KBD and I are building my motor for my wagon. I know where I can get a spyder for a NA car,and legand has it, that I can just tap a coolant passage in the intake, and it will work on my turbo car...is this true? anyone actually done this?

Now, Im reading the wiring is going to be funky on my 86 vs the 87.5 cars and I'll have to get the intake machined to put the coolant passage on it..true?

Subscribe... My brother just got his hands on an N/A '89 XT with the spider, and he's going to put it in his '93 loyale wagon with the '86 turbo motor. ( thats a lot of years, try to keep up)

this should be true since I have a turbo spyder torn apart in my garage and it looks relativly the same. Water passage has the inlet for the turbo whereas from what I saw, the NA doesn't have, go figure. Other then that, they looked the same...

Alright...spyder is sitting in my garage now....it is an NA one. Oh well...can anyone tell me where the turbo water passage sould be on it? Wana get this onto a motor soon...Got three intake manifolds on the garage floor right now(SHO, 16V Veedub, and the spyder) need to at least get one onto a car...sheesh!

tomorrow i can take some pics for you has i have my upper manifold removed on t3h wagon..

tomorrow i can take some pics for you has i have my upper manifold removed on t3h wagon..

 

If you could just give me a ball park idea of where it is...that would help me out a lot....Oh...Should I have grabed the A/C compressor bracket as well? I want to retail A/C if at all possible...

 

Gota get to sorting the tool boxes....FILLED with 16V vee dub stuff now. Called in sick today to go junkin...hehe

there is a hardline that is right under the t-stat housing. it curves around toward teh turbo then there is a short peice of rubber line between that and the turbo hard line

there is a hardline that is right under the t-stat housing. it curves around toward teh turbo then there is a short peice of rubber line between that and the turbo hard line

 

Aparently, Im dumb and cant find where it should be....if you could get me a pic...that would be coo....or would It be something I could see on the one your buying from KBD?

well with my never ending digi problems i had to take a pic with my camera phone

 

Perfect...Thanks Dude! Now on to figuring out wiring because mines an early car...thats gona make a diffrance right?

Perfect...Thanks Dude! Now on to figuring out wiring because mines an early car...thats gona make a diffrance right?

 

Yup.. 85-86 and 87+ are completely different beasts. fun stuff

Yup.. 85-86 and 87+ are completely different beasts. fun stuff

 

well not to hyjack a post or anything but does the wiring from an XT plug into lets say, my RX for the intake?

 

Blown, when you get her on there, post some pics since I'm in need of some, lol

well not to hyjack a post or anything but does the wiring from an XT plug into lets say, my RX for the intake?

 

 

Not entirely sure, but the spider I have appears to be plug and play on my 87 wagon. Same main harness plugs and everything.