Just had a quick question. The Yards around my house have a lot of turbo cars, I was just wondering what I would need from these cars to build a decent turbo setup for my D series motor. I'm not looking for blinding speeds but something to make the drive home a little more exciting.

 

how much psi are you planning to boost? are you going to do any internal work? http://www.homemadeturbo.com is a good place for info.

 

I'm planning on doing the same thing the same way, and I found that there is a lot available.

A good place to start is to find a similar displacement motor that comes with a stock turbo. Do some research as to rebuild costs, or upgrades for that turbo. if there's nothing available, don't bother - a broken turbo with no service is a paper weight I found a few on late 80's turbo volvo's. All were in good shape, and rebuilds are cheap at the local volvo aftermarket shop here in town. Plus, they have internal wastegates.

Look around for intercoolers on older Mazda 626's with turbos. They're aluminum, and have (i think) 2.5" diameter intakes. Fairly big, and easy flowing.

after that, think about oil lines for turbo cooling. One way to do this, is to use an oil filter replacement kit, and tap those lines.

Find an CRX HF manifold. (ebay - cheap)

Get a blow off valve.

FInd some bigger injectors, or get yours remapped/blueprinted. (Assuming you're not up for running more than 10 PSI)

You'll have to have the flanges (for the turbo), and downpipe custom welded after that, unless you can find something that fits. A local chaop could probably do it cheaply, but if you own a welder and have some skills, you can save a few bucks here.

As for piping, buying 2" (or whatever size your turbo outlet supports) steel piping, and finding any kind of rubber collar with compression fittings to hold it all together usually work pretty well.

It doesn't get anymore low budget than that. For the time it'd take, you might consider finding a kit though

good luck.