Turbocharging a Legend
Has anybody heard of or actually turboed an acura legend themselves or any other 6 cylinder. ???
I can get a audi turbo and intercooler and hoses at a local junkyard but was wondering if i could put it on my car. Thanks. P.S. I can weld and fabricate to some extent. |
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I found a kit but it is like 6 or 7 thousand if you have and suggestions i would still like them. Thanks.
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you would either have to make it twin turbo or get a collector of some sort. it is very possible. a buick grand national is a v6 turbo from the factory. make you could use some parts from that setup.it's not much but it's a start
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you wanna do a Twin or single turbo setup?
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a guy i worked w/ had an early model legend... neat car... but parts where pricy and space is VERY tight in that engine bay... good luck man
that being said somone was telling me not long back about a single bank turbo system that saab uses on the V6 motors... it's low boost so it works fairly well from what i'm told basicly you put a turbo on one of the turbo banks, my guess is most commonly is the rear bank, but could always be the front if thats where space permits, from there you run your charge pipes and such, so one bank is running the old NA exhaust and the other is pushin the turbo... i found this idea very neat, i'd love to try it on a mazda mx3 1.8L v6 :)... but it may be an idea for ya to start with. mark |
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hehe this topic was beaten to death in the acura legend forum, basically only one person ever did it. Used a twin turbo setup for a drag car, the engeine stuck out of his hood.
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two ihi's would work wonders if u can get them to be identical....
that would be nice. |
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I have been interested in picking up a 90 Legend coupe so i started reading up in the legend forums again and some guy and AZ just did a single turbo setup. The numbers were not to impressive but it was a low boost setup and he had a photo shoot done for sport compact car so i would imagine it would show up in the next few months. Check out the link if it works:
http://www.cardomain.com/member_page...=334582&page=4 Looks like a nice setup and really clean car. |
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i actually own a 94 legend coupe 6 speed, this is by far the best legend forum
http://www.acura-legend.com/vbulletin/ |
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Do a search on google...The Legend was one of the
few cars that came turbocharged from the Honda factory. They didn't make many of them but i've seen several good websites with some good pics of the turbos and intercooler (I think it was twin turbo and 6 speed). Jason :) |
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hate to tell you but legends never came turbo. IN 93 they introduced the 6 spedd 230hp type 2 motor but that is it. I own a 93 legend but is an auto :( . I looked at buying a 6 speed type 2 motor but i can't not find one in good condition and they are super rare. If i had the 6 speed 230hp one i would probably twin turbo it by just pulling parts off a Vr4 twin turbo and adding in some HMT parts too of course :D
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Of course! Honda made several turbocharged production
cars, the Legend and the City to name a few. They didn't make too many of the Legend turbos, but if you look hard enough you can find people that have them. I know they used the Honda Wing turbo. I'm not sure of any good sites but a search on google provided this: http://dwolsten.tripod.com/articles/jan89a.html http://asia.vtec.net/topics/turbohonda.html http://www.luk-korbmacher.de/Autos/c20a-t.htm Go have a beer ;) Jason |
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Dude we are talking about an Acura legend ...your are thinking of a different car. Trust me i have owned 2 legends 1 of each generation made and they dont make turbo Acura legends. You are talking about a foriegn market 2.0L turbo honda car with the name legend.
oh and a beer would be nice... |
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the turbo legend was a JDM only car in the late 80s i believe
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