AKIRA Posted September 4, 2003 Share Posted September 4, 2003 Hello, I'm thinking about this: putting higher compression pistons into a ea82 turbo to give it better low end power and make it rely less on the turbo. it would be like a N/A vehicle with a turbokit on it, right? running like a normal engine, but with some boost to help it with high-end highway power! so, will it work or am I insane? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKIRA Posted September 4, 2003 Author Share Posted September 4, 2003 do you guys forsee any problems with this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calebz Posted September 4, 2003 Share Posted September 4, 2003 Been done.. Look for WJM's car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilesFox Posted September 4, 2003 Share Posted September 4, 2003 instead of tearing into the internals of the motor and swapping pistons, you could simply use a short block of a carb or spfi with your turbo heads and cams. at least you will have fresh head gaskets that wont go bad unexpectedly. and fresh gaskets will better survive a mild overheat. the turbo has 7.7:1 compression carbs have 8.5:1 compression and spfi has 9.5:1 compression. wjm has the spfi in his, he hasnt had any reliability issues, and he runs 93 octane gas with advanced timing. a carb motor will up your compression, although more mildly, you can get away with more as far as knocking and pinging, and wont have to be modded as much for reliability Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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