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Re: First Impressions 4.8 with turbo

Posted: 04 Aug 2020 15:11
by Mystical_Beast
Juice?

Re: First Impressions 4.8 with turbo

Posted: 04 Aug 2020 16:18
by IanT
Will check the lock of the gearbox on the way home today, my troll has been sitting at the factory having goodies fitted so have not driven it

Re: First Impressions 4.8 with turbo

Posted: 04 Aug 2020 16:25
by IanT
Ok Fig's are in for Hellboy! Torque about 490nm so not bad, 120kw :redface: :thumbdown: he is only allowing booste of 0.3 bar!! So have given Thys the go ahead to do the upgrades, gearbox cooler, boost compensator, larger fuel pump, Timing gear 60-2 or 36-1, getting rid of the dizzy and fitting 3 x twin coil pack, larger airfilter with new airbox linked to my snorkel

150-160 kw here we come :thumbup: :biggrin: :biggrin:

Re: First Impressions 4.8 with turbo

Posted: 04 Aug 2020 16:29
by IanT
P S was quite a bit out with my pricing on the turboing :redface: with the rand/Dollar we are now closer to R85K for a turbo conversion on the 4.8 and only about R6-7K cheaper on the petrol 4.2 GQ :surprised:

Re: First Impressions 4.8 with turbo

Posted: 04 Aug 2020 16:34
by IanT
PPS the standard 4.2 petrol GQ pushes about 70Kw on the rear wheels on the dyno so 120Kw is a 71% increase but 150kw sounds better with 114% increase :blonde: :woo:

Re: First Impressions 4.8 with turbo

Posted: 04 Aug 2020 18:29
by Steele
IanT wrote: 04 Aug 2020 16:34 PPS the standard 4.2 petrol GQ pushes about 70Kw on the rear wheels on the dyno so 120Kw is a 71% increase but 150kw sounds better with 114% increase :blonde: :woo:
That's just being greedy Ian! :rolling:

Re: First Impressions 4.8 with turbo

Posted: 04 Aug 2020 19:45
by Peter Connan
Mystical_Beast wrote: 04 Aug 2020 15:11Juice?
Julian, Juice is a forum member. Real name Greg Justice.

Re: First Impressions 4.8 with turbo

Posted: 05 Aug 2020 09:12
by Mystical_Beast
Thank you Peter

Re: First Impressions 4.8 with turbo

Posted: 05 Aug 2020 10:24
by Rudolph
This is impressive, would love to see some pictures of the GQ setup, so the internals of the 4.2&4.8 petrol is up to the task for a turbo but not the 4.5 petrol if I understand correctly?

Re: First Impressions 4.8 with turbo

Posted: 05 Aug 2020 14:38
by IanT
Rudolf, yes correct there needs to be work on the heads and con rods need to be replaced on the 4.5