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Old 06-30-2004, 11:31 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Question DIY Turbo???
as some of you might know...i am poor...i cant afford a turbo to save my life...is there anyway you can make your own turbo instead of buying one?...jus wondering if theres any hope
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If you happened to stumble apon a turbo charger... You could make your owns manifolds and exhaust/intake piping. But besides that, you couldn't really make the charger itself. That's kind of expensive.

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i knew a guy who got an electric leaf blower and rigged it up to the intake on his Mk1 mr2. not real sure how effective it was, but when he turned it on, it made the RPM's rise...
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allen how is your turbo project going?
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i cant find it but there was a post on here a few years back where a guy tryed to rig a hair dryer up as a supercharger ... it kinda got torn apart from the force of the engine but still you can hunt around a few trash cans and find one .......

*edit* after diffrent word choices i did find one

how many cfms does the 2.2L I4 take in

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