Hi guys,

I am starting to get together some cash so that i can turbo my car. I have unfortunitely heard that the is a problem with the conrods on the ST's as they seem to be very weak, but i have ye to see someone or hear it from someone that has actually turbo'd there car. Here in S.A i have, and yes you can laugh, only heard of one guy that has done it but spent a fortune and he does not reply to messages so i am out of luck there.

There are a few things that i wanted to know, like if i were to run the turbo with the stock internals, boosting low, .4b maybe .5b with 550c injectors would it work without blowing the motor? Also, does anyone know of conrods that i could us, stronger ones? I was thinking about the mazda mps rods, but no one can tell me the length of them even though the stroke is out a bit, the length matters more..

If anyone has any imput for me it would be much appreciated.
Thanks all.

Not too sure if anyone on here has turbo'd their , but have a look on the owners club and some one is trying it on there. Although it's been in the garage for ages...

Thanks mate

yep over on other side lots of guys seriously know there stuff about this, there are defintely three people, one looking at 400bhp, he was running close to 380 with a SC now gone turbo route.

why turbo instead of supercharge mate??

How much power do u actually want or need??

strip the whole lot out.. then fit 2 hybusa turbo engines - one in front one in back! then u have something which will be 4wd and engines which are pushing out a lot and 0-60 will be like 3 secs lol! cost however and finding someone to do that... maybe more difficult. but a suggestion lol

O.o dan

The turbo guys will tell you on this forum bud!

http://www.fiestastoc.com/forums/index.php?act=home

Thanks guys for the help and suggestions. Really appreciate it.

@Robbopt, im going turbo because i prefer it as a mate has done it to his fiesta, but the old shape rsi. I was thinking about the sc route but tere are hardly any guys here that have done that to there cars that i know of. Also i do like the dumpvalve sound, but thats not why im doing it..

Thanks again guys !

You can get dump valves for the supercharger, although the charger noise is better I think

aaaaw I love turbo chatter more than anything
I love my supercharger 'whooooshhhh' though so I refuse to get a dumpvalve

You have to be mad to want to turbo a fiesta ST!!





If you want to run a low boost setup I would advise at least dropping the sump and fitting ARP rod bolts.