TE-44 in a hotair

[TurboTer]

Can someone please tell me what exactly needs to be done to put a TE-44 (or even a TA-49) in a 1985 GN? Do the turbos have to be modded? If yes, does anyone sell pre-modded turbos? Will these turbos on my car give me more or less horsepower than a TA-33?

 

[cool 84]

Try a search on making the TA turbos fit, there have been several threads about it. From what I gather, John Craig at Limit engineering will cut and weld your stock intake adaptor so the turbo is more or less a bolt on. Never done it myself, just what I've read.

Another option is to send your hotair turbo to be built, you can have any size wheels you want put into the stock housing with the upper limit being in the TA62 range.

 

[TurboTer]

Originally posted by cool 84
Try a search on making the TA turbos fit, there have been several threads about it. From what I gather, John Craig at Limit engineering will cut and weld your stock intake adaptor so the turbo is more or less a bolt on. Never done it myself, just what I've read.

Another option is to send your hotair turbo to be built, you can have any size wheels you want put into the stock housing with the upper limit being in the TA62 range.

Couldn't find anything in the Hot Air forum, as it seems all the old posts have been deleted. Besides getting it to fit, what I really want to know is if the TA-33 is more or less powerful than the two turbos I mentioned. Anybody?

 

[buickpower]

ta33

The ta33 is basically a ta49 in different, less efficient flowing housings. The ta49 flows 800cfm to the ta33's 700, and it is capable of producing more power. As for the te44, i am not positive, but i believe it is larger yet than the ta49, and it should have even more power capability.

 

[cool 84]

The TE44 is the same turbo as the TA49 except in a TE series compressor housing so it spools the same but produces slightly more hp.

 

[racemybuick]

TA 49

The precision TA 49 Just needs to have the compressor housing re-clocked, or spun, if you will. It is facing one or two bolts too far up, so you take the 6 bolts out, spin the shiny part a couple holes, and reattach. Then it is a direct bolt on. As I understand it, the TE's cannot fit. Hope this helps!

John

 

[buickpower]

no kidding!?

The ta49 is a direct bolt-on if reclocked!?

 

[cool 84]

The TA49 is not a bolton, even when rotated, the outlet doesn't fit. When used with an intercooler on a hotair, it's a bolt on. Anything that says TA is in a stock 86-87 compressor housing, they're the stock (for 87) appearing turbos. The TE turbos have larger compressor housings and all different inlet sizes. They also have a cast in inlet bell so the throttlebody on a hotair has nothing to bolt on to.

The only way of getting a true bolt on for a hotair car is sending in your old turbo and having it built to whatever specs you want.

 

[buickpower]

thanks

ok, i kinda thought it was something like that

 

[49-blues]

I would send your original stock turbo out to john craig and have him fit it for a 49 set up.very stealth-who would know-stock?