Gas conversion is stalled, but on the back burner......gotta quit acquiring them and start working on them!!!!!! May stay stalled until the diesel can be evaluated for turbo addition!!!!
That makes me happy to know that you are thinking of the smart car turbo for your acquired diesel . Please keep me informed as I would like to add a turbo to my 1512 also. I need the drawing for the adaptor plate to mount the turbo and now have a guy here local that can make it in his shop. I can`t remember who did the mod a few years back ? and how it works once the fuel screw is opened up. I hope I will get a few more HP`s for the 1512 . Can you tell me what amount of HP I should expect ? any help would be much appreciated :
Nice buy Steve....if only it had been 1 hour closer to me.....would have given up the 1512 in a heartbeat for that!
Anybody looked into the mini China turbos on Fleabay?
The sizing is similar to a Garrett 06 which seems to be more appropriate to the D600 motors smaller displacement.
I'm tempted to try one.
Is there a turbo thread before this gets carried away?
The red's kinda growing on me. I like the black frame. Painted up like a Magnum. Doesn't look like too much work other than a turbo. Too bad someone's not fabbing up kits and selling them for the smokers. I bet they would sell a few kits. Maybe we should talk Mike into it.
Where did you get the intake to add the smart car turbo ? I would do that mod to my 1512 if I could get good info on the install. Also do you think it adds much more HP to the diesel?
Mike M. did that conversion, I take no credit for his nice work! I do know that the manifold is the same at the Smart car, but requires a bolt adapter plate.
Big Steve and I made a trip up north yesterday to swap some parts around.....after moving the heavy iron, I loaded up the small box of parts.......the FUN ones!!!!
Because, after all, doesn't this look too "plain"?