Can you Say Turbo

[khan4rtist]

hmmm....now all we need is a how-to for this swap, i wanna do it

[thehotrodguy]

Great news I have the car running like a champ on a hunch I went on e-bay and I got an ECM for a 2006 Suzuki Forenza. I put in the ECM in and no more P0300 code, I figured for all intends and purposes this is now a Forenza so why not use the brain of the Forenza. The car now has some balls and it has a noticeable amount of torque I can now move on to the next stage of the project. That is to splice in the piggyback from AEM as soon as this is done I will put in new bigger injectors and map the AEM to work with the bigger injectors and the stock configuration and then will come the turbo.

[exist3nce]

Anything new with this project? I have a turbo Optra (Forenza) in Canada......... been boosted for almost 2 years.

[deniswhite1]

post more pics

[thehotrodguy]

OK guys here we go, Sorry for the long delay I was working on one of my other cars and had put this on the back burner for a bit. I finally have the turbo in and working all of the pipe work is done and the turbo is working very well. The turbo is a T28 Garrett unit it spools up very quickly and gives me very good power, I am using a AEM FIC to the fuel management that it seems to be work great. I have not gotten a chance to do any data logging so I have not any tweaking with the current maps that I have set up. I did run into a small problem with the turbo, when I first set it up I used a return line that was too small and the turbo was leaking oil both into the exhaust and on the compressor side. The return line that I was using was a -4 and after looking on Garrett’s WEB site that recommended a -10. After I put in the -10 return the leaking stopped, I have gotten a bit on the car on short runs and the care hauls it is very fast. The turbo is currently setup for only 5 pounds of boots I will do some tuning later on I just want to make sure that all is working well before I start doing any more tune changes below I have included some pics.



Regards,

[y2dgone]

looks real good, *thumbs up*

[deniswhite1]

UPDATE?

[subachad]

That's badass!

Few questions...

What is the exhaust manifold off of?
Is the ECU a direct plug in? do all the gauges work OK?
What needed to be changed to get the engine in?

We need a solid 1.6 to 2.0 swap how to article complete with pictures, wiring, etc.. (i'm not asking you for this, just curious)

[thehotrodguy]

1) The manifold is for a Suzuki Forenza and I was able to get it from Boshart Motorsports listed below I have included there URL.

2 The ECU if also from a Suzuki Forenza and I was able to get one from E-Bay for $45.00, this was a good buy. Everything works correctly including the cruise control the only thing I have a problem with is the fuel gauge. I have not gotten a chance to fix this, but it should be very simple to fix by putting the correct value resistor in parallel with the sending unit.

3) As for putting the 2.0 engine in there nothing that needs to be changed as far the any motor mounts, the engine will go in with out any problems.

4) I have taken pictures to document the entire install from start to finish; I was thinking on putting together a how-to booklet I think that it would be useful for this application or anyone that would like to know how to get a project like this completed.


http://www.b-moto.com/

[Schwartz1986]

Hey, how did you straigten out your upper radiator line? I want to get rid of the plastic fittings and ditch the bent hose. Thanks!

Toby