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supercharged alfetta article
Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2013 11:09 am
by mrfiat
Re: supercharged alfetta article
Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2013 8:12 am
by festy
That article said he's using the Lada Niva DIS - is that the same as the D1927A?
Interesting that he's running 9 psi with no engine mods, I've started work on turbocharging mine and am planning on staying at around 4-5 psi which will hopefully save me having to immediately throw money at the engine/transaxle/clutch etc...
Re: supercharged alfetta article
Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2013 8:25 am
by antus
Yeah, thats the module, the D1927a. From what ive seen most stock engines are good at around that level of boost, its 10+ psi where stock gaskets start letting go.
Re: supercharged alfetta article
Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2013 8:47 am
by Jayme
we run that module on a datto 1400 delcoed, it loves 10psi all day
, we are starting to do in gearboxes and axles now
Re: supercharged alfetta article
Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2013 9:07 am
by festy
Yeah I'm running that module too - I just didn't realize the Nivas used them (or any AU car).
Otherwise I wouldn't have had to pay a fortune in postage to bring one in from the US
I'm not worried about the engine taking boost - it's that upgraded clutches etc are expensive, and I don't want to start down the path of breaking something in the drivetrain every time I take it out.
Re: supercharged alfetta article
Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2013 9:38 am
by charlay86
Might have to see if you can adapt a cheaper performance clutch than the alfa one (one of my mates has alfas he's constantly broke due to their expensive parts), just try not to break the gearbox lol
Re: supercharged alfetta article
Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2013 10:46 am
by antus
the lada niva isnt aussie, kalmaker.com.au used to import them and sell them via their site for more than you would have paid.
Re: supercharged alfetta article
Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2013 10:58 am
by festy
Ahh, that explains it
I didn't think the Ladas had that module here, their EFI system was apparently so bad that Brocky made a small fortune stripping the electrics out and fitting Haltechs to the Ladas as they came off the boat at one point
Re: supercharged alfetta article
Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2013 12:34 pm
by vlad01
antus wrote:the lada niva isnt aussie, kalmaker.com.au used to import them and sell them via their site for more than you would have paid.
the Lada Nina is Russian. I had a Lada Samara once as a sort of paddock basher.
Re: supercharged alfetta article
Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2013 12:44 pm
by festy
Sorry I meant "AU market" as in a car that was sold here - not that the Niva was an Australian built car
