So I ran into a buddy of my brother's this weekend... Seems he has a mid-80's 4cyln turbo T-Bird that will be headed to the junkyard soon...

I have visions in my head of modifying it to replace the exhaust turbine side with a small pulley, and mounting the unit to my A/C bracket where the compressor would be if I had one... I have access to a machine shop, so fabrication is not an issue.

I'm not sure yet who makes the turbo, or if this will even work. Generating even 2 or 3 pounds of boost would be an improvement to the tiny 2.8 engine I would think... Sounds like a fun winter project!

Although, I wonder if this might be a waste of my time...? What are your thoughts?

 

turning a Turbo into a Supercharger does work, but not really good.

Turbo bearings are not made to be pulled on or pushed on from the side like a belt would do. So while this may work, it definatly may not work for long.

It would be a nice and fun experiment, but its not going to last long.

If you wanted a more perminant solution, i would do get that machine shop to weld you up some custom exaust manifolds and a crossover pipe, you should be able to do all the rest like intercooler mounting and BOV's and stuff.

 

Hey! Now that you mention it... I think I can get my hands on an intercooler from an '87 Regal GN!!!

Is the ECU capable (with modifications to the PROM) able to handle the BOV properly with the manual transmission?

 

MAF based? Then yes. I'm still doing R&D on all this...

Turbo coupe should be a .48 a/r T3. A tad smaller than the 14B I'm using. Think 5psi max on that.

If it's a .63, that's about the same size, and will run 7-10psi.

 

Bah. I had to go away last fall on a business trip, and he scrapped the car while I was gone... Oh well, better luck next time...

 

Compessor would have been too small anyway.. the loss of the turbo coupe though... that could have been fun.