Re: 5kT (MC motor)-bypassing intercooler & headlight

[Sachelle Babbar <sbabbar@iris.nyit.edu>]

You can bypass the ic. i almost bought a car upon the insistance of the
owner that it never had an ic and they didn't com into being until later.
I, of course, knew otherwise.

point that 90 degree turbo inlet elbow to the throttle body, if you want,
bend the tb hose down and use a pipe in between the car I saw had a cut
down straight section of the air box boot to turbo inlet metal pipe. See
what you can get from home depot. Most of my turbo's plumbing is from
there and local hardware stores. Good luck.

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*Steve                                             Sachelle Babbar
*'87  5000CS Turbo 5spd 1.3-2.0 bar             <SBABBAR@IRIS.NYIT.EDU>
*Cockpit adjustable wastegate, AudiSport badge
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*Disclaimer:"Any information contained herein is based purely on my own
*personal experience and may not necessarily reflect yours. Use caution as
*your results may vary from mine."
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On Fri, 12 Nov 1999, William P. Magliocco wrote:

> I have just parted with $600 and now own yet another four-ringed money
> extractor!  :)
> 
> This is an '86 5kT, which will go quite well with the one my wife "took"
> from me.
> 
> This one had been involved in a front-end bang-up...not too severe, some
> pounding will get it back to close enough to normal.  Needs passenger side
> head light and the intercooler was broke in two.  The plastic tank where
> the hoses go was completely removed from the coil part.
> 
> In order that I can get this home without too much ado, I plan to whip up a
> little bypass unit made of 2" ABS pipe and a couple of elbows.
> 
> Any comments from the field on this?  Also, anyone have a used headlight or
> leads on one?  I might even consider going back to the sealed beam version
> on the '84/'85 if the need arises.
> 
> Hey, if worse comes to worse, it will make a dandy parts car for my running
> '86 5kT
> 
> The good news is that the PO had it for nine years, and has a fair amount
> of service invoices and a nine year old title to back it up.  Also, the
> other radiator appears ok, as the coolant tank had plenty of glycol mix
> (albeit the wrong stuff).
> 
> He had given it to his teenage kid who wasn't paying attention behind the
> wheel.  No collision insurance due to the age of the car, natch.  The guy
> is too depressed to want to even look at it anymore.
>