LC Headers - Hyundai Performance Forums

blak422 · 05-19-2003, 02:37 PM

Im tinking on going turbo, my Q is...will I have to customize my header or does anybody knows if I can fit a turbo header from another car??
ie. eclipses headers fit into Betas. By the way I have a 1.6 LC.8D:smoking::dead:

beppomarx · 05-19-2003, 02:52 PM

meanwhile NA Tuning stands for naturally aspirated and your posting about a turbo manifold for use in a Forced Induction application. this should get moved to F/I soon.

and yes you will need a custom one i hav not heard of any that will fit our alpha. maybe you could get a set of flanges cut at a machine shop and have someone weld cold roll steel primaty pipes for you.

blak422 · 05-19-2003, 03:07 PM

:cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry:

beppomarx · 05-19-2003, 03:11 PM

sorry if i came off rude but regardless nobody makes turbo manifold for our cars yet.

i have a set of brand new 4-1 N/A headers if you want those or want to inquire then e-mail me at beppomarx@hotmail.com.

iQfOreVa · 05-19-2003, 04:05 PM

there's a guy here that used the stock headers and somehow converted it to be turbo headers. im looking for that link, but if someone finds it before i do, post it please?

btw, if you do use your stock headers, you'll only be good for 10lbs and under.

blak422 · 05-19-2003, 04:09 PM

why is that????:ermm::ermm:

beppomarx · 05-19-2003, 04:33 PM

it was 'lobert' that used stock manifold for his LC turbo.

the reason that you cannot run more than 10lbs of boost is because when you compress air it heats it up. if you have ever used an air compressor for anything lie an impact wrench or for anything at all and have touched the copper tube going from the air pump to the tank you will realize how hot compressed air can get. when you try to shove a huge volume of air through the small runners of a stock header it creates more heat than what would be normally efficient. once you start falling out of the efficiency range all you are doing is putting more force and more heat into the intake. hotter air is less dense than colder air and even though you are under a higher 'boost level' you are not flowing any more air molecules and cannot make any more HP. turn it up some more for a little more heat and pressure and BOOM!! there goes your engine.

designing a turbo setup isnt really easy and if youre asking questions liek youve been you need to do soem more research before you even think about owning a turbo car. what would you do if you installed it all and made 300whp with the stock radiator?? you run your car hard for the first time and notice the water temp start to overheat so you shut your car off to cool down. now all the heat trapped in your turbo cokes the surrounding oil to your turbine shaft and you either jam or break your turbo internally and your car wont run.

pick up "maximum boost" by corky bell its a great book but thats only the start. you either need to buy a pre-fabbed kit which is not out yet; have someone else make you a custom setup or learn EXACTLY how to do it yourself and even then youd want help; which is what this site is for. but to get to that level you need to do more research on your own and we can help with complicated issues and potholes along the way but before that you need to understand a bit more im sorry. :ermm: