Hi All,
Firstly........I have been around a few forums and have seen enough "Can I turbo my........." to know the first responses are in the order of
1. Sell yours and just got buy a turbo version of your car
2. Sell yours and just go buy a turbo version of your car
3.....Sell yours and just go buy a turbo version of your car......
So I appreciate your reading this post but if your response is above, please refrain
So I own a 2007 Liberty Premium wagon in obsidian black with 95,000km on it. Prior to the massive hail storm that hit Sydney early last year it was in immaculate condition and well loved, but the hail changed that! Hit by hail, written off, I bought it off the insurer for an absolute SONG and then got a further refund which means that the car has now owes me about $100........including the original purchase price!
So I have no plans on selling this car in the future because it is the cheapest motoring i think I will ever have and if i upgrade to another car I will get very little if anything for mine and will have to stump up the entire purchase price for whatever I buy..........financially this just doesn't make sense. So now the plan is when the liberty becomes to small for my wife and kids, I will sell my Colorado and get a family Car (thinking Everest) and the wife will get that for daily use and I will drive the liberty.
After all that, I have always wanted a performance turbo and if I spend say $5000 on a front cut or something, It would mean for $5000 I will have a two owner turbo station wagon with leather, sat Nav, reversing camera, lotsa airbags, etc.....absolutely financially a good decision to satisfy a normally financially terrible desire!!
So now the actual question.............Would a front cut supply enough? Has anyone on here done this before? Would an engine swap suffice with standard ancillaries? ECU swap? Custom ECU?
Keen to hear from experience what would be required.
I am relatively mechanically handy and have access to all required equipment to complete the works.
Anyone selling a 2.5T front cut or wreck??
Thanks guys