JWSewell

Jeep Liberty 2.8L TD? Its Italian!!!

I really, REALLY want to turbocharge my NA VG30i in my 87 Kingcab P/U. So I was cruising Craigslist and came across..... "AiResearch T04 for $250. Brand new in the box" Anyway I bought this Turbo. Real nice, real clean. BUT.... I think I may have bought a turbo that is to small. AiResearch T04 .40 A/R compressor .50 A/R turbine My goal is to have my 3000+ lb truck running 12's in the 1/4 mile. I want to build some manifolds, bolt on a turbo, swap TBI for Pathy MPI, intercooler, wastegate, BOV, engine managment as needed, Ect. Basiclly all the turbo support equipment and no changes to the engines internals. Do you guys think I am on the right track? Or Am I barking up the wrong tree with this turbo? Opinions, ideas, Flames are all welcome.

I am an auto mechanic, and I will tell ya $1000 doesn't go far at a shop. Our labor rate is $96 per hour. Hell thats only 10 hrs. of labor to reach $1000. Figure in parts,.......... Yeah $1000 won't get you far at a shop. When you go to a shop, you are paying for knowledge, experiance, tools, ect. Its not as cut and dry as Slapping some parts on. Good luck with you Z though. However you go about it. Oh yeah, and this may piss you off too, but I am gonna say it anyway. Say for instance, (just #'s off the top of my head BTW), The labor guides say 2.0 hours to replace the fuel rail, Rarely will a good tech. spend more than 1/2 that time actually working on the car. But then again the tech, may spend 4 hours fighting the thing and only get paid for the 2 hours you were quoted. And just like you would not want to pay more than you were quoted , do not expect a discount because he only spent half the billed time working on it.

the trans. will act like any other "normal" auto trans. UNLESS It has a manual valvebody, then you have to shift thru the gears, no way around it. Its still an auto, just have to manual shift. With a manual valve body if you put the shifter in drive the trans. is in drive. Same for second, same for first. Unless Its a reverse shift manual vavle body, then first and third are swapped. Park, reverse and neutral stay where they are. Consused yet. I think I am!!!

The ratchet action is inside the shifter its self. Has nothing to do with the tranny. But yeah, kinda like a motorcycle. Once you upshift or downshift the shifter will return to center. One racthet = One up / down shift

500 HP is easy to come by NA w/ a small block Chevy. Very Easy W/ boost. I would start with a stock 2 bolt main 350 block. - Machine the mains in the block for splayed 4 bolts mains. (much stronger than the stock 4 bolt main block) - Forged crank, (its a smallblock Chevy, so many choises) - Forged rods, (same as above) - Forged 8.0/1 pistons - L31 Vortec heads, (LT1 heads cast in iron) - yeah I would have to do some, ok alot of reasearch on cam selection, I really have no idea for turbo engines. _ But the above combo with say 9.5/1 pistons and the right cam could be capable of close to 450 HP NA On a side note!!! I was at PIR, Portland International Raceway, last night and there was a 67 Malibu,(Read big and heavy car), running a twin Turbo small block. It was a blow thru carb setup, not EFI, I feel EFI and boost were made for each other. He had Master Power turbos, I have no Idea what size they were, but OMG did that car leave the line hard and pull like mad thru the intire 1/4 mile! WOW!!!!!! That car was running 10's in the 1/4 mile and he drove it to the track!!

E-mail them to me. I will post em' up for ya! jwsgs650g@comcast.net

Pics please!! Oh dear baby jesus please post pics! Detailed pics. I want to do the same!

LOL! Well did you find out if you had any oil in it?

Now that was funny!!!! LMAO! The dipstick should be on the drivers side of the engine. If you cannot find it one of two things is happening. 1 - The dipstick is missing 2 - you have no business under the hood of any car. (no offence)

Figured I would just say hello to ya all and nice site ya have going here. I don't own a Z, but I do own a 87 Hardbody Kingcab 2WD auto VG30i. So you all know why I am here.

And pics? Yeah, I am stalking ya:icon45: