i found a cheap turbocharger for my 87 gl hatchback but is it worth the trouble to put in

is your 87 hatch, an ea81 or ea82? either way it is going to be a pain:-\ you will need alot more than the turbo charger.

says it comes with factory pipes and doo dads and such.

Two engines were offered in 1987. The EA81 and the EA82. take a look at the front of your engine and you'll see one of those 2 codes stamped into it. Let us know what it is if you want more help.

 

-Brian

its an ea 82

To do it factory style, youo will need heads, intake manifold, crossmember and a bunch of other crap.

 

If you have the know-how, it can be fun.

is it carburated? SPFI or MPFI?

 

If its SPFI then it wont take much to isntall the turbo. If its a carbed EA82 i wouldnt waste the time.

 

-Brian

 

 

View larger picturethis is what comes with it

Uhm... thats JUST a turbo. No "pipes". You will need a new exhaust. You'll need the EA82T Up Pipe and then a Down Pipe. You'll also need the passenger side head with the oil lines for the turbo, and you'll need the coolant lines as well. You can get away with using your stock pistons, but you wont be running much boost.

 

Oh, and the engine crossmember from a EA82T will also need to be used. Dont forget about your air intake, and the piping required from the turbo to the intake manifold. Oh... and if your going to do all this with the stock pistons, i'd highly recommend installing an intercooler as well.

 

-Brian

there are a couple of bright sides if it is carbed, one being that a carburated car runs richer which actually means less chance of detonation (cars like the evo start running richer as you get close to the redline for just that reason). something else is that like any block you can tap it for oil feed lines however i'm not quite sure where the oil return line would go:confused: sorry bout that one. custom turbo's are easier then people think but a lot of problems can arise do to uncertain things like the condition of you existing ignition and especially the clutch.

 

with another one of my cars i ran into so many problems that i had to update almost everything on the car and ran out of money so keep that in mind

Exactly how cheap is this turbo.

bout 60$ but im lazy and this sounds hard and not worth it