Turbo Kia in the works!!! =)
 

guys I'm so pumped right now!!.. I made up some figures on how much a custom turbokit would cost and found a car on the lot that would be good to do it to. Wrote it all up and gave it to my boss, he came back an hour later saying lets do it! ---- I can't wipe this ---- eating grin off my face.

I got around 2000 bucks to play with, its going to be on a 03 Kia Spectra 1.8l dohc. Using a SMIC injector controller, DSM T25 turbo, and yada yada..

more later :)

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Sweet!

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------- cool! :D Do you think you'll break the 100whp barrier? :D
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holy ----! I'll be more pumped up later when you type it all out in detail so I could understand!


:P j/k man, but seriously congrats! Take some pics, let's see the project to be! Make a video of all 23 hp of fury too :P

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i wanna see pictures of peoples faces when you ---- them up with a turbo kia....i know i'd be dissapointed

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Its funny cause we were just talking about this the other day, its nice to see your boss changed his mind and is going to do it. Make it cool looking

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whitey, how do you suggest making a kia cool looking ???

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A guy here in CT that owns a speed shop, Noel you know him, Bob at Performance Center has a turbo Kia Sephia. I guess it goes pretty good from what I hear.

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i knew it was gonna happen sooner or later. CONGRATS!

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What WHP does a 03 Kia Spectra 1.8l dohc have in stock form?

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Oh come on guys, ya its a kia but I will finally be able to show my boss that I can more than just modifing honda ----. The 1.8l E1 makes 124whp/119tq, which is 3hp less than a d16z6, but has more torque. I think it will work out pretty well. A freindly compression ratio, closed deck cast block, huge ass rods, probably twice the size of a honda. The head flows really well. The main problem will be fighting the stock ecu.

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you know your stuff-i can't wait to see pics or even a short vid.

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Is it MAF or MAP?

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put a hmt sticker on the ecu.

so is this at a dealrship or sumtin? like what will happen to the car after you get done with it?

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MAF,

and yes its a dealership car, I just pulled it in my bay a min ago, gonna start ripping it apart. They sure gave me a shitty one to do it to, god the ------- body isnt even straight, hahaha true hmt.

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do you get paid for it? didnt you guys already have a boosted kia come in a while ago? :-X.

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are you getting paid for this (working on it on company time) or just have $2k to do this car for the dealership on your own time?

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yeah, it sounds like a true HMT project.
"If you boost it, they will come."
chicks that is

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SMIC ?? WTF, did I hear you right. You can't run a SMIC on that thing.You need the Front mount so people will know what its packin. Call or Email and I will hook you up with a FMIC for a realy good deal. I can maybe throw in some piping also for a little free advertising when you get this thing done.

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I have a regular customer that does Hyundi kits but I don't think I know anyone that has done a Kia yet.

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safcs still work on maf cars, don't they?

so what's the deal with the crx? I saw a few teaser pix in steve's thread and now nothing? I may roll a b, but the socal crew has taught me how to show much love for the d.

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and the sponser start rollin in.. steve.. where are you!? ;D

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That new kia wagon, spectra 5, look pretty good. I would actually drive it, after making it turbo ;)

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Jeff you gotta jump on that FMIC from CCA, it will set that Kia off right! I'm sure we can round up some good deals here. Then the rest can be spent on the fuel tuning so that it lasts.

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sorry, I ment to say SDS EIC fuel injector controller, I was typing to fast, to excitied?! lol..

Ya, I have a Johnny race car 8in (new style) but its anoized black. I'll shoot you a PM Anthony


and yes, I am getting paid for this, (through the shop) I have a repair order that says "customer request custom turbo kit" lol

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that MAF is gunna be a PITA.

sounds like a megasquirt w/ the MAF b4 the turbo solution?

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what about an safc? It sounds like a dsm

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d16z6 never sees that at the wheels either.

haha, now the NW is gonna own all your non NW regional burnouts in a KIA :p

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those guys love to work on boosted cars ;D


Thats awesome Jeff 8) your boss must be a wicked cool guy to let you do this project, and get payed for it. ---- i would be super excited too. congrates, i know it will come great :) keep us posted

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sorry for the nnob question but what kinda shop does abaz work for ??
building custom kits with 2grand expenses is sweet

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kia dealership.

did you move to the new building yet? did you lay some nice rubber in the parking lot yet?

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Lol, I bet your picturing some badass custom fab shop but its really just a Nissan/Kia dealership

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Sounds good man. Maybe they'll start to have a HMT option... that'd kick ass.

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now he works at just a straight up kia dealership I think.

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That's ------' sweet. No one's gonna expect a Kia. Hope the tuning part goes well with it. LoL, and you're getting paid to do it! Hope your boss is impressed :P

btw... did some kid with some turbo Kia get into some beef with you a while back Jeff? I read something on H-T about some kid that was talkin' sh*t about you or something. I looked it up after I overheard some guy in one of my classes bragging to other kids in the class about how he turbo'd a Kia.

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i cant wait to see the write up ;D. good luck and get some action footage ;)

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ha ha, I was wondering how long it would take you to turbo a KIA. sounds like fun, especially when you are working on something that you like and get paid for it at the same time. 98ctr

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turbo kia would be something new

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Why? The maf will be hooked up on the inlet side of the compressor housing, it should run just fine like that. Similar to a dsm.

Megasquirt? ya right.. this car has to pass emissions, have a cat convertor 2 o2 sensors, run the stock ecu, and yes be OBD2.

Yes I did, do you remember the thread off hand? I owned that guy and just about got fired for it, lol..

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that will be sick man! There is a turbo kia over on h-t that looks pretty nice.

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I remember reading a while back when you said that Kia or something was going to contract you to turbo a car...

Was quite a while ago, is this it?

Sounds like fun though