That's a really nice looking fiero. I am really surprised you managed to fit the dohc 3.4 engine in there.

Thanks! It's a really tight fit no doubt, but it does fit. The engine itself isn't too bad, but add int he turbo kit, and it's pretty much hell under there. But it works!

What now minimekturbo?

uhhh i i dont think so

wow, bitch thread, holy ----!

I cant beleive I sat here and read all this ----

^ Agreed, and at the end I have to post something so if I ever see it again I know I allready wasted part of my life here. I never thought homemeade turbo = "back yard ghetto redneck not do anyting close to correctly cheap out on every part to get street cred with the 15 y.o.'s with the PSSSHHH sound". My goodness, you can still build a turbo kit at home with the CORRECT parts!

Im a hillbilly, please dont judge me for this but...

Anybody ever hear of electrical conduit? I use it to build exhaust systems. To describe it, its mild steal exhaust pipe that is galvanized (inside and out so it wont rust inside or out) and can be bought in 10' lengths as well as mandrel bends in many diameters including 2 1/4". It can be bought at many hardware stores like Home Deopt where I get mine, and goes for $34 after taxes for 10' and $15 for a mandrel bent piece. These prices are for 2 1/4". You can get it in many smaller diameters too, but 2 1/4" is the biggest ive seen.
Just for example I use 2 1/4" conduit, with a junkyard exhaust system to source my bends when I build an exhaust system. I recently built my full 2 1/4" exhaust system for my 97 civic for $34 (conduit) + $10 (junkyard system with 2 1/4" mandrel bends) total= $54. I have lots of conduit pipe and bends left over from this too. It would be easy to use this method to build a heavy duty charge pipe cheaply. Likely under $50. I used my Civic to pick up the pipe at Home Depot and the car drove home fine with the extra weight inside it so it should be decent enough to use it under the hood too.

Things like a welder and grinder are good to have, so if you buy them its a wise investment. Arc welders are cheap second hand.

If you grind your welds to look good and paint the pipe it wont look too bad. Rad hoses for couplers would work. I wouldnt trust rad hose on the turbo side of the intercooler though.

Yea I know the conduit pipe your talking about and over 1" stuff gets a little heavy but it will work. Make sure you use pipe dope on the unions.

Man I totalled up like 100 bucks in total for my exhaust and charge piping, its all 2 1/2 piping but with a welder and some crativity and a few 90 bends it works and works well. Im all about the cheep set up but wow, rad. hose for couplers?? There only like 5 bucks shipped to your door from ebay.

Heres a somewhat good pic of what I put together with a budget so tight it hurt, but it is reliable and was my first HomeMade Turbo for any car. Amazing what a few free weekends and some creativity can do. Ebay is a great frien when it comes to fittings, hose, couplers, and reducers. But the one thing I couldnt skimp on was safty stuff(WB o2 sensor kit,WG,BOV,IC,Tuning with my laptop,ecm boost controler) I never want to make my lil 3.1L V6 go kaboom!!

Just had to add to this thread.


And yes I cut off those zip tie ends...;D

I dont mind hillbilly made stuff as long as its perfectly functional and durable. You made that look easy and good Fasteddi. Nice turbo setup. Inspires me to buy the real couplers hahaha but you never know. Necessity is the mother of invention they say.

Good point!! I did try to use one rigged coupler when I first started the car up with the turbo and within 3 days of fun I blew the thing;D So needless to say I just got a real coupler and called it a day.