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Re: how hard would it be to turbo charge a 242? 200 1984

posted by  someone claiming to be Jason Kneier on  Mon Dec 17 07:16 CST 2001 [RELATED]

Yes, If 130-140HP are all you need, you can do it with NA parts. Get a K-cam from a Canadian B23E, and an ipd sport exhaust or some custom 2.25"-2.5" exhaust with a single muffler. Add a free-flow filter from Amsoil or K&N, and maybe open up the airbox inlet a bit. Pop in fresh plugs, cap & rotor and wires, advance your timing a bit (+14-+16deg) and run plus or premium fuel. BAM - for under $300, you've got 130-140HP, and nice engine sounds. Some other relatively low cost mods include doing a mild street port of your head/intake manifold using a kit like Eastwood sells. Also swapping in rear axle from another 240 can get you a final drive of 3.54, 3.73, 3.91 or even 4.10. 3.91 is probably as extreme as you'd ever want to go with an M46 though. And you'll have to change the speedo drive gear too.

If you do all of the above, you'll have a NA 240 that outruns the non-intercooled Turbo, and can almost hang with a stock intercooled version in most driving situations.





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