No, he doesn't own one, and he is too snobbish to think of other brands other than japanese.

Great that you enjoyed the car, the space is really gigantic. Saw 1 unit near my area, doesn't look too shabby on real metal.

Need to correct his twinscroll turbocharger comment a bit, there is no such thing as "activate" at 1200rpm. Turbochargers, regardless of what type or what size, will start running the moment when the car starts and when exhaust is produced. What it should mean is that the peak torque can arrive starting 1200rpm.

Here is the reality, the only marque that have a 2L turbocharged car that have peak torque starting as low as 1200rpm is mercedes. The next best for mainstream marque is the kia optima GT which arrives the peak torque starting 1350rpm. Number aside, you can retrofit any turbocharger you want. But for it to work harmoniously with the engine and at it's best efficiency, quite some major things to look into :

1) intake/exhaust headers
2) intake/exhaust valve timing
3) fuel injection flow rate and timing
4) spark timing
5) ECU reprogramming
6) transmission reprogramming
7) throttle control
8) wastegate adjustment

So it is not just a simple retrofit and the cost of it may not be worth it unless you like the experimentation and modding process. And best of all, a really good turbocharger unit itself can costs starting a minimum of RM5000.

There is an alternative, you can try approaching those people that have experience tuning mitsubishi engines as this engine is a mitsubishi block. But whether the ECU is easily accessible, that is a question that you need to find out your own. Another is whether you dare take the risk of their experimentation. Real expert tuners are hard to come by on our soil.

This post has been edited by wkc5657: Jul 11 2017, 04:13 PM

Actually, cars are made more and more mod unfriendly compared to the past. It needs the experience of a really good aftermarket specialist and also a gutsy owner to be willing to let the mechanic experiment. It is a really rare skill on our shore.

I don't remember what colour but i saw that unit in Johor, But i can confirm remember that the passenger side tail light not working As i was directly tailing it.

Whoa...they actually let you keep the last row of seats....

Since McF7y is not well verse, can get easily misinformed again. A turbo charger application is a science that requires careful calculation and balancing act :

http://www.motoiq.com/MagazineArticles/ID/...t-GTX-Gen2.aspx

From earlier reply. :

Here, i'm specifically addressing your comment on the "activation" of the turbocharger rpm range as what you say is misleading. Have you ever tried just using your fingers to flick the turbocharger's blade and see how easy it starts spinning? And that is still without the full pressure of oil lubricating it. Normal turbochargers at operation can spool more than 100,000rpm. How much more force would the car exhaust be generating even at idle. And it also seems like you have no understanding of reading the engine power/torque graph.



I'm using the 8AR-FTS power graph used in the NX and GS as an example. The torque curve is 1650-4000rpm. If really as per what you say that the turbocharger "activate" at 1650rpm, how come the torque curve is stuck flat around there till 4000rpm and after that drop ar??? Going by your thoughts, shouldn't the torque line shoot up sky high? Below 1650rpm, the turbocharger tutup valve and exhaust gas go straight to exhaust and not spooling the turbocharger??

Race and pure performance orientated cars aside, normal daily driven models need the peak torque limited due to :
- fuel efficiency concerns
- limit the turbocharger from operating out of it's efficiency range
- leading to reducing effective air mass (also means reducing your engine breathing efficiency)
- with overly heat soaked air,
- causing predetonation
- which leads to component failures

Normal non modified cars, the main portions that will create exhaust back pressure are :
- exhaust header design
- existence of catalytic converter
- exhaust pipe diameter
- muffler

Even if put a larger than required turbo charger, there won't be back pressure if the above are optimised with the engine. The turbocharger will still definitely spin, just outside of it's effective operating range or what some tuners call the surge line where the "push" is the most effective.

Seems like it is you who even fail to understand the proper concept of turbocharging with/without the help of wikipedia.

This post has been edited by wkc5657: Jul 16 2017, 01:54 AM

Thanks for confirming it further that the more "in depth" you discuss, the more "out of depth" the discussion can become. Great job for someone with approaching 40 years of industrial knowledge and numerous insider.

First time i got to use this

LMAO

Actually, around the area of my residences, quite a number of ambulances are converted maxus commercial vans. So it is not as rare as it seems

Engine wise, it uses the venerable mitsubishi 4B series engine. Lots of mechanics are quite familiar with it.

Transmission if the ZF 6 speed, not exactly sure about which series, but not something that is exotic to the point it is difficult to fix.