Backyard turbo conversion on an 80 series
Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 7:56 pm
Hello to all, I have a 91 80 series GXL with the 1HZ in it and was looking at doin a turbo conversion on it. I'm mechanically minded pretty handy at fabrication (almost finished a pretty wild build up on a vl calais turbo) and I was wondering if anyone has done a backyard conversion themselves? I have a T3/T4 (Hi flowed turbo off a VL) turbo in the shed and was wondering if it would be suitable? I was thinking it may be a little on the big side, so would i be better off selling it and getting something a little smaller like a standard VL turbo, or one off a VG30 or something similar with a T3 style flange? Also i was having a look and i think i should be able to make a T3 style adapter to suit the standard non turbo exhaust manifold, has anyone done this before?
Any help would be greatly appreciated
Any help would be greatly appreciated