Turbo


Saw that on ebay, figured i'd pass the word along

 

DAMN ! it looks like its in good shape to guys ! I hope one of you bids and wins ! ..I know Id bid if I could afford it right now , but I have school fees to be paying in august , and Im not working this summer

 

thanx Tony, even though its for a 3.1 it will still need ALOT of fabrication to be put on because its for a FWD motor

still, if someone is willing to invest the time and money into this i'd be more than happy to see the results (and possibly do it to my own car too)

 

I wouldn't mind having it myself


and I really don't see how a turbo being on a FWD car is going to be much different then a turbo found on a RWD car

still going to be a lot of work since you have to fab the exhaust and everything

 

I was thinking the same thing .

 

its the plumbing and bracketry..........virtually all of it would need to be fabricated to fit that turbo onto a RWD car

 

well since the guy is selling what the turbo only...... doesn't that mean you would have to make it anyway???

a turbo from a FWD car and a RWD car should be the same

only difference is the plumbling as you said

but if the guy is selling on the turbo.... you would have to make it even on a FWD or buy it

 

WTF are you talking about ??? It's ONLY the turbo itself ! ROFL!

 

Hey Blackend do you have a bigger pic of your car and a sound clip ?

 

maybe i should have elaborated a little more

(it seems people are having a hard time reading into things latley )



if you were to you use that on a FWD 60* V6 you can most likey call a few junkyards, go the dealship parts window and get 99.99% of all the parts you'll need

now try to do that for a RWD 60* V6

not that simple....now is it?

 

not at all.................

the RWD vs. FWD 60* V6 motors are completely different

the bracketry for front accessories is not the same

plus, they never made a RWD turbo 60* V6

if they did, dont you think the 1/2 of us would be running better than 17's?

 

the front accessories might be a problem if you are running a supercharger but going to a turbo most of the stuff could prolly stay the same

big issues would be exhaust routing

not the accessories

isn't the TTA a RWD turbo V6... though granted I am not sure how easy a swap would be

 

i give up............

 

just trying to say that it doesn't matter if the car is FWD or RWD

a turbo is going to be the same either way


now if they where selling just the turbo off a TTA does that mean you are not going to have to make all the stuff anyway?

prolly unless you know where to get parts already made



most of the work would be in fab the headers and intake plumbing, there isn't really any bracket's or whatever that I can think of being made since the exhaust is what holds the turbo


thankfully we have a guy here CHD who (well last I heard) was working on making turbo headers for your cars


oh and also I just like to mess with ya guys so don't get frustrated with me aor anyting

 

Don't you also need an inner cooler to have a turbo?

 

you don´t really need one

but if the boost pressure gets high the air when compressed will heat up and make your car more prone to detonation which is not good....

 

running a turbo w/o an intercooler is like putting clear taillights on a fbody, just something u can do

if you plan on running a moderate amount of boost u better intercool it, why do u think hot air GN's aren't that fast and desirable?

 

does anybody have any idea what all is involved in building a turbo motor? custom exhaust, intake, fuel lines/regulators blah blah blah blah blah, is it worth the hassle for a 60* turbo motor? probably not. go and find a 90* v-6 or something. the buick 3.8's are plentiful, find something with a 14 bolt oil pan in a junk yard, a rebuildable core will probably run you about $150. bolt a turbo on that and you can go 350/400 horse power with out worrying about detenation (when they detenate they tend to through the crank through the oil pan)

find a 20 bolt oil pan and you can go higher in horsepower, but the 20 bolts are much harder to come by (same short block as in the gn and gnx's) i talked to a guy with a gn with turbo, intercooler, blah blah blah, said he was making about 400 horses. people claim to get about 20mpg with these motors if you can keep your foot out of the boost, just some things to think about