[Vwdiesel] Turbo costs/etc.

[Terry Briggs]

yep. you want to watch the exhaust gas temp, the turbo and non-turbo 
heads are made from different material just for that reason.
On Jul 17, 2007, at 2:27 AM, LBaird119 at aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 7/16/2007 9:05:07 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> matt_lisa at sprynet.com writes:
>
>> All of this got me thinking, why couldn't I add a turbo to the
>> Rabbit?  How much does the associated parts cost?  I'd have to add
>> the intake/exhaust manifold, the turbo, some sort of airbox, and
>> that'd be about it.  I'm kinda getting giddy with the thought of
>> maybe adding a few horsepower, or at least compensating for the high
>> altitude here.
>>
>> Any thoughts?
>>
>
>   Add oil supply and return lines and a turbo pan, even new
> pans are <$50 iirc.  You'll need a oil filter adapter with another
> hole tapped or drill and tap yours for the oil supply.  There's a
> couple hoses that go with the turbo to intake and airbox to
> turbo.  You'll need a dowpipe or fabricate one along with a
> 2 1/2" exhaust.  No reason to cut down on the boost.  You
> just have to keep the fueling within reason (add a pyrometer
> to the list.)  :-)
>      Loren
>
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