turbo ?

BlackFly · 02-23-2001, 10:58 PM

the turbos will work , the article used turbos with no liquid cooling other than oil, the dodge are liquid cooled(coolant),so you must tap into that, as well as the oil line at the sending unit, using a t, they used after market shortys pointed forward but ran into a fitment problem, they hit the sway bar, 1/2 inch block of steel,longer bolts took care of that, lots of custom bent pipe for exhaust mods, relocate battery to rear, removed stock filter asmbl. used two conical k&ns, they had a custom intercooler built from a rig, lots of custom plumbing for intake routing. Turbos are heavy , they need brakets, dont hang them from the exhaust pipes. the oil return lines are crucial, they must run as straightdown to the oil pan(yes you need to make holes in the oil pan, with tubes to attach these hoses on each side) as possible, no kinks or the oil wont drain back. The turbos you are mentioning have only 7lbs of preset boost in the attached wastegate, the ford units had 10lbs. Dont worry, this is lots of boost, these turbos will spool up so fast your head will spin, your would get full 7lbs by 1800 rpm at the latest, virtually no lag detectable ,the wastegate will be hangng open for the rest of time, dont run them wide open to long or you will wreck the wastegate seat! read crack. This is a very big job for someone at home with limited mod. skills and tools ie:welder, bender, chopsaw., and time . oh yah, one more thing, you will need a fmu(fuel mngmt unit) to control the fuel or you will run lean and blow your motor to bits, or at least the head gaskets.also that motor pinged constantly when they ran it down the 1/4, even with the fmu, soooo, be careful.

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02-23-2001, 10:58 PM	#5
BlackFly Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: winnipeg , manitoba , canada Posts: 83	the turbos will work , the article used turbos with no liquid cooling other than oil, the dodge are liquid cooled(coolant),so you must tap into that, as well as the oil line at the sending unit, using a t, they used after market shortys pointed forward but ran into a fitment problem, they hit the sway bar, 1/2 inch block of steel,longer bolts took care of that, lots of custom bent pipe for exhaust mods, relocate battery to rear, removed stock filter asmbl. used two conical k&ns, they had a custom intercooler built from a rig, lots of custom plumbing for intake routing. Turbos are heavy , they need brakets, dont hang them from the exhaust pipes. the oil return lines are crucial, they must run as straightdown to the oil pan(yes you need to make holes in the oil pan, with tubes to attach these hoses on each side) as possible, no kinks or the oil wont drain back. The turbos you are mentioning have only 7lbs of preset boost in the attached wastegate, the ford units had 10lbs. Dont worry, this is lots of boost, these turbos will spool up so fast your head will spin, your would get full 7lbs by 1800 rpm at the latest, virtually no lag detectable ,the wastegate will be hangng open for the rest of time, dont run them wide open to long or you will wreck the wastegate seat! read crack. This is a very big job for someone at home with limited mod. skills and tools ie:welder, bender, chopsaw., and time . oh yah, one more thing, you will need a fmu(fuel mngmt unit) to control the fuel or you will run lean and blow your motor to bits, or at least the head gaskets.also that motor pinged constantly when they ran it down the 1/4, even with the fmu, soooo, be careful.