Has anyone turbo'd the D4F? (sorry typo)

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As the title asks. Has anyone done this already? It would save me doing it from scratch :mrgreen:

My initial thought was to find a 1.2TCE Clio salvage and rip the parts off that but I wondered if there was a better aftermarket option?
 
it probably has been done but i wouldn't see a point in doing so, in terms of bang for buck your best option would be to buy the D4FT set up and do a straight swap as the internals are forged. you'll need custom pistons, con rods, sensor upgrades, a new ecu, intercooler and a custom exhaust manifold to name but a few without going into an entire ecu remap of the new ecu after you've put in new injectors to handle higher fuel consumption. all of the above, the D4FT engines have as standard and ready to go and you could get the engine / ecu / loom and its aux parts for 1500 including transmission.

if you were to price up custom pistons and con rods alone you'd be at around 1500 straight away
 
I think the sensible option would be to use the whole 1.2Tce lump. Its a stronger engine and has a 16V head with all the manifolds ready.

Infact, the really sensible option would be to get a GT which will be much less hastle than a modified motor.... But don't listen to me as I should have a Megane 265 :lol:
 
look at it this way in terms of cost comparison. cost of a turbo 200-2,000 dependant on choice cost of a custom made manifold £3-700, cost of conrods £7-800, new pistons and rings 700-1,000 cost of an ecu 200 second hand from a twingo gt breaking, cost of a full intercooler setup 2-300, and then throw in all of the dyno time and mapping you're adding on another 1,000-1,500 easily and not to mention you will need a new transmission to put the power through the wheels faster, as the ratios in the dynamiques are much different from the transmission in the gt or clio tce that'd be 3-500 second hand.

and the chances are that you'll bend a conrod in setting up the boost pressures through trial and error, so you'll need to buy another one if they'll do a one of single con rod for you again. that's 3-5 grand straight up and not taking into account unforseen errors that may pop up.

i'm fairly confident that everyone will second me when i say the best possible option would be to buy the twingo gt engine / transmission / ecu & loom in one go from ebay. your current alternator etc will bolt directly on, this will deffinately cost you no more than 1000-1500 delivered. everything is then a direct fitment, old engine out, new engine straight in no fiddly work required exept for the loom work. then you can remap it with some of the clio 182 injectors that the guys on here are keen on, you'll see 120-130 bhp
 
the 1.2 16v doesn't have VVT

the D4F and D4FT are very similar apparently the D4FT has an uprated cylinder head I remember reading about it when it first came out, done a quick google search however and cant find anything, sure it had different valve springs.

im not sure about pistons and rods but id be interested to stick the D4FT exhaust manifold, turbo, inlet manifold, spark plugs, plumb in the turbo boost and oil feeds to see how it goes but if going to all that hastle you would be better transplanting the full engine.

Engine management would be a hastle though imo the only way to do it would be to buy a crashed TCE and transplant the full lot, only way id consider standalone management would be if I was fitting it to a mk2 clio or something as a project
 
Regarding the incorrectly spelling, don't worry! The idea of a turbocharging the D4F is interesting. Although it's not a popular upgrade, increasing the power of that tiny engine could be fascinating. Done correctly, it should yield some surprising high performance gains while maintaining the vehicle's small weight and satisfying driving experience. If someone has tried it, I'd love to know more!
 
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