Hi I have 14 Malibu 2lt with the 2.5 engine in it and I wanna add a turbo to the engine now I'm thinking you just can't buy any ordinary turbo out there I was wondering what all should I look up for the car and what all type of specs should I Google for it and what type of turbo should I get for it I know its not just pick which one you and install know you have to look up stuff before buying wondering if I could get some help on what to read and how to do it
You would be insane to put a turbo on a 2014 Malibu 2.5L. Sell it and get a Malibu 2.0T.
Here's why:
-Adding a turbo will cost thousands in parts and thousands in labor/tuning, then the drop in resale will double that loss.
-Major modification to the 2.5L will void the remaining 5 year powertrain warranty.
-The light duty transmission attached to the 2.5L cannot handle more than a few pounds of boost.
It would actually be more financially logical to trade your 2014 for a brand new 2017 Premier 2.0T than to try to turbocharge the 2.5L engine. That's how bad it would be.
I played around with that potential upgrade also...somewhere around in the archives I stumbled upon a similar post to what the 'CP-Nerd' said...thus, "relax, don't do it" song comes to mind...I would spend the $ making it pretty and healthy looking...CPS
wow i was not thinking that it would cost that much to add on into there also im not a big fan of the new malibus i love the body style of the gen 8 i had a 17 malibu and i didnt really the body style and the inside less space to put your stuff in there my main thing was the screen for the car wasnt motorized i really love that idea in mine how it has a compartment there. also is there anything i can do to boost up the power in the car anything at all
Trifecta has a stage 1 tune that includes an intake for the 2.5L. That's supposed to add significant power. Don't try to do the intake without the tune though, it's been problematic.