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Can you add 4 turbo to any car?

Can you add 4 turbo to any car?

In short, although you can theoretically add a turbocharger to almost any naturally-aspirated engine, it’s not a plug-and-play process. There are a lot of parts that require careful consideration. Luckily, some tuning companies have taken some of the guesswork out of the process.

Is it illegal to install a turbo?

Many turbos are not approved under California’s Vehicle Code Section 27156 and can land you in trouble with the law since turbos are one of the illegal car modifications in Los Angeles, California. Ensuring you have an EO number or get an OEM turbo, and buying locally are two ways in which to avoid a lot of hassle.

How much horsepower can a turbocharger add?

A turbocharger works with the exhaust system and can potentially give you gains of 70-150 horsepower. A supercharger is connected directly to the engine intake and could provide an extra 50-100 horsepower.

What’s the proper way to install a turbocharger?

Remove all plastic or foam blanking plugs from the turbo. Position the turbo onto manifold or engine block using the correct new gasket or O ring, and then reconnect the exhaust pipe. Tighten all nuts and bolts to the correct torque.

What does it mean to add a turbo to an engine?

However, adding a turbocharger to an engine is more than just choosing the turbo for your projected horsepower output. The turbo “system” includes all of the ancillary components that adapt the turbocharger to become “one with the engine.” This is the philosophical approach that you should take when planning to create your own turbo system project.

How do you install a new Garrett turbocharger?

This is common on some vehicles and difficult to detect without cutting the pipe! We recommend fitting a new oil inlet pipe when installing the new turbo. Install oil drain line to the turbocharger, then pour new engine oil into the oil inlet hole of the turbocharger and fit the oil feed line.

How does a turbo charger work on a car?

This typically involves the replacement of one or both of the exhaust manifolds with units designed to support a turbo, or routing the output of your stock manifolds into a common pipe (called the “up-pipe”) onto which the turbo mounts.

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Ruth Doyle