Taco turbo

Hi guys, I'm New in this community and I have couple questions before start my project: Alright, I have a tacoma 03 2.4L 5 speed with 203,000 in the engine and I want put turbocharger on it but I don't know if first I need to rebuild it and I don't know exactly what kind of kit I need to buy for, thanks for look my post and for your help.

 

Try here

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/turbo-bs-thread.481844/

 

Thanks Neutral, do u know some shop they can put turbochargers in Birmingham area or somewhere of Alabama.

 

Unfortunately not. Im sure theres some around that way though. You could try asking in the Alabama thread. Im like 2 hours from Birmingham, so im not familiar with that area.

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/alabama-thread.37848/page-1912

 

Having a Shop do this type of work unless your lucky enough to find one that has done this type of install.

Is really going to be expensive

What is your end game here.

Till your done a 3.4 swap will be much cheaper with lots more support

 

Check out LC Engineering.

I personally would stalk the classifieds for a manifold and buy the rest new.

 

A whole lot of investment for very little return.

 

How much do u think I'll go investment for this project because I have in mind spend like 2,500 or 3

 

Personally for that budget I'd just get the supercharger that LCE offers, it comes with fueling and ignition management as well.

 

@boostedka

 

But before I need to rebuild the engine with turbo kit or something like that right guys. Somebody can tell me what kind of kit I need to buy and where (ebay or Amazon) or some store selling online

 

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/turbo-bs-thread.481844/page-86

Hop on into that thread.

*Edit* Beat me to it.

 

Way less support, if going turbo.

 

Do a compression test. Check cylinder health. Change your old cracked vacuum hoses for new. Change the fuel fitler.

After a compression test, you will know if you should upgrade the head gasket and add some ARP studs in, or keep it like it is until you want/need to.

Best bet, is like others said. www.lceperformance.com Your engine is their specialty.

 

^ This guy know what's up. Just be careful. Follow Tor very long and you'll be on your third engine before you know it

 

Shhh......

 

Ok guys thanks I'll go with carefully
I have another engine with bad head and somebody tell me I can use it to rebuild with a turbo kit (cylinders, rings, valves, everything new) but I'll go test the compression of the cylinders (thanks for the idea Torspd)

 

I turbo'd my motor at 175k a year ago and I've had no issues. Like torspd said, a compression test will really let you know if you need to do any motor work before boosting it. If you're going for a low boost setup (6psi or less), you shouldn't have much more maintenance than before.