Fitting a Turbo or Supercharger to Gen4

l have to say the extra torque of a turbo would be nice. Although the Jimny is okay in standard form.

The best thing for the Jimny would be full time 4wd
 But it would be pretty much impossible to achieve. 

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l have to say the extra torque of a turbo would be nice. Although the Jimny is okay in standard form.

The best thing for the Jimny would be full time 4wd
 But it would be pretty much impossible to achieve.

It is possible using a lada niva transferbox these have differential inside 

Also i believe (member) Keithy is running around 200hp from an 1.5 turboed M series 
 

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Are they changing the crank?  The problem with adding any kind of forced induction is detonation, so the engine has to run rather rich when on boost* unless you drop the compression ratio.  Super unleaded helps.

*which is why turbo cars used to do well in the NEDC fuel economy tests but appallingly in the real world - NEDC had such slow acceleration that the turbos never really spooled up.

They don’t need to run rich. They just need to run a safe A/F ratio. Which is done by tuning and controlling the fuel.

As for the crank. Depends how strong it is. But most standard engines are strong enough to cope with low boost applications. Which is what kits like this are.

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In the car wow video Matt was struggling with the traction control kicking in although he was blaming the tires rather than the turbo. I still think it’s an accident waiting to happen if you don’t know how to handle a Jimny on the road. 

That isn’t the case. Where he said the tcs kicked in was taking a 90 degree turn on wet/damp tarmac at speed, cutting over the white line and accelerating. I image in a stock Jimny you stand a 50:50 chance of activating the tcs in such a situation.

As for the comment “an accident waiting to happen”. No wishing to be rude or upset. But do you live in a cave and be completely unaware of any performance vehicles for the past 60-70 years? Let alone what goes on in the modifying community.

In the Carwow vid Matt was clocking mid 8s 0-60mph times. That wasn’t even quick in the mid 1980s!!!

As for the comment “an accident waiting to happen”. No wishing to be rude or upset. But do you live in a cave and be completely unaware of any performance vehicles for the past 60-70 years? Let alone what goes on in the modifying community.

In the Carwow vid Matt was clocking mid 8s 0-60mph times. That wasn’t even quick in the mid 1980s!!! (QUOTE)



lt was about right for a "hot hatch" of the time. However we're talking about putting 150bhp through the rear wheels of a lightweight 4x4 with a high GofG and roly-poly off road suspension, in RWD mode.

Someone needs to try it, and report back on here if they are still alive.

Our standard 2020 Jimny loses traction on corners in the dry lf you're not careful. With 50% more power and probably twice the torque you'll have to hope the airbags save you when you stack it.

Of all the modified vehicles I have had the pleasure of driving the only one that I would call undriveable on the road was a 950hp turbo V8 capri set up for the drags. It was a bit of a handful especially as it had a spool. A jimny even with 200 hp is not in the same league even with a novice driver.