My '87 turbo intercooled Tercel

joope · Post by **joope** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 2:01 pm

We all know what a Tercel looks like, but here's some pics of a turbo-charged intercooled Tercel under the hood. If you don't see the pics, try right-click and "view image" or whatever YOUR browser says. I hope these pics are of help or at least inspiration to someone. I wish all our Tercels could be like mine, but unfortunately I bought mine the way it is, so I can't give much advice.

I didn't even want the turbo, I just wanted a second Tercel with as few kilometers as possible and as little rust as possible. This one had 100 000 kilometers less than all the others (230 000 kilometers to be exact), and is practically rust-free so I decided to take a chance on the turbo. If something goes wrong, the factory service manual won't be very useful, since just about everything has been modified for better performance, which I am some what worried about, but the car is so fast, I forget my worries when I'm driving.

If someone can get the pictures to show up without excessive clicking and whatnot, be my guest.

I'll post more pictures of my Tercels when I get a chance, but they're just a white '87 with an electric sunroof and a red 84 with no nothing. Nothing special about them on the outside except the big exhaust pipe on the white '87 turbo one.

shogun · Post by **shogun** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 3:14 pm

beautiful red x

joope · Post by **joope** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 3:52 pm

I can't believe how crap IE is. I suppose now someone will start to bitch about image size and scrolling?

GTSSportCoupe · Post by **GTSSportCoupe** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 4:30 pm

Cool pictures! I think that is the first turbo 3A engine I've ever seen! How does your car handle the power? How much power does the setup make? Do you know what turbo is being used? How much boost?

Thanks for joining the forum! There are a few other fellows from Finland on here too.

joope · Post by **joope** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 4:38 pm

GTSSportCoupe wrote:Cool pictures! I think that is the first turbo 3A engine I've ever seen! How does your car handle the power? How much power does the setup make? Do you know what turbo is being used? How much boost?

Thanks for joining the forum! There are a few other fellows from Finland on here too.

The car handles the power fine, front wheels skid at scary speeds. The clutch has been swapped to a sintered one, the stock clutch slipped. It has been measured at 170 hp with the clutch slipping. It is a Garrett gt40 if I remember correctly, I'll have to check. Maximum boost is about 14 psi, probably too much in the long run.

Typrus · Post by **Typrus** » Sat Sep 02, 2006 12:32 am

Try to get some pictures up from the bottom. I want to see the turbo and how they rigged it up.

Gasoline Fumes · Post by **Gasoline Fumes** » Sat Sep 02, 2006 4:09 am

That's really cool!

You might want to replace the rusty steel intake tubing with aluminum or stainless steel. If they're rusty on the inside too, you could be feeding your engine rust flakes.

shogun · Post by **shogun** » Sat Sep 02, 2006 9:03 am

then ill have to be the first one to supercharge a tercel 4wd, man nice car what turbo are you running????

Fingers · Post by **Fingers** » Sat Sep 02, 2006 10:46 am

That's just crazy.

Crazy I tell you....

Colonel Kajones

takza · Post by **takza** » Sat Sep 02, 2006 8:26 pm

joope wrote:It has been measured at 170 hp with the clutch slipping. It is a Garrett gt40 if I remember correctly, I'll have to check. Maximum boost is about 14 psi, probably too much in the long run.

Hard to believe a 3AC can handle 14 PSI...not too mention the car handling 170 HP.

I can't keep my front tires from spinning in the rain with maybe 70 HP.

I'd turn the boost down and check that trans oil.....

Typrus · Post by **Typrus** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 1:12 am

GT40.................? Errrrmmm........ Those are huge?

Who was it that said boosting doesn't effect torque? I have some 7.3L Powerstroke owners who might beg to differ... And some Semi drivers... Schoolbus drivers.... Or anyone who's lost a turbo towing near their max and suddenly find 10mph their max.....

joope · Post by **joope** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 2:58 pm

Like I said, I didn't do it, I bought it like this. I don't know anything about turbos. I say gt40 because that is what it says on the car's registration papers. I may be wrong, but I don't think the bit that sits on top of the carb is "the turbo"?

Typrus · Post by **Typrus** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 12:43 am

All that is is an intake charge "hat" for the carb. Creates a seal for the pressurized air on top of the carb.
The best way to see what kind of turbo is to get the numbers off the castings in the turbo itself. Most turbo's will have their manufacturer, AR ratio, things like that on them. Some even have the model on them (i.e. GT40vs GT65) Part of why I want to see that turbo....
heh

Typrus · Post by **Typrus** » Sat Sep 09, 2006 11:48 am

If you can get ahold of him, please ask what he did to prepare the internals and soon.
We're all pretty excited about this methinks... lol

shaner · Post by **shaner** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 9:09 am

Damn did you say 14psi? im thinking about turboing my 4ac but only keepin it safe like at 5.5. hah wow 14psi 170hp. excellent work!

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