I was just daydreaming, so I did a search and couldn't find anyone with a *suck-through* turbo 'Boy. Has anyone on here done it before? Or do those of you with carbs just run a 1L Charade turbo carb and run intercoolers and such? On a slightly related note, what's the smallest constant velocity carb...

Hey guys, does anyone know where the timing check connector for an Alto Works with an F5A is normally located? My F5A (in a Mighty Boy) is super-doughy and I just checked the cam timing (which was ok) after randomly advancing the ignition timing (which helped). But if it's in timing lock mode it's n...

I've got an F5A dohc turbo in my 'Boy. When I first got it it was idling at about 12" on my boost guage, and about 1000rpm on my *four* cylinder tacho. Max vacuum it could pull was about 19". It also smelled like fuel constantly and was running about 13psi So I took the boost controller of...

Just a thought, with this much work it's no longer a Mighty Boy, it could be registered as a scratch built vehicle. You would have to use an engine less than 10 years old though. Maybe a 350Z motor? In any case you would have to start the paperwork process *now* while the car was still being constru...

I saw that one, parked next to it the other day with my bodykitted turbo boy.

Pretty sure yours is faster though, mine has a DOHC turbo F5A without a working intercooler. May or may not have cam timing problems, seems hard to check without having the front pulley removed...

So I got new wheel bearings installed yesterday. Guy said that the front hub had some strange welding on it, but everything measured up true and he couldn't see cracks, or reasons for welding at all. He suspected that the wheel bearing wouldn't last forever. So anyway, 80km later and my silence has ...

Can't tell you that, but I *can* tell you how to make your own marks. If (like me) you made special tools for it in machining class, you can screw in your top dead centre checking tool into #1 spark plug hole. If not, anything that fits in the hole that will positively stop the piston (or alternativ...

There's a new ecu called "Speeduino" that's around $140 US plus postage. Can't recall if it needs assembly or not though. It's pretty weak by modern standards (as in, in terms of computing power it's in the early 90's) but as long as you aren't trying to run continuously variable valve tim...

The main problem with carby turbo setups comes about because carbs run off the venturi effect. Which basically means that carbies sense airflow by volume, not by mass. (Which is affected by volume *and* boost. For example 1L of air at 15psi actually needs to be mixed with enough fuel to treat 2L of ...

What problems were you having brayden? Biggest problem with mine (on an actual cb60 engine) was finding the right restrictor for the secondary throttle valve opener. Without a restrictor the secondaries would snap open at 1psi and I would get a flat spot climbing onto boost, no exceptions ever. With...

Ahaha a bot got me with a thread revival. Oh well, it's still good information

So you've decided you want to turbocharge the F8B and keep it carby. 1: Any *turbo* charade carby will do. Some of them have extra emissions functions incompatible with the 'Boy but they can all be reduced down to the same basic form which is very much usable. 2: The factory top hat from the charade...

Anything is technically feasible, the big questions are: What's your budget? How good are your fabrication skills? Do you want to register it? 1: Low. As in, paying labour is unfeasible. For arguments sake, $6k total (It's a daydream anyway... But that would cover the parts and certification given ...

I've been daydreaming for a little while that I would like to transplant a new Alto into a mighty boy (I've seen a 2014 model for sale as damaged/salvage vehicle still driveable for $2500). However transplanting just the engine seems like it wouldn't be that much less work than trying to adapt the e...

You *could* go for a converterless auto setup teamed with a manual valve body. It's used in speedway racing occasionally, effectively locks the input shaft and the pump together and bypasses/deletes the torque converter. Still need a minimum RPM to get drive (just enough to start building pressure i...