4wdHonky

I've got a 1984 Brat Turbo, that is in pretty rough shape. We know that one of the spark plug holes is stripped out. I've also got an old naturally aspirated EA81 in an old GL that will run with a little effort. Can I pull the turbo motor, put the heads and all the turbo nonsense on the top end of the naturally aspirated EA81, and be ok, or do I need to do pistons, rings, connecting rods, etc.? Are such parts even available. I can't find much info online regarding this kind of a swap. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

Thanks for the replies guys. I am going to attempt this as soon as possible. Probably spring.

Greetings! This is my first post here and I have a question that is probably answered elsewhere but I can't seem to sort it. I just got a sweet 84 GL. My first car was an 80 GL, and I am stoked up to have this car to fool around with. I need to replace the front struts, 30 years and 200K miles has worn them out. Should I replace the coil springs? Are they even available? I found the KYB part number (Excel G 234028) from their website and they don't seem so rare that they can't be ordered, but I have no idea about the springs. Also, some advice online suggests that this is super sketchy and dangerous and some suggests that it is not that sketchy or dangerous if you have the right tools, e.g. a coil spring compressor. I am not a proper mechanic, but have replaced ball joints, control arms and that kind of stuff before. Is this going to be more involved than that? I am probably not going to get started on this for a while, unless I sweet talk somebody with a garage into letting me use theirs. I lam in the interior of Alaska, and although it is only about -15 F right now, it has been -40 for a week, and working on cars in this kind of weather is awful and silly Thanks 4wdHonky