Okay so I have seen couple of rebuilt engines on a chevy aveo and i was hoping if anyone could give me couple of ideas of rebuilding mine. I have a stock 1.6L 4 Cylinder 16v engine, Its a 2004 Chevy Aveo Base Sedan. I would greatly appreciate if anyone could give me any ideas on rebuilding my engine for speed and how to install a turbo kit.
There are several threads on turbo installs on here. This engine isn't a speed engine. It's a cheap economical engine. If you want speed look elsewhere because you can install a turbo on this and crank the boost and a v6 mustang will still murder it in a 1/4 mile. As for a turbo, you are gonna need a custom exhaust manifold, custom ic piping, a piggy back or standalone ecu with a custom dyno tune, custom oil and water lines, pick whatever turbo you wanna try to fab up, and a custom air intake.
If I had a first gen Id buy a complete ECOTEC ( 1.8 or 1.6) engine , harness n ECU. It bolts to your transmission ( 5 SPD ). Install, get it running, then get a CAI, headers, and buy a Trifecta tune or a Jet Chip and call it a day. This will put u at about 40-55 flywheel HP over your current setup and actually be reliable. Ive seen about a third of rebuilt performance 4 cylinders, smoke or blow before 15k miles. And I know for a fact the engine builder was on point, often ****ty tuning and half ass at home installs r to blame. This is as plug and play as aveo owners can get, not too pricey if done urself or with friends, and will be MUCH more reliable than a homebrew turbo and Im guessing the #s will be very close if u go with the 1.8 set up.
Last edited by Pooh Man; 05-20-2014 at 01:04 AM.
The problem fitting the 1.8 engine is that you will have to replace all the wiring into the fuse box inside the car. Very time consuming and can be a little costly if not done correctly. I have no electrical experience which is why I have not done the 1.8 cruze swap.
Agreed, do all the hard parts urself n have someone else wire it, in the long run it will be worth it. A stock block turbo will probably have less power than a tuned and bolt on powered ECOTEC and probably have reliability issues. Trust me I spent 10 grand in a day n spent 2 years cleaning up the mess, including the help of reputable speed shops
I think you'd be better off just getting a turbo car from the factory.
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