Need urgent advice for adding turbo in my non turbo diesel Mitsubishi lancer

[iamsidhartha]

hi,
I am planning to add turbo in my lancer having a diesel engine (4d68) 1998 cc.
Please give me some expert advice for this project.

 

[Jakeymd]

The most sensible option in my opinion is to transplant a turbo charged engine in rather than fitting a turbo to a NA engine.

 

[HDi fun]

^^^^^^AGREED^^^^^^

You can't simply 'add' a turbo to an engine

 

[Dr Acula]

^^^^^^AGREED^^^^^^

You can't simply 'add' a turbo to an engine

Yes you can !

Just keep boost levels low.

 

[Jakeymd]

But the whole set up is still far from simple. And with a diesel you'll have pre-det issues.

 

[obi_waynne]

Diesels are very different beasts to petrol engines and there are lots of things to take into account when adding forced induction. The Compression ratios are much higher to start with and then with a turbo you need a ridiculous amount of fuel pressure.

 

[jarrus]

But the whole set up is still far from simple. And with a diesel you'll have pre-det issues.

No,

Diesel depend on detonation to burn the fuel mate

 

[jarrus]

I'm sure you can get the turbo version of the engine...

 

[HDi fun]

Since the late 1980s very few cars have been offered with naturally aspirated diesel engines.

Mercedes Benz used to do an E300 D until quite late 1990s and VAG offered an SDi unit until around the same time.

There were Rover Montego and Maestro models tooled up with a Perkins DI non turbo unit. Horrid to drive and unbearably noisy.

Our old Ibiza was a 1996 1.9D indirect injection unit but apart from the usual old-school diesel sound it actually went reasonably well despite a miserly 64bhp (!).