Originally Posted by IMPORTGIRL76
sorry. well you see ive never worked with a turbo and i dont know much about them. i bought a book about them the other day and im learning how they work and what not. i am trying to find the cheapest way to go, but still get my moneys worth and do it right. im planning on buying another d16y8 block, with a z6head.(better flow) and get the head port and polished, im planning on gettin aftermarket forged pistons, rings, rods, valves, valve springs, retainers, gasket kit. after i put all that together, then im going to put on the turbo kit. i have money that i have saved up for all of this so im planning on doing it soon. as far as putting it together, im doing the majority of the work. the only thing im not doing is putting the pistons, rings, rods etc. together. im taking it to a machine shop so they can do it. the port and polishing work im not doing, but everything else will be done by me. i have some friends around here that are going to help me put it together but i can always use more help. where are you all from??? close to me at all??
Let's take a step back before you go throwing money at all of this... what is your goal? Saying you are going to put pistons/rods/cams/retainers/etc in there is great and all, but there's a lot more to it than that. What compression do you want to run? What bore? Sleeving? How much boost? What turbo? How much HP do you want? Looking for specific times at the track?
Tell us what you want to achieve and what your budget is and we may be able to give you better advice.
