86 N/A to TII project - started today
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86 N/A to TII project - started today
My long awaited n/a to turbo II project is almost complete. Here's the story in a nut shell.......bought a supercharged 91 last year and did a turbo II swap only to learn the harnesses were not plug and play with the 88 TII swap. Bought and sold a Haltech E6X cause I was to lazy to wire it up. Car sat in my garage for about 8 mos. Found a running N/A 86 GXL for $800. Pulled the turbo motor out of the 91 and dropped it into the 86. Today I turned the key for the first time and the car started right up. Now here comes the "almost complete" part. The motor sounds very strong but the turbo smokes when the car comes up to temp. I'll either have to rebuild or buy another turbo. Not blaming the member who sold me the motor but I wish he had told me the turbo smoked before I bought it. Would have been nice to have it rebuilt/replaced while the car was down. Anyway here is a pic of my ride.
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Smoke comes from the turbo. I never removed or touched the turbo especially with oily hands. Not crapping on anyones cake just saying. Overall I'm happy with my purchase just disappointed the car may be down again until I can fix the turbo issue.
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looks good. should have kept the haltech IMO but at least you got it up and running. a few critiques if you dont mind...
get a koyo or aftermarket radiator. its a great investment and makes the engine bay look nicer. relocate the battery. also, i also dunno if its a good idea to have your spark plug wires sitting on the intercooler piping like that. those are some nice wires though, i have them on both my cars and are the only ones ill use.
now's the time to upgrade to a s5 turbo since you will be pulling that one anyway. car looks great, you should be happy with it.
get a koyo or aftermarket radiator. its a great investment and makes the engine bay look nicer. relocate the battery. also, i also dunno if its a good idea to have your spark plug wires sitting on the intercooler piping like that. those are some nice wires though, i have them on both my cars and are the only ones ill use.
now's the time to upgrade to a s5 turbo since you will be pulling that one anyway. car looks great, you should be happy with it.
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looks good. should have kept the haltech IMO but at least you got it up and running. a few critiques if you dont mind...
get a koyo or aftermarket radiator. its a great investment and makes the engine bay look nicer. relocate the battery. also, i also dunno if its a good idea to have your spark plug wires sitting on the intercooler piping like that. those are some nice wires though, i have them on both my cars and are the only ones ill use.
now's the time to upgrade to a s5 turbo since you will be pulling that one anyway. car looks great, you should be happy with it.
get a koyo or aftermarket radiator. its a great investment and makes the engine bay look nicer. relocate the battery. also, i also dunno if its a good idea to have your spark plug wires sitting on the intercooler piping like that. those are some nice wires though, i have them on both my cars and are the only ones ill use.
now's the time to upgrade to a s5 turbo since you will be pulling that one anyway. car looks great, you should be happy with it.
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Well the smoke from the turbo has subsided but is still visible every now and then. Anyway I came across another issue today when I tried to drive the car. Whenever I give the car gas (in 1st gear) it begins to rev up and down until I take my foot off the gas pedal. Car is fine at idle so if I had to guess I'd say it is my tps.
Anyone have a working S4 TII TPS f/s?
Anyone have a working S4 TII TPS f/s?
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Well I was really hoping it still worked. Since my car has been down for so long it only bothers me a bit. I just talked to the member who sold me the TB & TPS and I'm hoping he'll come thru for me.
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