CyMoN

well my buddys G/F has a 87 turbo auto she let it run out of oil yesterday and the motor is seized up this truck did not leak oil too bad but the turbo would suck a quart down every 2 weeks or so

so now he is looking at having the motor rebuilt and removing the turbo altogether will what will he need to do to leave the turbo out from the rebuild

dose he nee a new ECU?
will he need diffrent piston heads or are the turbo ones ok to run?

any ideas are welcome
thanks

ewong

turbo moter has lower compression...

so NA 22RE has higher compression pistons..

Dunno about the ECU... probably run OK if you leave all the sensors...

RD1970

Im converting my truck over to turbo if your interested I'll trade you all the non-turbo stuff for your turbo stuff?
(ecu, exh manifold, injectors ect.)

CyMoN

I can ask him but I have all of the stuff to run it regular

Bill

The ECU is very different

here's the basic run down of stuff you will need to change:
Pistons
head
injectors
Injector plugs
ECU
exhaust manifold
Intake piping
emissions junk
Rad(or simply soder the turbo pipe closed/off)

You will also need to block off the oil feed.

slacker

iTrader: (1)

I'd say your better off selling that motor as a "turbo core" include wire and ECU and picking up a new core and such from a wrecker .

Bill

Probably the best idea.

There are enough little oddities between the two that it would be cheaper and easier to start from scratch.

CyMoN

well looks like he is going to get the rebuild kit from engnbldr and has a guy who will do the bottom end work then he will put the head back on and everything else.

good thing is he has a second turbo motor so he is going to have the work done on it and then pull the one in the runner and swap them, the rings are blown on the second one as well.

titicaca

anybody have a fsm that covers the turbo efi setup and all the specs of the turbo stuff?

tampabayota

where in florida are you

titicaca

ocala, i just picked up an 88 turbo runner and im looking to rebuild the entire engine and possibly upgrade to the ct26 or t3/t4. im looking for any kind of links and info that people may have , pictures ect.

titicaca

heres some pics i only paid $296 the engine actually ran, the guy just wanted to go through it because he planned on building it for his wife. he lost interest.