Finally going to turbo my 2011 aveo5 lt

Wow, what a thread! I too am looking to turbo my Aveo5, a 2008 manual. Have you per chance considered going with a Cruze or Sonic 1.4 turbo engine and transmission? That is my plan, find one at the yard, buy it (six speed, obviously) and fabricate to fit. ECU should just prove to be a swap. There will of course be the typical problems, considering the mass of wires! Imagine the possibilities however!

If anyone here knows that it can't be done with some simple switching around of engine mounts and melding with some wire, let me know! I would rather kill the Sonic/Cruze 1.4L turbo engine swap dream before it becomes some sort of obsession! ;)

Its very possible. Worst case you have to have mounts made, and make sure you get the donor cars ac and other accessories.. You pretty much need everything under that hood

Anything is possible and I agree that you will need everything under the hood and the ecu and main harness but it can be done

Hey hunter are you going turbo? What are your plans

Of course he is!

Plans are k03-005 turbo on a modified b16 Ramhorn manifold 2.5 high flow mandrel exhaust front mounted ic with seq bov Siemens injectors on a trifecta tune

you and that trifecta tune, that's some bs lol

Oh and walboro 255 fuel pump and a fresh set of ngk plugs

09+ has that advantage :-)

I am totally investing in Maximum Boost! This is a game I am willing to play, keep us up to date hunter.

I will try to get started on the engine swap within the year (my goal, at least before summer hits, is to have definitive plans and maybe even an engine laying around!).

Oh yeah, as for the aircon, my Aveo is base!

If all goes as I hope I should have everything in and running by mid summer and pics of each stage as I complete them

Good luck on your swap I hope all goes smoothly keep us posted on your progress as well

How is this coming along? I would like to see some updates, curious what you have been up to!

It's slow goings at the.moment had to change jobs so things delayed a lil but still moving foreward hope to get rolling good by summer

I have all the parts to my build except the haltech sprint 500. That's almost a grand for the damn software plus the dyno tuning.

I've got some of my exhaust together and working out a Deal for some injectors

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Originally Posted by camopaint0707

I have all the parts to my build except the haltech sprint 500. That's almost a grand for the damn software plus the dyno tuning.

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The software isn't an extra charge... it comes with the Sprint 500 and is freely downloadable from the Haltech site.

As for cost... by the time you get the unit in your hands with the wiring harness and shipping, around $1000 sounds right. Assuming you know how to wire up everything perfectly before the dyno tuning and you don't run into any strange problems, expect another $400 - $600 for a tune from scratch.

By software I meant the actual ecu. And yes then once that is wired up it's another few hours at $100 an hour on the dyno.

how is this build going?

Slow due to unexpected ex bs but still going forward haven't gotten as far as I wanted but at this point any progress is good progress

Lol on ur bs....I just got rid of mine!!

I thought I was done with mine lol then this happened but the saying is true tits or tires = trouble lol

So what's the update? or is this a done and over project?

Everybody says they are going to turbo their car, no one ever does.

See before I do any work under the hood I want to change the rear suspension from leaf springs to coils. Then i want to change the transmission from the 4 speed to a 5 or 6 speed manual. Then i'll hit the engine after i get everything else worked out. I have another car though so I don't have to use the aveo. I was just wondering what's going on so that if need be i can reference this thread when I get there.

Leaf springs? I think you should do a little more research man, I haven't seen leaf springs on a passenger car since the early 90s (not including minivans, suvs and trucks)

I was definitely mistaken. Lol I for some reason that's unknown to me thought it was leaf springs.

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I was definitely mistaken. Lol I for some reason that's unknown to me thought it was leaf springs.

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I would start spending some time on How stuff works and learn the proper names for parts. That will take you far.

Hi to all.... I'm from Johannesburg I have a 07 aveo sedan and I wasn't happy with the power so I decided to install a opel c20ne 8v with dictator management and funny enuf I'm still using my original tranny