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Originally Posted by Miller88
I think if you really want to do a turbo on this, it's going to need some sort of I4. The 3.8s are packed in there REALLY tight. I think adding a turbo would make the heat problem worse with the 3.8. You'd be replacing head gaskets weekly!
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I plan on relocating the battery to the rear, actually a bank of batteries to do an alternator delete, also the air box will go, that should free up a lot of room under the hood over the trans. should I decide to put the front turbo there, There is a ton of room underneath behind the subframe, it would be a short exhaust run for the rear turbo and a slightly longer one for the front if it goes there, seeing what the guys with rear mounted turbos get away with, shouldn't cause too much lag, especially if I exhaust wrap the pipes. I could be mistaken, but I believe the 3.0 vulcan engine is the one with the headgasket issues, either way as long as normal operating temp is not exceeded, shouldn't be a problem. Head gaskets are piece of cake on these engines anyway. Its pretty packed in there, but you should see how packed the engine is that those turbos came from.
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Originally Posted by cRiPpLe_rOoStEr
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But there would be so much room in the engine bay!
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Originally Posted by cRiPpLe_rOoStEr
The Duratec 2.3 out of a Fusion could be a good option, already bolted to an automatic transmission if your wife wouldn't drive with a manual transmission.
A small Diesel would be the best option, if you could get a wrecked Passat TDI already fitted with an automatic. Or if you could mess with the electronics and the torque converter of the stock transmission, a Kubota V-2203 can be had for cheap, retrofitted with a random small turbocharger and still provide decent performance with fuel savings. The ability to run on some alternative fuels such as waste vegetable oil is also a good reason to get a Diesel  |
I'm a (small)diesel guy and I would love to put an ALH tdi in there, she even wants me to do that, but like I said before on this thread, finding one of those is like finding gold around here. Me, my father and sister all have ALH tdi's that came with blown motors(now running) that I snagged off craigslist because I was the first to call within minutes. For future reference, I'm deffinitaly looking into the kubota thing. Running a trans with a different engine/computer is usually easy, you just leave the old TCM or PCM in place and feed it what it needs to shift, most of the time its just rpm signal and TPS, some cars use mass air flow as a load signal and that can get complicated but still do-able. I have a semi DIY greasecar kit on my TDI, havent used it in awhile due to time involved and supply issues after everyone jumped on the WVO bandwagon and started stealing it back when gas prices went nuts a few years back.