Keep us posted and take pictures of the progress. Should be a fun build.

 

what has to be done to put a turbo on a 2.3 8 valve. ive been thinkin of savin to do it but dont know the extra work involved (head work?). a guy at my work said its wouldnt be safe considering 120,000 miles on my car

 

A guy at your work is retarded, imho.

Depends how much boost you want to run really.

 

well what would be safe for a car with my mileage

 

my 1.8l had 155000miles and the injection sistem broke down..... and I am not repairing it .... I have heart about m102 motors with 250000miles and more with not any problems but anyway I think that you should use new con rods -pistons and cranckshaft (only the round metals that are used instead of bearings I dont know how you call them)

 

my 1.8l had 155000miles and the injection system broke down..... and I am not repairing it .... I have heart about m102 motors with 250000miles and more with not any problems but anyway I think that you should use new con rods -pistons and crankshaft (only the round metals that are used instead of bearings I don't know how you call them)

Ive spoken with the guy doing the conversion and he said "don't fix something thats not broken" they going to drop the compression and keep the rest of the engine as is only changing parts that needs to be changed.

My car has 305000km (±218000miles) on the clock. I don't want a monster build, only something with a bit of extra horses...

JC

 

so u are going ahead and changing pistons and all that fun stuff in the block?

 

your car your money .... you can do anything you want..!!

I wouldnt spent so much for an old engine....you can use a newer one kompresor engine with less km on the clock and about 160ps

 

Here is a direct bolt on and rare turbo kit:

MOSSELMAN TURBO KIT FOR MERCEDES 190/190E,W201,COSWORTH - eBay Mercedes-Benz, Car Parts, Cars, Parts Vehicles (end time 26-Sep-07 12:04:15 BST)

 

Here is a direct bolt on and rare turbo kit:

MOSSELMAN TURBO KIT FOR MERCEDES 190/190E,W201,COSWORTH - eBay Mercedes-Benz, Car Parts, Cars, Parts Vehicles (end time 26-Sep-07 12:04:15 BST)

The kit looks suspicious.

The 2.3 motor requires twin header pipes but the kit uses an exhaust manifold that only has a single outlet to the header pipe.

 

thats what i noticed too but i thought may be i'm wrong.

 

I have taken my baby to have a turbo fitted and everything else done that is needed to make this a success.
The conversion will be done by Sybie Coetzee, a guy with a lot of experience and years behind him in the racing scene in South Africa.
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Sounds indeed like a fun project - that Mazda ute is quite cool.
Keep us posted!

 

The kit looks suspicious.

The 2.3 motor requires twin header pipes but the kit uses an exhaust manifold that only has a single outlet to the header pipe.

What kind of drugs are you guys doing? We are talking about a turbo, if you look closer at the kit, you will see the additional exhaust flange which bolts to the exhaust portion of the turbo. This kit is the holy grail of 190e bolt on kits.

 

Hi,

will be going to check on my baby tomorrow morning (Saturday) and see how its going. Will also try to get some pics...

 

Pics

Here is some pics...

The inter cooler is fitted, waiting for the exhaust manifold / turbo and then everything can be assembled. Had to remove the air con`s electric fan to fit the inter cooler and will have to do some other minor mods.

Fuel Injection will be handled by an after market ECU and wiring.

Cant wait to get my baby back

 

Here is some pics...

The inter cooler is fitted, waiting for the exhaust manifold / turbo and then everything can be assembled. Had to remove the air con`s electric fan to fit the inter cooler and will have to do some other minor mods.

Fuel Injection will be handled by an after market ECU and wiring.

Cant wait to get my baby back

is that a electonic fuel ingected motor???

 

That yellow fanblade looks funny!

 

Indeed,

That is the original fan blade (5 Blades)

 

I kinda like thought it's yellow 'cuz black ones would't sit on a "white man" 's car in Pretoria, you know... that made it funnier....

 

Eish, havent thought about it like that,

 

Went to visit my Merc today,

The turbo is fitted, they were preparing to fit the dump-valve and it should be running at the weekend.

Cant wait

 

Very good! The turbo should easily give you about 50-60 more hp, if you were to run 7-8 psi. At 10-12 psi you might be able to crack 250 horses. Good luck!

 

At present I would be running about 4 - 4.5 psi. The engine is at 9.0:1 compression ratio and it have not been dropped, so this is a low boost system for now, will do more in the future, budget a bit tight

Wanted to get the basics (turbo, fuel injection system, inter cooler and rest of sensors) on and working. will start to do the serious stuff (more boost) later.

JC

 

JCC

Do you have to pass a Smog or emissions test of any kind there in Pretoria? I was curious as how the Turbo will change things as far as emissions go.

Dan

 

No, we are so far very fortunate that we do not have strict regulations about emissions. You can even drive your car around when its smoking like a coal fire, using more oil per mile than fuel

Most of our cars driving around today are ±10 years old or older. Leaded fuel was phased out last year (If I remember correctly) and we also have LPR (lead replacement fuel) for older cars that used to run on leaded.

The people here also remove the cats from their new cars, if fitted, when the warranty expires.

JC

 

Hi, I will be able to fetch my Benz from the workshop on Monday. Cant wait...

Will post all the details and pics when I have it.

JC

 

I've gotta ask. Earlier on page two, you said you found a bolt on turbo kit for the w201. Where is it? Maybe a link? After searching, all I can find is a mosselman for the W124.

 

The bolt-on kit was on ebay. Might still be on but think it was sold to the highest bidder.

 

Got my Benz back today, what a pleasure to drive..

Specs: Power / Torque on the wheels
Before After (Turbo)
RPM HP kW Nm HP kW Nm
2000 39.5 29.5 140.7 45.4 33.9 161.7
3000 60.5 45.1 143.5 92.6 69.0 219.8
4000 80.5 60.0 143.3 137.1 102.3 244.1
5000 86.1 64.2 122.6 162.5 121.2 231.4
5500 84.3 62.9 109.2 160.1 119.4 207.3

Using a T3/T4 Turbo, external waste gate, dumb valve and 9.0/1 compression
Will ask Sybie what the boost is.

jc

 

Boost at 0.5bar

Did a long distance trip, 3250miles at average speed of 100mp/h and no troubles. Turbo conversion is very reliable as is my 190

Did a top speed run also, got 151mp/h at 6000rpm and rev limiter kicking in. Tested with a GPS.

jc

 

Sure you'll love it - I am hooked on turbo charged cars (currently have two - and will turbo the Volvo as soon as we can afford it). Smoked an Infinity M45 yesterday (the kid almost crashed it when he wanted to steer into an exit lane @ 85 MPH)....