Finally Home: 87 turbo

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Finally Home: 87 turbo

Reply #30 – January 24, 2006, 11:05:53 PM

I gotta get some pics of a buds sprint. Custom hood scoop with butterflies, spoiler, running boards side skirts. It is one ghetto cruizer. You will LOVE it.

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Reply #31 – January 25, 2006, 02:50:21 AM

I see these sprint turbo's every few months in the jys out here. I have a map sensor, 3 injectors, intercooler scoop, horn button cover, and other stuff laying around. I had a buddy who would trade me gas scooters for parts. I would just get carried away. LOL I did not know the turbo's were worth$$. Tell me more. PM me if you want any of this stuff.

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Reply #32 – January 25, 2006, 10:31:16 AM

i was just thinking... that little car would be super awesome if it was RWD.. would make a fun little beater car for taking out on the twistys.
(i am assuming it is FWD by the transverse nature of the engine)

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Reply #33 – January 25, 2006, 07:27:15 PM

Quote from: Funky Cricket

i was just thinking... that little car would be super awesome if it was RWD..

People have actually done AWD conversions, that would be awesome

If you find an 87-88 turbo I know I need a grille, drivers mirror and intercooler bracket. Not exactually sure what else I need yet or what interchange is between years...

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Reply #34 – February 13, 2006, 02:03:31 AM

After spending about $300 and replacing everything and anything that could get worn out or plugged up I removed the exhaust to "fix" the cats and this fell out.

Looks like i'm in the market for a new turbo...

Atleast it handles well and still gets 30mpg

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Reply #35 – February 13, 2006, 02:41:26 AM

How big in diameter is that impeller?
Hard to believe it went through the engine without causing any damage!
, lol

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Reply #36 – February 13, 2006, 03:03:01 AM

Quote from: FordTruckFreeek

How big in diameter is that impeller?

1 inch and 3/8ths lol its actually the exhaust impeller and just ended up on top of the pre-cat, the intake impeller is still stuck in the turbo and spins, it would have to make it through 3 feet of tubeing and an intercooler before it got to the intake anyway. Either way it sucks.

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Reply #37 – February 13, 2006, 03:36:40 AM

wow. thats just..... wow. Not exactly what you were expecting to see when you took the exhaust off, huh? Bet that thing was lacking in power for that first drive home.

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Reply #38 – February 13, 2006, 04:02:14 AM

I can describe the car in two words the day I first got it -gutless wonder- i've since replaced:

*Original plug wires, coil wire had 1/4" of the center somehow missing
*Cap & rotor, also looked original
*Original fuel filter
*Original O2 sensor
*3/4 of the original exhaust, only the very front was salvageable

Also:

*Adjusted the valves... twice
*Fresh mobil1 and filter
*'fixed' catalytic convertor
*Patched up a couple broken wires
*And as soon as I figure out how to refill it I have 3 quarts of GM syncromesh waiting for the tranny Aswell as a new timing belt.

I've also tested every sensor atleast twice.

When I got the lower exhaust manifold off I stuck my finger in to see if the impeller would spin freely and was greeted with a gaping hole, I then shook the exhaust, groaned and proceded to pick out the pieces of my turbo.

It still runs better than the sprunt' did on two cylinders lol Why do I like this car!?

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Reply #39 – February 13, 2006, 05:37:37 AM

Scott, are those turbo's readily available?

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Reply #40 – February 13, 2006, 08:48:39 AM

Looks like a candidate for a T3 swap :D

Joking apart, don't think that 3 feet of tubing and an intercooler will save your engine if the impeller comes apart - it didn't work in my Volvo. Enough pieces made it through to hole a piston and seriously f*ck up the cylinder wall (then again, I suppose a single piece of a blade would do that at 3000 RPM)...

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Reply #41 – February 13, 2006, 09:21:02 AM

Can you get a picture of a factory turbo? I could swear those had an IHI very similar to the Turbo Probes.

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Reply #42 – February 13, 2006, 11:41:38 AM

the probe used the same turbo as the tc's/svo's yes?

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Reply #43 – February 13, 2006, 01:22:35 PM

No.

It used an IHI turbo, same turbine side as the 87-88 TC's, but the compressor side was downright tiny. The upgrade for probe guys is using the Tbird IHI compressor housing and mating it to the probe turbine side.

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Reply #44 – February 13, 2006, 08:07:35 PM

Sprint uses an IHI RHB32 and yes its difficult to find, and a bit pricey for my tastes.

Hers a comparo between the sprint turbo and a volvo T3