I have a 2.2lOHV 97 Sunfire and my friend's old turbo went to @!#$, he told me I could have it and all it needed was a rebuild, and he'd priced them in the area at 130-150 bucks. It's a T25 off of a Eagle Talon, is it worth my trouble? My engine already has 122,000 miles on it. I'm not sure if I want to bother with it. What do you guys think?

Are you ready to spend at LEAST a grand on this project? That turbo would be great for the street, not so much for the highway. You'd spool quick and at low RPM's. You can get a brand new garrett for around 300.00 if you know where to look, and that's personally the route I would take. You can boost any car, as long as it isn't already showing major signs of wear (valve train issues, knock, etc.)

That's sort of what I was looking for an answer on. What I might end up spending all together. A grand doesn't sound too bad, but if I can get something brand new for 300 bucks it already doesn't seem worth rebuilding. I don't /think/ my engine shows any signs of wear.There's no knocking, and I dunno about valve train issues.

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you can't just spend $1000 on a turbo system and do it safely with the pre 98 OHV's

its covered again and again, and not to beat a dead horse, but you'll need some sort of fuel upgrades that will require larger injectors. Larger injectors are so rare to find that people end up doing a top feed conversion instead.

aside from larger injectors you need something to control them, because at the same idle fuel pressure they are delivering a LOT more fuel then what a factory computer can compensate for.

the turbo is the LAST of your troubles when boosting a non-factory-boosted car...

being able to get just the turbo for cheap is in no way a good opportunity to turbo your car.



14.425 @ 97.833 mph stock + GMPP s/c on drag radials.

Fair enough, thinks for your input, folks.