diesel turbo on 92 festiva

[jordan69]

Does anyone know if its possible. I just got one today for free an I figured if its possible I might as well get a turbo kit together. I have read in a few places that some people have done it before but I couldn't find anything on my car (92 festiva) turbo isn't big at all came off of a 4 cylinder cat engine thanks in advance for any help.

[Advancedynamix]

isn't big for a CAT might be way too big for a Festiva. Post up some pictures with something to compare it to. There are plenty of cheap turbos available for a 1.3l engine if this one turns out to be improperly sized. If you can get a chra number from the tag on the center section then we will know more about the turbochargers design.

[jordan69]

https://scontent-b-ord.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/t1/p480x480/1535606_696066887090686_777353298_n.jpg

[nitrofarm]

Oh did that come of a skid steer?

[tomcarter]

I've seen one of those before, it's in the RHF4 series, it's close to to the RHB5 turbos like the vj14, vj11, etc. Supposedly it is a BB turbo.
Here is some specs I found from here http://www.turbominis.co.uk/forums/i...=vt&tid=306641

VB420081 - IHI part number

AS12 - IHI spec number



Breakdown of the above number

A - type of aplication (A - Agriculture, C - Construction, V - Vehicle)

S - OEM ( S - Shibaura, Y - Yanmar, A - VM, B - Toyota, F - Subaru, I - Isuzu, L - Fiat, N - Nissan, P - JIT, Q - Diahatsu, R - Kia, T - Mitsubushi, V - Mercedes, VP - Citroen/ Peugeot)

12 - ? - Engine / Mode/ capacityl perhaps?




The above information directly relates to the following

RHF4-46001P8.5NHBRL323CAZ - IHI build spec number

RH - Compressor rotation/ housing - RH - Clockwise/ Right handed

F - Model generation

4 - Core size

4600 - 46mm Turbine inducer tip width

1 - ?

P8.5 - A/R (Metric, divide by 25.4 for comparable imperial A/R figures = 0.33)

BRL - Compressor wheel Back Rake 'Back Rake Large' (angle of the exducer blades)

32 - 32mm compressor housing inlet

3 -?

CAZ - ?

[koRnhead]

Of course its possible. .....maybe not logical depending on the turbo. But. Possible.

[bhazard]

Seems nice and small. If its actually ball bearing it would probably be great for boosting a B series. Probably came on a pretty small engine.

[jordan69]

you think it would be good for the stock engine in the car because if I end up swapping it to anything itll be a vw rabbit engine

[Advancedynamix]

That turbo looks to be sized correctly for a stock Festiva.
VW rabbit engine would be a waste of time in my opinion, since it makes less power than a B6D and would require more fabrication than a BP swap. If your talking mk5-up rabbit 5 cylinder then you're really looking for a project. The 9a, ABF or possibly 1.8t would be more worthwhile, but still not any better than a bpt or FE3. I built VWs for two decades, have access to every possible VW engine, and my Festiva has a B6t if that tells you anything.

EDIT: Unless your talking rabbit diesel, thats legit. I have an old BAE/ rajay turbo system (stage1) for a rabbit1.6 diesel I'd sell.

[jordan69]

The reason I'm wanting to do the diesel swap is better gas mileage ( as if 42 isn't good enough) and also I think it would be funny since I live in a town where it's nothing but diesel trucks to blow smoke on them.