Turbo

niva_feeva · Winch Assistant Joined: 03 Nov 2006 Odometer: 97

after toying with many ideas for the engine side of things in my next niva (everything from the fiat twin cams to a 3.8 v6) ive come to like the idea of having a turbo one.
this pic is what got me going
http://guia.mercadolivre.com.br/historia-lada-e-jeep-niva-5468-VGP (scroll down to the bottom) (also not it says B&S Turbo, cant find anything on it thought)

apart from the popular turbo project does anybody know anything about turboing a niva? ANY info on turbo nivas would be greatly appriciated, thanx in advance, James

Alejoint · Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 1:03 pm Post subject:

Sean Huffman will be along shortly, he's the man you need for info on how to turbocharge a Niva's engine.

baxter · Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 1:52 pm Post subject:

That's not a Niva engine; it's probably a turboed version of diesel engine fitted to Euro Nivas.

niva_feeva · Winch Assistant Joined: 03 Nov 2006 Odometer: 97

just the word "turbo" did it for me Laughing

i saw some scans a while back from magazine, had a green niva, 1.6 carbie turbo... it looked production, although im aware lada never made any stock turbo versions

skunk · Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 7:19 pm Post subject:

well go for it but have a max compression of 7.5n and max 1 bar boost and fit an inter cooler to keep the engine cool Cool

nivaman · Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 9:32 pm Post subject:

It looks like a 1.3 belt driven version of the lada car but i know i am probably wrong.

Kirill83 · Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 12:39 am Post subject:

A small supercharger from a AE86 corolla would make more sense to me. The exhaust side of things is cluttered as it is. If you do make turbo conversion I would wrap the whole thing in appropriate material.

Supercharger....... just think about it.

niva_feeva · Winch Assistant Joined: 03 Nov 2006 Odometer: 97

you think it would be easyer to supercharge it? is always an option, could we try it on yours first though? Razz

nivaman · Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 11:08 pm Post subject:

In my mind i would go with a super charger if you had the room but a turbo might be a simple proposition.

Kirill83 · Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2007 2:10 am Post subject:

you can try it on mine Smile

Its only a lada engine, cheap as chips.

baxter · Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2007 9:03 am Post subject:

This may be of some help; it's an archive Sean Huffman's site:
http://www.jora.arh.ru/html/niva/turbo/index.htm
I'm pretty sure he's a member here.

Also there's a magazine article of an '80s French turboed Niva on the 'net somewhere.