I've just been having a brouse of Club Calibra and have discoverd that Vauxhall donates there 2.5 and 3.0ltr engines to Saab and was used in a fair few models. Further to this I found that Saab dropped in a low pressure turbo on the 3.0 that can run without a waste gate and runs off only the front bank of the engine and you dont have to do a single thing to the engine to make it run right such as compression ratio lol.
The Turbo takes the 3.0 up to 250bhp so thats a 42bhp gain on a standard 3.0ltr block. So with mine now being around the 235-245bhp area I'm very tempted to have a go at it as I'm sure I could find a dead Saab to butcher pmsl and it would knock mine up to 270-280bhp.
What do you guys think?? Worth while mod for the money (around £350-450 to buy a sceond hand manifold, turbo and gaskets)????
It appeals to me as a Supercharger conversion which gives 265 bhp on a standard 3.0ltr block costs up to £3500-4000 for the conversion. The only trhing that would need to be sorted would be a custom made oil return pipe for the turbo as the Vauxhall version of the engine doesn't have one.
Let me know what you think guys.
Cheers BAD63R
The Turbo takes the 3.0 up to 250bhp so thats a 42bhp gain on a standard 3.0ltr block. So with mine now being around the 235-245bhp area I'm very tempted to have a go at it as I'm sure I could find a dead Saab to butcher pmsl and it would knock mine up to 270-280bhp.
What do you guys think?? Worth while mod for the money (around £350-450 to buy a sceond hand manifold, turbo and gaskets)????
It appeals to me as a Supercharger conversion which gives 265 bhp on a standard 3.0ltr block costs up to £3500-4000 for the conversion. The only trhing that would need to be sorted would be a custom made oil return pipe for the turbo as the Vauxhall version of the engine doesn't have one.
Let me know what you think guys.
Cheers BAD63R