NA to Turbo - The Ultimate Guide that Covers Everything + Cost Breakdown

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You know that if driving 4 answers uploads a video titled "The Ultimate Guide" it's actually going to be a comprehensive guide

'Since I'm already in here, I may as well destroy myself financially'..... I laughed so hard at that one....... then went real quiet when I started doing the sums.

From simply adapting motorbike carburetors to completely building your own engine with the exact specs you chose wow that's commitment right there mate! Watching your channel grow since it had 4 digit subs to what it is right now is crazy. Keep the good stuff coming

this is one of the best videos ive ever seen even though you said “its not meant to be an entertaining video” i was very entertained. Great to see the car running after following this build for so long and its awesome to see the people who helped you through it. cheers d4a, will see you in the next vid.

"Since I'm already in here, I might as well destroy myself financially." Really hits home. Lmfao You can ALWAYS justify a few more dollars to yourself. It snowballs so fast. I'm glad you spoke on "appropriate" turbo sizing for your use case. I like street cars, that means I don't need nearly as much top end as I do bottom end. In real life I will almost never go faster than 120mph in most use cases. I went with a smaller turbo, it's much more responsive and makes the car fun to drive. My 0-80mph times mean more to me than overall HP or speed above that. In the end I get a spirited, quick accelerating daily driver that doesn't come with all the headache of chasing truly insane numbers. 300-400hp is as much as I ever care to have.

A year ago I knew nothing about cars. But thanks to channels like yours, I’ve gained so much technical insights about cars that I’ve finally started having dream builds. Your work inspire me man. Hopefully someday I can built something that can go on inspiring others

Another excellent video. Also being an AW11 MR2 tragic, you've motivated me to do better firewall insulation than standard. 3 thing that any first time project builder will learn: It ALWAYS costs more than you think it will. Do your darndest to think of all the things that need to be bought/paid for and what those are likely to cost. Now double that amount and you should be reasonably close............ Do it right the first time! Doing it properly means you should only need to do it once. Which typically costs less than doing it multiple times........ Double check EVERYTHING! Having to redo work because you didn't correctly tighten some really difficult to get to nut/bolt/hose clamp/fitting, is bad enough. Breaking your engine/gearbox because you didn't correctly tighten something, is a lot worse!

Nice work! Getting hill climb folks involved is a strong choice, they're usually chasing mad performance goals and using any method available 😆

We can see that even being knowledgeable about the best value products, such as the rods and turbo, the final price for doing this properly is pretty high by most people's standards. I can tell you that it wasn't cheaper in the 70s and 80s but I was able to swap parts from other models and have pretty decent power with a rebuilt NA engine for very little. They do run very nicely if you obsess over every detail so I'm really excited about yours. I truly admire the care, research and effort you put into things.

35 minute d4a video about turbos - I already know this is going to be the highlight of my Monday workday

Amazing job with friends. Congratulations. We expecting more videos ripping it at twisted roads

Glad you mentioned your friends in this guide. Without experienced friends you simply can't do this succesfully on first try. They're worth at least the same as the whole cost of the project, because you'd have to do everything twice.

I can barely make the most basic stuff on my bike so this kind of videos never cease to amaze me. That is truly impressive work !

Nunu the workshop cat was absolutely the best part of the video ! His supervision skills are top!!!!

man i can't explain to you how much i needed this vid, i'm working on my thesis/end of study project on turbocharging an NA engine and you just uploaded this,thank you man thank you

Finally someone installing parts on an engine correctly! 👍

Great video! Liked the final in natural language.. :)) Greetings from Bulgaria! :)

15k. damnnn, i knew it was expensive, but i didnt want to be slapped with the price that hard :D... well, i'll return to saving up, thanks for an insight :D

You are one of the first vehicle related YouTubers I started watching and you explain things in ways that are simple enough to be understood without oversimplifying it. There is a question that I have relating to turbos. What types of turbos exist, and what are there pros and cons? This comes from recently hearing about VGTs.