Adding A Turbo

Gotta New Pug · Post by **Gotta New Pug** » 20 May 2005, 05:12

I have a 97 2.0 16v 406 GLX saloon and was hoping to whack in a turbo of some sort in the near future as the performance of the car is pretty crap for a 2 litre engine........ has anyone ever seen this done before to a standard glx engine?

rossd · Post by **rossd** » 20 May 2005, 12:57

Probably not without being armed with 10 engines to practise on and about £10000. You cant just add a turbo on to an eninge. You will need manifolds, new pistons, all the pipework, new oilways to feed the turbo etc etc, the list goes on. Best bet would be an engine designed for a turbo in the first place, for example the 2.0 8v engine from the Xantia CT or Peugeot 605.

Paulmi16 · Post by **Paulmi16** » 20 May 2005, 14:09

Why not buy a 406 Executive or Sri with the 2.0 turbo already installed?
Paul.

rossd · Post by **rossd** » 20 May 2005, 14:56

Or a 406 V6 [:D]

PowerLee · Post by **PowerLee** » 20 May 2005, 23:03

The 406 turbo is best avoided, Its the old XU10J2 lump ( 2 litre 8 valve ) with a low pressure turbo bolted on & pumping out only 155BHP.
The turbos on this engine often seize up too.
I know myself the 2 litre 16 valve 406 is gutless, I had one for 6 unhappy months.
If you want more power then get a V6 24 valve lump or a tuned up HDI 110 BHP.
It may well be possible to turbo charge the engine you already have, But it WILL cost a fortune to do & in the end not worth doing.

James.UK · Post by **James.UK** » 24 May 2005, 20:32

"Horses for courses".
If you want high performance get a petrol engine.. If it's reliability and economy you want, then go diesel..
Trying to get both is always going to present problems and cost you lots of money. The trade off is, more speed = less reliability, and greater running costs.
Turbo diesel is a sort of halfway house but you tend to get the worst of both worlds rather than the best. [:(]
You have to decide what you want from your car, and buy accordingly. [:)]
.

bikeboyz · Post by **bikeboyz** » 28 May 2005, 14:10

There is also the insurance consideration, a good "guffowwww" from your insurance company and the ££££££ goes up big time, more than its worth.