i picked up a ls eg hatch, i want to turbo it soon. besides turbo kit, injectors, and lines. what else would i need? if you have any parts for sale that would work for me pm me.

 

low compression pistons.
b16 vtec

ZEX 50 wet shot. youll be good for a while..
hah

 

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For starters you will need gauges(boost, oil psi, Wideband A/F, blah..)

Invest in a turbo timer, not necessary, but it will save you money in the long run by helping cool your turbo down.

A chipped ECU, or full standalone EMS for tuning purposes.

Walbro 255lph fuel pump.

A good clutch

Thoes are just the basics you should get for a turbo project. You can go a step further and go ls/vtec, gsr/b16 tranny, LSD, beefier axels, slicks, good suspension, traction bars, forged internals, blahhhh blahhhh...

 

For starters you need a clutch, fuel pump and tune

 

iv seen sumwhere online that useing a turbo timer on a gas motor doesnt really cool the turbo all that much.. sumthing do with the gas burning and what not ill see if i can get the link

here u go..Are turbo timers still essential to give your turbo a good lifespan?

With the modern water-cooled turbocharger we've certainly reduced - but not completely removed - the need for turbo timing.

The advent of turbo timers was early in the piece with cars like Nissan Pulsar ETs, which used just an air-cooled or oil-cooled turbo. Nowadays the development has been to put a full 360-degree encasement of water around the core. So, really, all you've got now is one end that gets red hot if you've been charging along quite hard, and - hopefully - the other end is nice and cool if you've been picking up cool air.

A gasoline engine at an idle isn't going to drop an enormous amount of temperature. If you let it idle for 15 minutes it'll drop, but it'll still stay hot due to the combustion of the gasoline. Some people might want to let it idle for a short length of time - but if you've just been chugging around town or locally, you only need to idle into the car park and switch it off.

The other thing we want to do is make sure the turbo is spinning slowly before you shut it down. Many times I've seen people come into a car park quite quickly, turn the key off, pull the handbrake on and the turbo is still spinning down even when the engine's stopped rotating and there's no oil pressure. This continued spinning is particularly noticeable if you're in an off-road race vehicle and you have a spin and stall the engine. You can still hear the turbo - especially if it's a ball bearing unit - spinning some minute or so later.

Many years ago an insurance company asked me a question in regards to a turbo timer. An automatic vehicle had been left with children in the car and they knocked it into Drive, and it actually hit somebody. So there are some debates about leaving a vehicle running while unattended.

from Honeywell-Garrett Turbochargers

edit: check out this link www.thezcr.com - Some Much Needed Turbo Tech

 

Yeah thats for big money watercooled ball bearing turbo's.. The average joe cant afford nor really need a watercooled ball bearing turbo.

 

Well even on a oil cooled turbo, unless you have an oil cooler the temperature of the oil is not going to drop all that much after x minutes idle. The cumbustion of the engine will keep the oil hot.