YotaBoy83

okay so I was throwing around the idea of turbocharger my 22r its from an 81 I just rebuilt only few thousand miles on it. I know I could do a blow through carb or do fuel injection. Blow through seems easier as it is already carbed and I know tuning will be an issue, I know I would need better head gasket, head studs, and if running over maybe 5lbs I should switch to RTE pistons.
Let me know on your ideas of this I was going to fab up my own turbo set up is there anything else I need to know about or what? I am still lost on this idea any ideas or help would be grateful.

YotaBoy83

I am just looking for some more power not looking for a fast and furious truck I could also do meth injection to help it be more stable if thats an idea

Mdumaw

if your going to go through alot to get more power, why not look into a 3rz swap a LOT of good info on it. im not sure how much your looking at spending on all of that, but people get the 3rz swap done for around 1500.
Just a thought.

Edit: just noticed your from spokane!! im 45 minutes north! wont be there for a year, just like seeing people from around my parts!!

YotaBoy83

Hmm never thought about a 3rz swap i'll look into it. Thank.

Yeah nice to notice other people from around here

Mdumaw

For sure! and as far as the 3rz goes, theres a LOT of good info here http://board.marlincrawler.com/index.php?topic=19275.0
I plan on doing this my self in the future.

gennro

Well doing a blow through setup with a turbo on a 22r will be harder to do then prolly a 3rz swap. I have a turbo 22re not 22rte.

YotaBoy83

how hard is it to switch to an re if anyone knows

fork

1500, lol. if i could get a 3rz into my 4runner for $1500 i would sign up right now this instant.

YotaBoy83

And I am trying to spend as little as possible I was also thinking of a turbo diesel but hard to find any of those

YotaBoy83

could I also convert to propane instead of fuel injection? much less hassle just costs a little more up front

wyoming9

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It seems you really are unsure what you want !!!

Figure a realistic budget then add 1/2 again .You are limited only by your budget

There is so much information on the internet look around .

As for a diesel the Cummins 4 cylinder is a option.

YotaBoy83

Yeah I considered the 4bt just hard to find and bulky. I am actually leaning towards the propane set up and turbo in the future. Propane seems easy and cheaper cost wise and is cleaner which is always better last it responds to boost better than gas now that I know I can't do efi on my motor due to it being a 81 block and head

gennro

Well even with the propane setup you are still looking at around 3000 dollars to do it or more.

YotaBoy83

Where are you getting 3000 I get 2000 and the turbo would be a future plan in a couple years. I would be building my turbo system from scratch

gennro

Well considering I have about 2500 dollars in my 22re turbo and that is with me fabricating everything myself and parts I had laying around........

YotaBoy83

Well the entire propane set up is about 950 then turbo set up running studs, MLS, turbo, piping maybe ret pistons I'm around 1000 there but rte pistons are if I'm going to run over 10lbs

YotaBoy83

or am I just blowing smoke and wasting my time?

YotaBoy83

I am just trying to make cheap power really not much power just more. I could slap on a rebuilt 20r head I have sitting around and run propane with that. never heard of someone doing it though.

gennro

Turbo and cheap should never be used in the same sentence unless you use unreliable in conjunction with turbo and cheap. You lose power with propane also. Propane has less energy pound for pound to gasoline.


Turbocharging a 22r with propane I have seen it done once or twice. So doubt you will find much help on yotatech.

This is really one of those questions that if you have to ask on a forum on how to do it you prolly don't have the knowledge or skillset to accomplish it properly.

YotaBoy83

Well I have lots of sources and know how I just like hearing others opinions I've built and work on many cars with turbos.

I'm leaning more towards throwing on my 20r head and running propane in the future. And everything I've head the only way you loose power is if your switching to propane on a 22re the carb versions stay the same if not more