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Turbocharged HB Viva Article

Postby HC Fairley » Mon Jun 06, 2022 3:38 pm

See link attached to an article by Jon-Paul Lennard about turbocharging a 1256 for his HB. Good to see this getting a bit of attention, I have followed his build on Instagram and he has put a tremendous amount of time, thought and effort into this project.

https://mikebrewermotoring.com/features ... l-viva-hb/
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Re: Turbocharged HB Viva Article

Postby Fred Dukes » Mon Jun 06, 2022 4:01 pm

Fascinating :o well done to Jon Paul - you are a credit to the Viva community :respekt:
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Re: Turbocharged HB Viva Article

Postby GTpete » Sun Jun 12, 2022 1:11 pm

Ready to fit turbo'd engines are advertised on Ebay....
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Re: Turbocharged HB Viva Article

Postby GTpete » Sun Jun 12, 2022 1:11 pm

Interesting conversion, as mentioned, ready to fit turbo'd engines are being advertised on Ebay....maybe in the future, follow up with a 2.3 Turbo conversion...?
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Re: Turbocharged HB Viva Article

Postby HC Fairley » Mon Jun 13, 2022 9:00 am

GTpete wrote:Interesting conversion, as mentioned, ready to fit turbo'd engines are being advertised on Ebay....maybe in the future, follow up with a 2.3 Turbo conversion...?


I noticed JP's advert on eBay although I believe that is for the conversion kit only rather than a fully built ready to go engine. Unless he has a treasure trove of 1256's scattered around the house :lol:

I agree the 2.3 turbo conversion would also be very interesting and perhaps a more sought after modification than the 1256 if it was proven to work well.
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Re: Turbocharged HB Viva Article

Postby GTpete » Tue Jun 14, 2022 2:52 pm

Checked again and yes, its a kit of parts, too cheap for a complete engine....

Ad states


This is a basic turbo injection kit for the Vauxhall OHV engines 1057/1159/1256 proven to achieve 100 bhp!*


*on a 1256cc @ 5psi with a standard cam, standard valves, standard crankshaft and mild head work.


The kit includes:

Inlet manifold

Equal length stainless exhaust manifold

GT1752 turbo

Wilwood GS Compact master cylinder

Ignition coil and bracket

Throttle body (complete with TPS, Fuel rail, injectors)

Aluminium crank pulley with trigger wheel

Crank position sensor bracket

Crank position sensor

Thermostat housing

Fuel tank sandwich plate

Fuel pump blank

Distributor blank
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Re: Turbocharged HB Viva Article

Postby GTpete » Tue Jun 14, 2022 2:52 pm

Panther Lima with 2.3 Turbo engine....
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1981- ... 2-3-turbo/
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Re: Turbocharged HB Viva Article

Postby VampireTigger » Thu Jun 30, 2022 4:23 pm

GTpete wrote:Panther Lima with 2.3 Turbo engine....
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1981- ... 2-3-turbo/

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Re: Turbocharged HB Viva Article

Postby droopsnoot » Thu Jun 30, 2022 6:01 pm

VampireTigger wrote:Love the re-use of the Seven Dial Dash :)


Yes, always tickled me the way it's just shoe-horned into the dash.
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Re: Turbocharged HB Viva Article

Postby 1972nail » Thu Jun 30, 2022 8:29 pm

It's interesting that it's a RHD 7 diaI dash in a LHD car. In LHD cars fitted with the 7 dial the clock and rev counter are swapped over. That would have made sense in this installation.

I also noticed the oil pressure is a bit low at around 30psi on a cold start up.
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