decreased volumetric efficiency...would there be any "significant" difference running a smaller restrictive diameter exhaust on a low compression N/A Skyline? At least to the point where it became bearable to drive? What difference would this make on wear n tear on the engine and fuel economy? Will the ECU be able to self learn the new set up?

[gabzr34]

Don't take the turbo out mate, the compression ratio of a turbo car is a lot lower then n/a compression ratios. In other words if you like fast cars taking this turbo out is not going to make you happy :[