tpivette89
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- Mar 27, 2002
after staring at the engine bays of my own 85' GN, and my buddies 87' engine bay side by side, i got an idea that i would like to try. just wondering if any of you guys have ever done this or even thought about it
anyway, what i would like to do is sorta retrofit the 86/87 turbo & exhaust setup WITHOUT the intercooler onto a hotair. i was thinking you would need:
- 86/87 pass header
- 86/87 oil feed and return lines
- 86/87 turbo and actuator
- 86/87 style intake piping
- 86/87 downpipe
- custom turbo to intake pipe
there seem 2 be many advantages to this setup: 1) use of any 86/87 turbo is now a direct bolton, no fabbing anything 2) use of the larger and more readily availible 86/87 downpipes 3) eliminating the leak prone hotair "uppipe"
would there be any other modifications to make a project like this work? my A/C and heater have been deleted and i have TONS of room on the passenger side. it looks like everything mentioned above would fit, even with the Vbelt setup
comments?
EDIT: crap, i totally forgot about the TB and its placement. hmmm, loks as though id have to come up w something custom, or swap over to an 86/87 intake. oh well, i THOUGHT it would be a good idea. still like to try it though
anyway, what i would like to do is sorta retrofit the 86/87 turbo & exhaust setup WITHOUT the intercooler onto a hotair. i was thinking you would need:
- 86/87 pass header
- 86/87 oil feed and return lines
- 86/87 turbo and actuator
- 86/87 style intake piping
- 86/87 downpipe
- custom turbo to intake pipe
there seem 2 be many advantages to this setup: 1) use of any 86/87 turbo is now a direct bolton, no fabbing anything 2) use of the larger and more readily availible 86/87 downpipes 3) eliminating the leak prone hotair "uppipe"
would there be any other modifications to make a project like this work? my A/C and heater have been deleted and i have TONS of room on the passenger side. it looks like everything mentioned above would fit, even with the Vbelt setup
comments?
EDIT: crap, i totally forgot about the TB and its placement. hmmm, loks as though id have to come up w something custom, or swap over to an 86/87 intake. oh well, i THOUGHT it would be a good idea. still like to try it though