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Turbo-Auto in an '87 Base model ??

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Old 05-05-03, 09:37 PM
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Turbo-Auto in an '87 Base model ??

Yes I'm new, yes, I searched, and yes, I'm going the hard route.
I picked up the car cheap, so I'm gonna have some fun with it.

I looked into the 4-lug to 5-lug swap. Sounds like if I do that, I'll need a new manual tranny to replace the auto. So, questions:
1. Can I put a turbo (possible jspec) motor onto the auto tranny?
a. How much power can these auto trannys hold?
b. How strong is the 4-lug rear end?

2. If I have to swap, how hard is the auto-manual swap?

3. Can I put the manual on a 4-lug rear end until I get a new rear?

Thanks.
Sorry, I know some of its basic stuff

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The auto will go on a turbo engine but you need the torque converter and other stuff that other users will be able to tell you about
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the auto trannies suck they can't even last much more than 25k miles without a rebuild.
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