adding a turbo

ts91stang · 03-26-2006, 02:44 AM

i have a 91 2.3L LX and im looking to add a turbo. Any suggestions on what kit to buy and is their anything other than whats in the kit i would need or that you recomend.

thanks,

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ts91stang · 03-26-2006, 02:57 AM

oops, sorry wrong section. i guess i need to move this to the pipes, boost and juice section.

sorry

TBird232ci · 03-26-2006, 03:12 AM

there is no "kit", if youre looking for a simple bolt on, youre out of luck

but you can swap in a turbo engine from an SVO or Turbo Coupe, and do a little bit of wiring.

ts91stang · 03-26-2006, 03:26 AM

thanks ive been looking at doing that but just thought i would ask

ARdoller · 03-26-2006, 05:21 AM

the internals wont hold the boost. you'd need to rebuild the whole bottom end.

ts91stang · 03-26-2006, 04:28 PM

i figured as much, sounds like ive got alot of fun ahead of me doing the swap

Jugador · 03-26-2006, 06:49 PM

"the whole bottom end" is kinda misleading since the only difference in the turbo and non turbo rotating assemblies is the low compression forged pistons. i have a 93 lx and it's still the dual plug motor with a turbo. pretty much there are 2 ways to turbo a stock motor. 1. you're gonna have to either get an aftermarket 5.0 mass air meter calibrated for 36lb injectors (you'll also need to get the injectors) or 2. swap to a turbo car's ecu (la2 or 3 from the 87/88 turbocoupes are the most common ecu to swap to) to have any way of tuning your motor. the first method (which im pretty sure my car has) is pretty much a bandaid, but is the easiest way to safely run boost on a stock ecu since you cannot tune it. you'll need an e3 or e6 manifold from a turbo car, a turbo, probably full exhaust since you'd have to get a downpipe anyway and connecting that to the stock exhaust would be very restrictive, intercooler and piping (this would be a very wise choice since even with forged 8:1 compression pistons from a turbo car, your compression is going to be around 9-9.5:1 because of the dual plug head and you don't want predetonation), valves from a turbo head fit right in our cars but require a valve job (but stock valves should be able to do 15 lbs of boost easy), and it would be really wise to get a copper headgasket since stock is not going to like much over 5-7ish lbs of boost probably. i'm sure there are more things i forgot to mention, but if i haven't scared you from this idea yet, i'd be glad to help you out more.

a.hebert · 03-27-2006, 01:33 AM

yea open your valves more with a bigger cam and dump more fuel in the engine make that boost work for you

Jugador · 03-27-2006, 03:45 AM

for the record, real turbo 2.3 motors respond well when you swap the dual plug roller cam we have stock or a ranger roller cam which is supposed to be bigger than ours. they can be found pretty cheap if you know where to look

ts91stang · 03-27-2006, 11:59 PM

thanks,

Jugador, what companies did you get the turbo parts for your car from, or would it be cheaper or easier to just swap a turbo motor in?

thanks.