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GQ Turbo

Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2009 6:50 pm
by keith_patrol
Hey all i have got a GU turbo kit i want to put on my GQ. She 360000 on the clock how do you think the motor will go with it on. Any info woud be good thanks.

Re: GQ Turbo

Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2009 8:56 pm
by bogged
It may last 1klm it may last 500,000klms.. You never know.

Does it have a full service history?
Do you know the condition of the engine?
Have you had a compression test?
Has the pump or injectors ever been done?
Cooling system in good condition?

Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2009 8:57 pm
by cooki_monsta
shell be right, i just did mine about 10000 ago and its almost at 400,000 thats a tb42 tho :P

Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2009 9:19 pm
by chpd80
Yep mine has been turboed for just over 10,000 kays now and has 385,000 km on the clock. TB42

You will find LOTS of high kay TD42's with turbo's fitted going great. the trick is (IMO) to go conservative if you want a bit more life out of it.

Your not reinventing the wheel, there is heaps of info on turboing a patrol out there, ya just need to research.

Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2009 9:55 pm
by madmel
just put a factory GU turbo with 3 inch system on my GQ which has done about 340 thousand kms.

Sump was clean as when I took it off the motor ran fine for years.

It runs like a dream. I just had it tuned on a dyno but not maxxed out as I want it to last. EGT is the key.

Bogged's advice is on the money.

I should have done it years ago.

If your engine is sound and you look after it there should be no reason why it should not last

stuff

Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2009 10:49 pm
by fumduk3
youll be asking yourself why you didnt do it ASAP. itll go great

Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2009 5:30 pm
by keith_patrol
thanks lads will give it a go