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Originally Posted by donidavis
Hey i am wanting to turbo my 96 eclipse 2.0 non turbo. I am trying to find out everything i need and to do to get it turbod. what is a good turbo and parts would be good to get?
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There are lots of questions before anyone can answer this...
What are your goals?
Is it being a street car or full drag setup?
How much are you willing to spend?
Do you know how to turbo the 420a?
How many miles are on the motor?
What condition is the motor in? (compression test)
Are you ready for the headaches that come with turboing a nonturbo car?
As far as a basic setup for the 420a, you will need:
-Turbo (something small for quick spool).
-Log manifold
-Wastegate
-Blow off valve
-Some sort of fuel controller (SFMU or FMU)
-Fuel Pump (at least 190hp)
-Piping and Intercooler
-Custom downpipe
All this will cost you about $1000 or so for decent products. Somethings you don't want to go cheap on, like the wastegate or BOV. I personally used a Tial WG (~$200) and a 1G BOV (~$25). Fuel pump was a Walbro 255 and I did all my own welding for the downpipe and wastegate piping. It's all very doable.
However, if your motor has high miles, smokes, has bad compression... any thing like that, a turbo will put extra stress on the motor and you'll be doing a rebuild soon. The MAX you can go on the stock block is about 8psi. Anything more, you're guaranteed to blow it.