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Our Greek friends have been up to some fun with their Nissan 1.6L engines. It looks like a turbo kit has been developed by a company over there. It looks quite pretty too!
The dyno numbers show a fair increase in power considering the modest boost added to the engine, only .3 bar (4.4 psi).
Stock:
119 bhp
79.4 whp (wheel horse power)
109 ft/lbs (148 nm)
Turbocharged:
149 bhp
101 whp
146 ft/lbs (198 nm)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eKOeWT3_l8
Hmm kinda reminds me of my old 1985 Innocenti DeTomaso Turbo, it was a little turbo'd 993cc that went like a bat out of hell.
Mine was way better looking in red
I would really like a small boost turbo for my 92 civic VX like the Civic D15 3-STAGE VTEC TURBO
I imagine this would void the warranty, but if you warranty was about to expire in a couple of years, or you are a gambler, it'd be an interesting project. Buy the Nismo body kit, and you'd have a real Micra Nismo. I wonder how much the kit would cost here?
Oh for sure.. Even at 4.4 lbs your warranty would be toast. I believe the onus is on them to prove it, but raising the compression of an engine would make it pretty easy to make up something.
The issue I would have to figure out for adding a turbo to the HR would be physical space. There isnt a lot of free space in the micra...