make this a sticky, it might save us from all the NA - T2 questions.

 

VKDAGREEK finished this N/A --> Turbo swap last year. I think he was the first to actually complete the task and run the car with 10# of boost with no problems.

As far as fuel pressure, you can use a RRFPR, which is boost dependent.

 

Current cost is about $1300 Canadian, but that's only with the amount of work done as shown in the pictures. I still need to get the intercooler modified (relocate outlet), need some intercooler piping, a BOV, a downpipe and an S-AFC.

Aside from the oil pan, the turbo bracket was fabbed, as well a custom blockoff plate for the ACV. And then there's the intercooler piping, downpipe, oil/water lines, intercooler mounts, BOV flange and a few other MISC things.

Connecting it in series with the coolent feed to the throttle body.

Doubt it.

You should have seen it BEFORE I cleaned it enough to get the car in there...

That's what I have been thinking of doing lately...

 

aaron cake it would be better to splice the line going to the heater core than the line going to the throttle body

 

nah, this is what your vert needs


this is a 91 vert. (or the way it should have been made) to make up for that extra weight





its not quite done yet. does start and run, but not up to par.

byw...nice job thus far aaron cake

 

Keep us posted Aaron. Between my roommate and myself we've got enough extra parts to do this mod to my fc.

 

Sweet Milk!

 

helz ya, now that's a project wish i could take my car off the road long enough to do that. could we get a running total as you go along please? and pics are great man

james

 

Everything I've read about turbo installs says the oil drain not only must flow downhill with no uphill sections what-so-ever, but also that the drain MUST be higher than the oil level in the pan. I suspect that's why the stock T2 has the drail in the front cover.

I don't see why it wouldn't work, but book wisdom says the turbo won't live too long, and will blow a lot of oil out of the seals in the meantime. Let's hope the books are wrong on this one...

 

 

Why? I don't see the advantage...The coolant to the throttle is basically the same (right from the water pump to the block) and the hose is even the same size.

I'll see what I can do about the running total, but can't promise anything...

I can't see what it would matter that much...Gravity feed is gravity feed. Worst case is I need to relocate the oil drain...No big deal...I'll just tap the front cover if necessary.

 

what are you doing with the stock tII intercooler? are you front mounting it? it would be much easier to use an isuzu npr intercooler.

 

I don't have easy access to an NPR intercooler, so I am having a welder relocate the outlet on the TII unit to make it front mount.

 

Man, this was a couple pages in. It should be TTT



Vkdagreek

Can you explain how you modified the wastegate to fit without hitting the body?

 

Technicially, its the wastegate actuator that hits. The wastegate is inside the turbine housing.

 

 

Wow, look what I found using the search...

 

Updates?

 

I will be posting some more in a week or so...

 

yeah....updates!!!

 

Bump....Also, I will be posting updates within two weeks after I get my new digital camera and a little more work on the car done...

 

Sweetness!!!!

 

gettin a little low....ttt

mods could we possible get this stickied?

 

TTT

Any more pictures?

 

This is probably a bad idea. I haven't looked to see if this is the case on an FC, but MOST cars turn the flow of coolant off through the heater core when the temp selector is on the cool side.

Brad