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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: N. Phoenix AZ USA
Posts: 28,977
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20 years ago I turbo'ed a Volvo 242GT, two years before the factory came out with a turbo. Used an aircraft turbo and external waste gate. Kept the innards on the motor stock and kept the boost down and the motor lasted over 130k miles. Overhauled the turbo twice in that time but motor needed nothing but routine maintenance.
Thing was a hoot and kick in the pants but up at altitude in the mountains it would walk away from everything in sight except another turbo. If you kept the boost down the motor will usually last but nothing is guaranteed in life. My car ended up totaled in a accident when someone ran a stop light, otherwise believe it would still be running today.
Joe
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2021 Subaru Legacy, 2002 Dodge Ram 2500 Cummins (the workhorse), 1992 Jaguar XJ S-3 V-12 VDP (one of only 100 examples made), 1969 Jaguar XJ (been in the family since new), 1985 911 Targa backdated to 1973 RS specs with a 3.6 shoehorned in the back, 1959 Austin Healey Sprite (former SCCA H-Prod), 1995 BMW R1100RSL, 1971 & '72 BMW R75/5 "Toaster," Ural Tourist w/sidecar, 1949 Aeronca Sedan / QB
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