Turbo for 4.5l

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Re: Turbo for 4.5l

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May I ask how much you had to pay in the end?
Even a rough figure would be interesting.
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Re: Turbo for 4.5l

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You may always ask.

There were a couple of things wrong with mine that had to be fixed as well, so my price won't be accurate to work on, but let's just say you would probably spend more than R80k (depending on the condition of your vehicle this could even be more than R100k) if you want it done right (including labour). Doing it cheaper is possible, but I would advise against it. List of things done on mine so far (engine only):
  • New conrods
    New injectors
    New injector rail
    Turbo
    Intercooler
    Viper exhaust system
    New air filter
    Viscous coupling
    New Spitronics ECU
    Complete servicing and repair of engine and accessories
    LOTS of fiddling with the waste gate (The turbo actually worked too well and apparently it was a female dog to get it under control.)
    High pressure fuel pump
    Tuning
    A couple of other things I cannot remember right now.

    Also done later:
    Clutch

    Planned future mods:
    Upgraded cooling
(I did say so far because there are still a few small things I'd like to improve upon.)

As previously stated, if you compare the cost of the conversion against the cost of the vehicle only, it seems rather absurd. However if you add the two together (because the 4.5 is very cheap to buy) you still end up with a monster of a vehicle for roughly R200k.

PS: Can anyone explain to me exactly how these bullets work, because I just can't seem to figure it out?
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Re: Turbo for 4.5l

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Regarding the bullets:-
  • For text here on the forum, you have to click on the "bullet" button for each line
  • But for firearm bullets, that is a whole different story
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:rolling: Ok sure. Luckily those are not the kind of bullets needed.

The spacing however seems off? Is there a way to do bullets without having them look like separate paragraphs?

As you can tell, I'm a little CDO. It's like OCD except the letters are in alphabetical order... like they should be.
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Re: Turbo for 4.5l

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XenoBlitz wrote: 01 Apr 2019 12:04 :rolling: Ok sure. Luckily those are not the kind of bullets needed.

The spacing however seems off? Is there a way to do bullets without having them look like separate paragraphs?

As you can tell, I'm a little CDO. It's like OCD except the letters are in alphabetical order... like they should be.
I also battle with the OCD thing a little. For example, I cannot adequately explain how this specific plumber's truck broke me in the traffic a while ago...
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:rolling: :rolling: :rolling: :rolling: :rolling: ..... Epic !!!!
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Re: Turbo for 4.5l

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Could you advise who you used to do the turbo kit with? Thanks in advance
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Re: Turbo for 4.5l

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Hi Naeemk

Sorry, I have been offline for a bit.
All the details can be found here.

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