Carb ea82 retrofitted with turbo heads and turbo, and e

[pzs]

I have a low mileage carby ea 82 engine, I also have a high mileage Turbo ea 82 engine. My question is...has anyone swapped over heads and turbo onto a carb engine?.. I understand the carb engine has higher compression pistons, how ever I will not be over revving the engine. What is the general thinking on this, I am thinking of a budget rebuild cleaning the turbo heads up with new springs and rebuild on stock turbo using standard exhaust. It will be bolted up to a standard 3 speed auto running extra cooling on both engine and auto. I am thinking of going this way because of sand driving in desert country and the auto would be easier.....not to mention I already have all parts laying around to do this....thoughts.

 

[El_Freddo]

The NA EA82 should be up to the task, trick is not to over rev it or flog it and it'll hold up.

The issue will be the turbo heads - make sure they're square and get a good set of head gaskets - don't skimp on the quality of the HG's!

The auto could kill the engine - they rev significantly higher than the manuals at cruise. If you're using it for offroading make sure you have an oversized cooler and that the 4wd actually works - the autos tend to flog out or not work properly, why I don't fully understand.

But for the turbo heads on the NA block, it'll work, just look after it

Cheers

Bennie

 

[catchya]

Only thing I can add is install a thicker HG. It will lower the engine compression for your boosted NA hybrid. Done this a few times on different platforms.