dyroot

I was talking to my neighbor the other day, and he said he kinda wanted to sell his 87 Toyota pickup. He put an 22R turbo in it a long time ago, and now he said there is no turbo installed though. I thought the turbo engine had to have the turbo installed to even run, but yet i see him driving it every week. Hes asking $1500, should I buy it?

abecedarian

22r wasn't a turbo- that would be the 22rte unless the owner did something

the engine will run without the turbo and not be all that different from a normal 22re except maybe a little less power

if the body and interior are in good shape, 1500 for a turbo is an excellent price.

86blue4runner

1500 turbo or no turbo is a great deal. ( depending on what shape everything is in ) i would go for it, by the way welcome to yotatech

dyroot

Alright, wow, thanks for the quick replies guys. Would it be that hard to reinstall the turbo, cause Ive got to admit, that sounds kinda cool

scuba

not very hard to put another turbo on it, but the stock turbo is a pos and isnt very efficient..

abecedarian

the turbo on the 22r/rte ends up making (without mods) about as much power as the v6 that came out in 88. read as in: not a lot.

before we give any advise about what to do for more power you should tell us what you want to do with it, and if you want it to be street legal.

dyroot

Yes I need it to be street legal. Im going to be using it for driving to and from college, and just messing around with it. I know that the body only has 70,000 miles on it, and I dont think that engine had very many miles on it when he put it in.
I have about 600-700 to spend on it, whether that be putting a new turbo in, or anything else. This is the first turbo I've messed with, so will it be too hard for me to do myself. Thanks again