RidgeRacer
Member
Hi,
I know this has prob been done to death, and I am going to get my ar$e handed to me on a plate but I have to ask the question. I am most likley blind and its under my nose but the more I look into turbo charging the Vectra z22se the less evidence I find showing that it that it has been done with any success in the UK. notsure.gif
http://www.j-body.org/forums/read.php?f=46&i=394858&t=341077&p=1
http://www.cobaltss.net/forums/showthread.php?t=26325
Just a couple of poor examples that I could get may hands on, one example of a project build and a american forum generally discussing it.
I have checked a lot of American sites and there appears to be examples of a number of people that have done this to the L4 (L62) 2.2 ecotec, with collected kits and off the shelf such as Hann/Garrett (designed for stock internals) and GM build books etc Its seems plausable to borrow parts from the z20net, LSJ and B207r such as the TB, turbo, manifold, oil feeds, intercooler, piping etc (the recommended components are at least well documented) with some fabricated parts running at v.low (v.v.low) boost on the standard management.
You could perhapse then consider lower compression pistons, injectors and a standalone management such as Megasquirt or Omex 710 as the Vectas Delphi/Delco GMPT-E15 management is not what you would call popular, But again there has been comments about Courtney being able to use the GM supercharger map but you check another thred and its suggested that they would not do it. The same for regal and the Diblas kit remap.
Which brings me onto the UK Kits you can purchase. It has to be said they are expensive :wink: but you do get what you pay for with a lot of labor, knowledge. Its just not practical for a car worth £1.5k to spend £4 -£6K.
What I am happy to pay is about £2k to source the parts muck about do some bits myself learn how or pay for help when needed, again this seems possible from what I have read but has anyone suceeded, or did they chase their tail for a bit and then opted the engine swap or SC conversion (which I am not suggesting is the easy option and comes with its own set of challenges)
Thanks in advance for any info.
I know this has prob been done to death, and I am going to get my ar$e handed to me on a plate but I have to ask the question. I am most likley blind and its under my nose but the more I look into turbo charging the Vectra z22se the less evidence I find showing that it that it has been done with any success in the UK. notsure.gif
http://www.j-body.org/forums/read.php?f=46&i=394858&t=341077&p=1
http://www.cobaltss.net/forums/showthread.php?t=26325
Just a couple of poor examples that I could get may hands on, one example of a project build and a american forum generally discussing it.
I have checked a lot of American sites and there appears to be examples of a number of people that have done this to the L4 (L62) 2.2 ecotec, with collected kits and off the shelf such as Hann/Garrett (designed for stock internals) and GM build books etc Its seems plausable to borrow parts from the z20net, LSJ and B207r such as the TB, turbo, manifold, oil feeds, intercooler, piping etc (the recommended components are at least well documented) with some fabricated parts running at v.low (v.v.low) boost on the standard management.
You could perhapse then consider lower compression pistons, injectors and a standalone management such as Megasquirt or Omex 710 as the Vectas Delphi/Delco GMPT-E15 management is not what you would call popular, But again there has been comments about Courtney being able to use the GM supercharger map but you check another thred and its suggested that they would not do it. The same for regal and the Diblas kit remap.
Which brings me onto the UK Kits you can purchase. It has to be said they are expensive :wink: but you do get what you pay for with a lot of labor, knowledge. Its just not practical for a car worth £1.5k to spend £4 -£6K.
What I am happy to pay is about £2k to source the parts muck about do some bits myself learn how or pay for help when needed, again this seems possible from what I have read but has anyone suceeded, or did they chase their tail for a bit and then opted the engine swap or SC conversion (which I am not suggesting is the easy option and comes with its own set of challenges)
Thanks in advance for any info.
