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how do you go about strappin on a factory gu turbo to a gq. is it worth it. is it possible. has it been done before? any info or input welcome...please tell me your honest opinion. thanks

Can easily be done mate but depending on what power you want to make there are a lot of better turbo's to run.

im doing the exact same thing to mine mate... looking for the same answers

well on 3rd year prentice wages i cant really afford to pay 3-4 k si for maybe 2 g i can have better drivabillity and stuff. so now do you think its worth it

im half way through the second year of my app.. i think its totally worth it, but if you can afford it dont do it.. do research and do it as cheap as you can.

Check this our:
http://www.outerlimits4x4.com/ftopic165380.php

manifold and every pretty much just all bolts on good conversion or upgrade

A whole GU kit basically fits up doesnt it?

is it worth getting the intercooler too

id think so...but im going to fit it up...wait a lil while then get a cooler insted of just forking out all the money at once

have you scurced a system? how much $$$ you pay

i didnt buy a kit as such. im mix and matching all the parts

i bought the turbo aswell as pipes for $400 (only 10,000km old)

im aiming for the whole setup to be under $2000, and so far my rough figures are looking under that

fitting all myself so no labour...only thing i wont do is the 3" exhaust setup

it is easily done. i have a gq with a series 1 gu pump, turbo and a aftermarket front mount intercooler. you can get more hp out of ser 2 though. if you can try and get the whole kit with water/oil feeds as they are very expensive through nissan but i had hydralink do mine. makes the old girl a lot more driveable.

purple bus what are roughly the power/torque gains to be had. i dont think id go the cooler allthough id love to. how long did it take to fit up??

the standard turbos are a little small go alot better if the internals are changed (hiflowed).

tye1986 but im guessin that cost $$$

yeh from memory bout $1000 but if you havent got a turbo yet you could buy it all seperately i turboed mine for about $900 .....

really $1000 total cost. thats awesome dude. how'd you do it?

i bought a t3 turbo high flowed with ball bearing internals (off vl holden) off ebay for a bargain $220 delivered turboglide manifold with t3 flange $490 i got some fittings and braided oil lines acquired from the pirtek container at work probably bout $60 worth 1/8 bspt t peace and braided oil line and the water lines cost me $50 cash from hosecorp they were pretty good cause i didnt want a receipt, 3" short radius steam pipe bend from atlas steel supplies $22 for the dump pipe and 3" exhaust pipe which i had alot of got 1 of them cheap pyros of ebay $61 delivered it lasted long enough for me to tune it but i sent it back and there sending me a new 1. i will 1 day do a build thread i put some photos on the other thread http://www.outerlimits4x4.com/ftopic184241.php realistically buying stuff straight from the supliers such as atlas steel rather than exhaust shops saves a bit of cash and hunt around ebay you can get some good bargains.

i have literally just finished bolting a gu (hitachi) turbo to my 89 gq total cost was about $2300 but that includes a re-built turbo $980 , digital pyro $300, autometer boost gauge $200 second hand 3" exhaust + dump pipe , mods and fitting $670 plus all the little things like exhaust studs, gaskets ,sealants, inlet plumbing etc etc . I only dove it for the first time an hour ago i think it's money well spent just my 2 cents

much appreciated mate. any info/prices/thoughts are much needed. im lookin to spend 2G or less. my brother is a boilie so he can make any pipes that are needed and we are gunna fit it our selves so im hopin to get under 2K. what do ya think. how does the ya rig go now. have you had it tuned yet??

i tuned mine my self then took into the local turbo shop to get them to check it and they didnt change it... it cost me a carton of xxxx gold.(cat piss)

ha good stuff. i cant wait to get one all fitted up!!

ha good stuff. i cant wait to get one all fitted up!!

i've got a oil cooled gu turbo on my 92 patrol, with a rebuilt late model gq fuel pump, it's not the most powerfull set-up but very responsive, running a subaru water to air intercooler, running 13pounds boost. not tuned yet, but very happy already.

awesome mate

I had a 4.2 GQ with a GU turbo. Ran 12lb boost had top mount intercooler and 3" straight through exhaust, Ran a pyro and played with the fuel myself. Ran great with heaps of power and spooled up to near full boost at 1500 rpm.

sounds good MR Frankenstine. How much did you pay for the setup?