Turbos

[davewmartin]

if you want to know how to do a turbo install on your car, you have to check out www.overboost.com and search for probe gt. a few articles will come up, one of them being the turbo project. this article has been the most useful information i have found on this subject.
dave m

Originally posted by Druro
I'd just like to add the DSM's aren't the most popular turbos. Look at 2.2 Dodge Turbos. I see 7 or 8 of them at yards to every one DSM.

Ok last time i checked...and it has been a while since i had a diamond star motors car.......so i may be wrong....but isnt mitsubish part of the diamler-chrysler kingdom....and alot of the older dodge and chrysler turbos, yes the mitsu's also, had problems with the ceramic housings cracking ....


and if this is a dumb worthless post...please feel free to remove it accodringly

[davewmartin]

i believe that some of the old 2.2 turbos had a garrett instead of a dsm turbo. please correct me if i am wrong.

[Rick]

Originally posted by davewmartin
dsm turbo

Which one are you referring to? There's the 13b, the 14b, and the T25. The 2gs were a first for Mitsu's use of the T25, and the 14b was first used in the 4g63. I'm not sure of the 13b, but who gives a sh*t about automatic cars anyway?

[davewmartin]

i just meant that the turbo had a garrett label on it instead of a mitsubishi label on it. i don't really know which car used which turbo, as far as size and model. i just thought that garrett was supplying the turbo on the 2.2L. if i am wrong, which car was using the garrett? i have seen a few of them in junkyards.

[Rick]

Originally posted by davewmartin
if i am wrong, which car was using the garrett?

Originally posted by RickBusarow
The 2gs were a first for Mitsu's use of the T25

I'm not sure that any other Mitsu ever used a Garrett. What would be the point when you have your own line of turbos?

[davewmartin]

now i know where i got that thought from. i am looking at my sport compact car mag, the one with the "how to pick a turbo" article. i am looking at the junkyard dogs in the 2200cc to 2600cc range. they list the mitsubishi te04h-13c, then they list garrett t3 right after that, and they say that these turbos belong to chrysler 2.2liter, various shelbys, omnis, etc.
the fact that they mention garrett is what made me think that the garretts i saw in the junkyard belonged to chrysler 2.2's.

[Guido]

Originally posted by davewmartin
turbos belong to chrysler 2.2liter, various shelbys, omnis, etc.

Out of your last post these two words just don't look right together in the same sentence...

Peace...

[davewmartin]

hahah. that does sound funny. but that is what sport compact car has written here! and now that i think of it, i am pretty sure that i have seen a 2.2L turbo omni in a junkyard before.

[n1465]

Is it necesary to rebuild an engine before turboing it? I have a V6 with 154k miles on it and I was wondering if I should rebuild it before turboing it. Actually try to get a mechanic to rebuild it because I dont think I would be up to it.

[Rick]

It varies from one car to another. I, of course, believe you should, but not with stock parts. At least replace your internals. For right around $1k in parts you could have Ross pistons & rings with 9:1 compresssion, pushing Eagle rods. Bore it .020" over and knife edge the crank and you'll have a bottom end capable of spinning to 9000+ rpm and supporting more horsepower than you'll ever make (900?). Of course, you can't get that 9000 rpm without a 5 angle P&P head job, valves, cams, double springs, retainers... But that block will support anything you throw at it. I highly recommend it.

[n1465]

Do u know where I could find a book or something that would help me do it myself then? I wouldnt know where to start on rebuilding an engine and I dont have anyone to help me with it. I dont know anything but I am willing to learn...lol. If there is any advise or help you have please tell me where to look.

[Rivulent]

Originally posted by n1465
Do u know where I could find a book or something that would help me do it myself then? I wouldnt know where to start on rebuilding an engine and I dont have anyone to help me with it. I dont know anything but I am willing to learn...lol. If there is any advise or help you have please tell me where to look.

hmm... *sigh* he must not know the defiencies of Custom Kits. The best way to get more information is, well, this site. Type in turbo install, or turbo, into the search field. There really aren't any published books about turboing an mx-6, becuase it's so rare (i'm sure less than 500, if not 250). Don't forget people write those things to make a profit.

Here's some links however,
"My Turbo Install" (My turbo install)
has some good information in it too look at. Didn't even have to search.


Sorry to not tell you what you want to hear (I mean, what you want to hear, is something we ALL want to hear), but It's the way it is. This car may be beautiful, great engine, and racable, it just isnt popular in the aftermarket compared to the over-common hondas and integras. But like hell anyone who owns an mx-6 would ever go to one of those.

"My Turbo Install" (My turbo install)

[n1465]

I was actually asking about a book for a rebuild. Of a similar engine. I allready have a list of books to read on turbo's in general. I want a book on rebuilds in general or rebuilds on a similar engine.

[eXtreMX-6]

To those that were arguing about the Garrett turbo being in a Mitsubishi. The answer is yes they were. I have seen one Mitsubishi Eclipse 91' with a Garrett turbo stock and 2 Eagle Talon's 91' with a Garrett turbo stock. Quite amazed me also...