Hi everyone, I'm thinking of getting a turbo for my tibby. But the engine is 143,000 miles old... Would that cause any problems or should I have the block and heads looked at before doing anything?

Thanks

 

So many variables... most outcomes are potentially bad other than it going faster.



How healthy is it - compression - fuel system, etc etc?

 

143,000 isn't all that old, for a mild turbo system. For a 3 bar system, 0 miles may be too old. There are too many variables to give a straight answer.

 

I turbo charged mine at 100k. Mild setup, stock compression, tuned to about 10 psi. Ran fine until I swapped engines 25k later.



As mentioned, whenever you add more power then was intended from the factory, things can happen. As my tuner always said, that's racing.

 

Wait what? Damon said that? LMAO...sound bite or it didn't happen!