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Aug 13th, 2015, 17:57 | #1 |
Volvo conservationist
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engine choice - t5 or period carb turbo?
what would you do?
build a t5 240 - with all the expense of using a rare gearbox and custom ecu. or spend £500 on the r-sport turbo carb kit on ebay right now. i already have the b230ft and redblock m90. i was thinking 16v head too, but that might just make things over complicated. a whiteblock m90 is going to cost me £500 no matter what, and id love to keep it simple with a period r sport touch. but running on a carburettor on todays fuel prices scares me, and i really wanted to run LPG to try and control my monthly fuel bill a little. i don't even know if it is possible to run a turbo carb lpg system.... what do you friendly people think? |
Aug 13th, 2015, 22:12 | #2 |
No I'm not the redhead
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This:
https://youtu.be/m5oBsK1N3pw https://youtu.be/AWqXDj5AKmc https://youtu.be/_uZC6EfnQfE In all seriousness though, the carb turbo on eBay is vastly overpriced. If you want a cheap turbo then fit one from a 940. That's what I would do if I wanted a nippy 240 without any hassle of an engine swap. Bung in a redblock and be done with it.....don't bother ****ing about with carb turbos, it's ancient tech and not worth the hassle |
Aug 14th, 2015, 22:48 | #3 |
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yeah im sticking with the t5 idea.
that first link has given me a massive motivational boost. |
Aug 16th, 2015, 11:34 | #4 |
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You can run turbo on lpg....if you really wanted too , you could turbo the car for 500 tops , it doesn't have to anything fancy...
That r sport kit is only really for die yards, you could turbo a carb model easily , but you must have the correct carb , which is still available from burlen fuel systems....
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Aug 16th, 2015, 22:36 | #5 |
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if i was going to do a carb turbo, it would have to be that r sport package. i cant see any reason for using carb over injection unless you are going for originality.
i cant afford it now anyway, some things you just have to walk away from... just got to keep an eye out for some old giffer selling a 960 manual for cheap! |
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