the everlasting question....TURBO'S

i know nothing of turbo's, in fact i dont even claim to know anything about car's. with that said, on to the noob question.

while searching craigslist for ANYTHING aveo, i came up short. but i did find alot of cheap(100$) turbo's. trouble is, they are listed in a language i dont understand. most of the turbo's i think will fit the aveo, come off of Honda's, or were built for Honda's. but whats considered to big? is it just a matter of what we can make fit under the hood? or is there a point where the turbo's spooling becomes a serious drag on the engine? also, can any PSI be run on ANY size turbo, or is there a "curve" to adhere to?

the smaller a motors displacement, the smaller of a turbo you want to use (depending on a number of factors). when you turbo a vehicle you need a number of supporting mods based on the amount of boost you want to run. ie engine tuning, injectors, stronger rods/crank/pistons, fuel pump, etc. boosting a vehicle is a very involved process and i know there are members here who can expand on what i am saying.

edit: few websites to give a general understanding.

http://www.torquecars.com/tuning/adding-turbo.php

http://auto.howstuffworks.com/turbo.htm

http://www.racetep.com/turbo.html

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Originally Posted by AveoBlack

i know nothing of turbo's, in fact i dont even claim to know anything about car's. with that said, on to the noob question.

while searching craigslist for ANYTHING aveo, i came up short. but i did find alot of cheap(100$) turbo's. trouble is, they are listed in a language i dont understand. most of the turbo's i think will fit the aveo, come off of Honda's, or were built for Honda's. but whats considered to big? is it just a matter of what we can make fit under the hood? or is there a point where the turbo's spooling becomes a serious drag on the engine? also, can any PSI be run on ANY size turbo, or is there a "curve" to adhere to?

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terrible idea to jump into turboing with out reading up

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Originally Posted by aveosam2

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Originally Posted by AveoBlack

i know nothing of turbo's, in fact i dont even claim to know anything about car's. with that said, on to the noob question.

while searching craigslist for ANYTHING aveo, i came up short. but i did find alot of cheap(100$) turbo's. trouble is, they are listed in a language i dont understand. most of the turbo's i think will fit the aveo, come off of Honda's, or were built for Honda's. but whats considered to big? is it just a matter of what we can make fit under the hood? or is there a point where the turbo's spooling becomes a serious drag on the engine? also, can any PSI be run on ANY size turbo, or is there a "curve" to adhere to?

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terrible idea to jump into turboing with out reading up

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if it werent for terrible idea's, i'd never learn anything lol. i know 5 psi is safe to run without an engine rebuild, so thats what i was going with. i just didnt know what numbers to look for when buying all the parts.