gpzTurbo
New member
- Joined
- Dec 4, 2013
- Location
- South Joisey
Hi
I have a 93 940T with stock turbo , stock ecu, and stock injectors.
i drank the KoolAid a few yrs ago and jumped in with both feet but without a proper plan. I bought the parts, borrowed the jig, broke out the tools, enlisted the help of a mechanic-friend, and went to town all full of piss and vinegar.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/13bOuEAy9FcvqjI8OLd9xgCiCIz7-k-9L/view?usp=sharing
I ruined the car.
It ran so well as a slightly tweaked 8v car I should've left it alone. We finished the head swap, drove it down the road, it came to full boost immediately, then fell on its face .
I asked questions at the time but no one had a solid definitive answer about where to start or what I did wrong.
With a few health issues now I am finishing all of life's unfinished projects or getting rid of them. I'm hoping there's more of a "formula" now.
I will put a small amount of effort into making the conversion work before I yank the powertrain out of the donor car I just purchased yesterday , put it all back to a happy 8v setup, and sell/scrap the rest.
Maybe you'll say helpful things (all of which may start with "you're an idiot") like :
- that setup was never supposed to go with the stock turbo dummy! you have to upgrade to a larger unit
or
- you can run that setup with the stock turbo but the original injectors are way too small dummy!
or
- that whole LH engine management will never work with what you're doing, Idiot.
An ultimately dreamy response to hear would be "that sh!t should've been fun as hell. you just overlooked something simple. go back and triple check your cam timing" (or something similar)
I have a 93 940T with stock turbo , stock ecu, and stock injectors.
i drank the KoolAid a few yrs ago and jumped in with both feet but without a proper plan. I bought the parts, borrowed the jig, broke out the tools, enlisted the help of a mechanic-friend, and went to town all full of piss and vinegar.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/13bOuEAy9FcvqjI8OLd9xgCiCIz7-k-9L/view?usp=sharing
I ruined the car.
It ran so well as a slightly tweaked 8v car I should've left it alone. We finished the head swap, drove it down the road, it came to full boost immediately, then fell on its face .
I asked questions at the time but no one had a solid definitive answer about where to start or what I did wrong.
With a few health issues now I am finishing all of life's unfinished projects or getting rid of them. I'm hoping there's more of a "formula" now.
I will put a small amount of effort into making the conversion work before I yank the powertrain out of the donor car I just purchased yesterday , put it all back to a happy 8v setup, and sell/scrap the rest.
Maybe you'll say helpful things (all of which may start with "you're an idiot") like :
- that setup was never supposed to go with the stock turbo dummy! you have to upgrade to a larger unit
or
- you can run that setup with the stock turbo but the original injectors are way too small dummy!
or
- that whole LH engine management will never work with what you're doing, Idiot.
An ultimately dreamy response to hear would be "that sh!t should've been fun as hell. you just overlooked something simple. go back and triple check your cam timing" (or something similar)