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whoa that was weird, i saw ur name at a glance and at first i thought someone had gotten onto my name and posted....

try searching. theres been like 3874758438675847654675767548765768578675867857 turbo topics. Im sure your answer is there.

<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by mx3mx3:
Alright i heard some **** about b6t etc etc and whatever someone explain that and the cost.<p>But anyways is it possible for me to go to a junkyard to get the main most expenseive parts(actual turbo spool or whatever, intercooler some piping) and mold weld to fit my car. Something like that......<hr></blockquote><p>Funny things is, yes, it is possible. As an engine is pushing air outside the exhaust, it could be adapted with a turbo, which will help throw more air into the engine..<p>But, seriously.. What is your car? 1.6l dohc, look for a 323 or a Capri with a turbo.. everything should be there.<p>Or, go custom, with a Vj-16. Which is off a ThunderBird 87-88..<p>But remember, custom, you'll be putting much more energy then a known swap, and may finish by paying more than the a direct swap..

The only thing that i really like about turbo charging as aposed to swapping to a turbo engine, is you don't hafta worry about gettin one engine out and another in, i can do all of it from my garage! And, the engine swap only gets u as far as adding a turbo manifold and a turbo to ur current engine block. You still hafta run the IC piping, and mount an IC and run pipes back to the intake w/an engine swap. They provide only things after the TB and for exahust they normally just provide the downpipe. So for both sides, you hafta custom do the whole intake up to the TB and exahust you gotta fit up the down pipe to the cat. So, both you hafta do work, but w/the engine swap you do get bigger fuel injectors and a lower compression ratio. But i think that keeping the stock engine in is just as cheap and resonable as swapping.

As far as Custom setup or swap goes it comes down to personal preference really. If you had your car for a while and know how it is driven and know the shape its in and its history then by all means go with custom if you are comfotable with doing so. To me I can't justify getting rid of a perfectly good engine for one for which I don't know the history, for all you know it could have been driven to death (which in most cases they are). If your car has very high KM's and its blowing smoke or barely running by all means rip that sucker out and swap in a b6t or bpt.

The deciding factor for me is the condition of my engine. I have 130 k miles on it...my plan is to put a custom turbo set up on it and when the engine finally goes, get a klze or de and swap the turbo onto that...the best of both worlds..