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Car Engine Upgrades by king406(m): 8:25pm On Sep 16, 2014
Hello, please is it advisable to add a supercharger or a turbocharger to my peugeot 207? Will it make any negative impact on the engine? And how much speed will I get?
Re: Car Engine Upgrades by Nobody: 9:24pm On Sep 16, 2014
You can't simply "add" a turbocharger, or supercharger to a naturally-aspirated engine. It's not a simple, bolt-on affair. The internals, exhaust, fuelling, ECU map etc will all need to be modified.

And as per how fast your car will go if charged, there are NO accurate answers that can be given.

Do you actually know how forced induction works??

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Re: Car Engine Upgrades by cellors: 2:07pm On Sep 23, 2014
Siena: You can't simply "add" a turbocharger, or supercharger to a naturally-aspirated engine. It's not a simple, bolt-on affair. The internals, exhaust, fuelling, ECU map etc will all need to be modified.

And as per how fast your car will go if charged, there are NO accurate answers that can be given.

Do you actually know how forced induction works??

can a car engine be tuned up to accommodate more power?
what are the things to be tuned in an engine to achieve this?

thanks
Re: Car Engine Upgrades by DECOtech(m): 8:28pm On Sep 24, 2014
Nice topic. I'm following.
Re: Car Engine Upgrades by DaimlerBen(m): 11:21pm On May 10, 2015
Siena:
You can't simply "add" a turbocharger, or supercharger to a naturally-aspirated engine. It's not a simple, bolt-on affair. The internals, exhaust, fuelling, ECU map etc will all need to be modified.

And as per how fast your car will go if charged, there are NO accurate answers that can be given.

Do you actually know how forced induction works??
How about on a carburetted car with no ECU, say, a Merc W123?
Re: Car Engine Upgrades by Nobody: 11:33pm On May 10, 2015
DaimlerBen:

How about on a carburetted car with no ECU, say, a Merc W123?

It can be done, but it's still a massive undertaking. You'll still have to find a way to control boost, and retard the ignition timing when boost comes in. You'll need to lower the compression ratio too.

That carburettor won't supply nearly enough fuel, lean running under boost will result in melted pistons.

What exhaust manifold will you use anyway?
Re: Car Engine Upgrades by sultaan(m): 5:11am On May 11, 2015
Isn't the 207 a 3 cylinder engine?


If it is not worth the cost just get a car with bigger engine smiley
Re: Car Engine Upgrades by XerXesNG(m): 2:59pm On May 11, 2015
sultaan:
Isn't the 207 a 3 cylinder engine?


If it is not worth the cost just get a car with bigger engine smiley

The concept is the surprise on people's faces when the 'old small car' leaves dust for a range rover at a traffic green light. People will already expect a big nice car to be fast.
Re: Car Engine Upgrades by Kashif(m): 3:04pm On May 11, 2015
Beware of torque steer.
Re: Car Engine Upgrades by XerXesNG(m): 3:35pm On May 11, 2015
Kashif:
Beware of torque steer.

Who wants a 300+ hp FWD anyway?
Re: Car Engine Upgrades by DaimlerBen(m): 3:52pm On May 11, 2015
Siena:


It can be done, but it's still a massive undertaking. You'll still have to find a way to control boost, and retard the ignition timing when boost comes in. You'll need to lower the compression ratio too.

That carburettor won't supply nearly enough fuel, lean running under boost will result in melted pistons.

What exhaust manifold will you use anyway?
So you're saying one would have to give the car an "ECU" of sorts and change to injection? I don't know much about the types of manifolds. It's a 200E, too much sentiments attached to throw away, yet thirsty and a little slow for my liking.

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