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posted by  nick6 on  Mon May 13 18:01 CST 2002
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i have a '94 850 standard
was wondering about putting a turbo in this thing

is it possible??
any downfalls??

has anyone done this?

thanks in advance for the info








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    turbo... 850

    posted by  someone claiming to be Mrsha on  Tue May 14 04:00 CST 2002 [RELATED]

    It is much cheaper and more cost effective to sell your and buy a turbo ..

    I pick mine up for $7500 850 1994 turbo excelent condition... original owner leather and all.... it have 113,000 on it when we got it.. have been a great car....








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    posted by  Erwin on  Tue May 14 03:22 CST 2002
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    There are kits available but you still won't be up to the output of a factory turbo car. Also, the engines are quite different. To name a couple of items, the turbo motor has sodium filled exhaust valves, lower static compression, oil jets to cool the undersides of the pistons and more.

    Go to tme.com for information on turbo vs non-turbo. I believe easternaerospace.com offers a kit for $3,200 - $3,500 that claims a 40hp increase over the n/a motor.

    If you really want a turbo, I'd suggest selling yours and looking for a manual model. Didn't the Canadian models have the manual option?

    There is probably more information on this topic in the archives.



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    Erwin in Memphis, '95 855t - fast & comfy, '86 Guzzi LeMans - fast & loud, '76 Montesa 348 Cota - slow.








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    posted by  danielflading on  Tue May 14 03:22 CST 2002
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    i have seen aftermarker add on turbo kits, but with the cost of the kit, labor, time, tuning, headaches, hassles, etc. Have you looked for a turbo engine in any junkyards? it may be alot easier and cheaper to do a engine/ecu swap from a turbo car.

    I have seen 850 turbo egines for sale, there was one on ebay about a month or two ago that was selling for about 1500.00 plus shipping.

    Dan







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