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The radiators are the same, but I did forget to mention that he will need the right side cooling fan off a turbo car also, it sits closer to the radiator, to give clearance for the turbo.
The block has a bolt pluging the oil feed and a freeze plug in the oil return spot. The freeze plug is tricky to remove, I forgot about mine till after I had set the engine, but it shouldn't be difficult with the manifold off.
Turbo cars have an oil cooler that N/A cars don't have. Although I put an N/A engine in a turbo car and then turbocharged it, I didn't hook up the oil cooler, because it had a major leak. It would be easy to use the filter housing from a turbo car, but I'd have hoses made up and use a new or junkyard oil cooler mounted out front, if I were to add one.
I drive this car everyday in NW Florida, temperatures run about 90 degrees, not so high, but the humidity is also pushing 95% plus, which means that things here don't cool efficiently. I run the A/C in the car, so there is always a fan on, but I have never seen the gauge above half way.
I use an intercooler, APC and stock turbo ignition, timing at 16 degrees BTDC, 12 psi max boost and believe me this car will out perform a stock turbo car, by a lot. I ran it at 6 psi of boost for several weeks to feel it out and the improvement is very significant.
This conversion can be made for less than the cost of a set of cams, you retain total street drivability, reliability, fuel usage etc. The extra power is right there when you want it, you don't need to rev it, like you'd need to with a cam upgrade that will only be noticable in the upper RPM range, 4500-6200 RPM and to gain that, you'll lose down low.
Try it, you'll like it.
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