Almera GX 5 door

I wouldn't bother trying to buy off the shelf exhausts for the almera..
Any exhaust place can make you a custom stainless exhaust and you can specify diameter and how you want it to look. They usually price in at roughly £200-£300.
Also, if you don't wanna spend that much.. You could buy a standard GTi catback pipe (also called midpipe/mid section) they are cheap (I can't remember how much exactly, but try - www.buypartsby.com). They make a good upgrade for 1.4/1.6 models as they are a larger diameter.. That way you can use GTi backboxes also.. A few companies make them, or you can get a custom one made, they usually price in at roughly £100-£150.
With a GTi catback and a better back box you'll have a MUCH nicer sound, and to further enhance it you could fit a decat pipe, you can get these used for £30ish off here :)

Then your car will sound mint for under £200!
 
Will the GTI midsection bolt straight on i dont fancy spendig £300 on a system when i can by 1 for £150 if a Aftermarket system for a GTI will fit. But the midsection sounds like a good idea because i have a straight through backbox somewher at home
 
Good stuff iv got a universall rage back box at home the guy who i take my car is pretty good at getting them on. I got it off my m8 who had it on his Celica and he managed to get it on my fiesta lol. Only £55 of that link you posted for the midsection i think shame it aint stainless
 
You could take that rage backbox to an exhaust place and get them to weld a pipe and flange onto it so you can bolt it neatly to the GTi catback :)
That'd work perfectly.
Joe
 
Thats the plan m8 if he can fit it on a celica or fiesta im sure he could do it on an almera. Will i notice a performance increase with that? Arches sorted and some alloys it will be pretty decent for now till i have more money lol.
 
Na thinking of reading up on doing a junkyard turbo conversion buying the parts as and when i can afford it. Gonna do my research proper first tho and take my time. Looking at it taking around 6 months of researching and designing while buying the parts inbetween.
 
I was gonna do a thread on it put this site wouldnt let me for some reason its only an idea atm. Gonna get a book called maximum boost and read that see if i think i can do it. Been told it aint as hard as you would think definatly not gonna rush it though. Is Dale the guy who did the white SI?
 
Dazl1212 said:
I was gonna do a thread on it put this site wouldnt let me for some reason its only an idea atm. Gonna get a book called maximum boost and read that see if i think i can do it. Been told it aint as hard as you would think definatly not gonna rush it though. Is Dale the guy who did the white SI?
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yeah, if you were a member there is a thread of how to turbo the 1.4 and 1.6 almera, listing pretty much everything you need,

i'm considering it myself tbh, either that or buy a starlet GTT

I need boost in my life
 
Nahhhh SR20 swap, then turbo that ;)

I was gonna turbo my GA16, but it was burning oil and needed replacing.. And I got offered an SR20 cheap, so I'm going that route instead :)
Joe
 
Yeah prob gonna become a member when iget paid tbh but its gonna be a longterm project tho i aint in a rush to break my car lol
 
Yeah prob gonna become a member when iget paid tbh but its gonna be a longterm project tho i aint in a rush to break my car lol
 
Does any1 know of anywhere that you can buy a ready made kit i looked on ebay and tere was loads from america for hondas. But none for the GA16de i know hotshot did one but there closed now.
 
I did find one site offering it.. This was last year sometime though.. It was something like $2500 or something silly though..

Its a lot easier to gather universal parts such as the Turbo, intercooler, pipework, dump valve etc second hand from on here or ebay, then you've gotta get a custom manifold to suit your engine and turbo and custom exhaust fabricated and you've pretty much made your own turbo kit, often for a fraction of the price.

Then you've gotta sort out water/oil feeds and make some fuelling upgrades, get the car mapped and you're away.
 
Yeah seen thecustom kits on ebay seen 1 of the astra diesels at scrappers they are intercooled may get the parts off that I have no mechanical knowledge tho altogh i am an it technician so im no idiot. Plus i have done a few watercooling systems lmao
 
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