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Do a search for all the reasons not to do this. This question is asked every few months.

Basically, your engine and the ECU are not designed for a turbo. The turbo will increase the compression ratio in your engine which gives you more power. But the normal compression in a NA engine is much higher than the unboosted compression in a turbo motor, so the added pressure provide by the turbo will put huge stresses on the pistons, rings, con rods, crank and bearings, not to mention the head gasket.

It will work for a while (probably not long), but it will most assuredly break, perhaps spectacularly and catastrophically.(think rods through the block, shattered pistons, blown head gasket, many expensive noises)

Yes, people put turbos on other NA engines. But success lies in the details. Very often they use a much thicker head gasket to lower the compression ratio, or they swap pistons. Or they do the work on engines that have a relatively mild compression ratio to start with.

If you want to take your chances you have a lot to do. You need the turbo and all it's pipes and plumbing (oil and water lines), an intercooler and hoses, BPC and hooter valves, an ECU for a turbo model that will work in your car, and probably more. This is not simply a plug and play deal.

For what you'd spend in time and labor, you could probably sell your car and buy a turbo 9K. Even good ones aren't exactly expensive these days.

• Turbo on N/A car, George M., Sat, 5 Jan 2008 12:57:20
  • Do you currently own another 87?, David Ingram, Sun, 6 Jan 2008 16:21:03
  • Re: Turbo on N/A car, George M., Sat, 5 Jan 2008 16:53:41
    • Re: Turbo on N/A car, aaron, Sat, 5 Jan 2008 18:35:23
      • Re: Turbo on N/A car, George M., Sat, 5 Jan 2008 23:45:31
        • Re: Turbo on N/A car, rob 94 aero, Sun, 6 Jan 2008 05:34:53
          • Re: Turbo on N/A car, George M., Sun, 6 Jan 2008 12:20:41
            • Depends on how long it overheated for., turrbo , Sun, 6 Jan 2008 14:54:58
              • Re: Depends on how long it overheated for., aaron, Mon, 7 Jan 2008 08:36:59
  • Forget it....., Bill U, Sat, 5 Jan 2008 16:42:35
  • It would be a helluva lot easier, turrbo , Sat, 5 Jan 2008 15:46:10
    • Re: It would be a helluva lot easier, aaron, Sat, 5 Jan 2008 15:59:15
  • Re: Turbo on N/A car, Noel, Sat, 5 Jan 2008 14:41:13 <-- Viewing This Message

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