edwinps

Hi.. I'm kind of new to this forum. Anyways a friend of mine wants to sell me an aftermarket turbo 20 psi, but my s5 fc is n/a, so could an N/A engine be turbo charge?

BASTARD

iTrader: (4)

simple answer yes... real answer... not with out spending tons of money to keep it from blowing up(and thats goes for piston engines too)

edwinps

wow.. about how much.. ? so I gess is easier and cheaper to get a t2 engine.

Nihilanthic

A turbo is not set at a given boost ratio (unless its waste gated that way...) and you don't have "a x psi turbo".

You should take the time to learn to read compressor maps, it will really help out down the road in telling one turbo from another.

Nihilanthic

A NA motor runs at a higher compression than most turbo street motors do, gasoline motors anyway.

Furthermore, you will need to get a piggyback or standalone EMS for a NA engine running on a turbo unless you enjoy blowing it up. Rotaries especially require careful tuning to avoid pinging due to the nature of the beast: apex seals. Defang it and you got nothing except a noise maker.

If you're willing to rig up alcohol injection, use alcohol as fuel or race fuel, then going NA-Turbo might be a better idea. Otherwise you have to be conservative with how you set everything up, use a good intercooler, use conservative timing and air-fuel ratios and not push the motor very hard.

micah

Easier to sell the NA, save up your money and buy a TII.