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Cost to turbo a 1988 GQ 4.2L Diesel

Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 8:42 pm
by Swerve
Hey,

Note from my previous post. What cost would my mate be up for to turbo his 4.2 donk. Is it easy to rip it off another rig and install or go to a shop and pay BIG dosh ?

Steve

Re: Cost to turbo a 1988 GQ 4.2L Diesel

Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 8:53 pm
by bogged
Swerve wrote:Hey,

Note from my previous post. What cost would my mate be up for to turbo his 4.2 donk. Is it easy to rip it off another rig and install or go to a shop and pay BIG dosh ?

Steve
Depends on what he wants to do.

bolt on kits are from around $3000 upwards.. thats fit yourself.

For $6+k you can go ball bearing with manifolds etc complete with zaust and all.

Try and get an old system off a GU TD42 that someones upgraded.

Re: Cost to turbo a 1988 GQ 4.2L Diesel

Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 8:57 pm
by embryo
bogged wrote: Try and get an old system off a GU TD42 that someones upgraded.
rockin' horse shit!

Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 9:00 pm
by dirtyGQ
mate look at the special going in technical section .

Re: Cost to turbo a 1988 GQ 4.2L Diesel

Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 9:09 pm
by bogged
embryo wrote:
bogged wrote: Try and get an old system off a GU TD42 that someones upgraded.
rockin' horse shit!
why? plenty of people going ball bearing setups recently..