Limequat's 4.2l I6 Swap
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Not really. Just got a new aluminum oil pan fabbed. My steel piece is leaking real bad.mtriples;1934542 said:
PM me on that one
Interesting that you mentioned this, I was just looking into it. I wasn't able to find any good info. Seems like I should be able to bolt a gt3788va compressor to a gt3782va turbo (ford version) to get a more conventional package. I read somewhere that it doesn't work, but I'd like to try anyway.
just found this thread and read through it and was amazed! so how well do they hold up to boost?
limequat;1935666 said:
From what I can gather, and I might be wrong, but the turbine housing and CHRA is identical between the 3782va and 88va, since the 82 is the stock turbo and the 88 is a direct bolt-on upgrade. If my info is correct (the numbers might be wrong), they moved from a 9 blade turbine wheel to a 10 blade (which is why it whistles louder than than the 3782VA) with both a 72.5/66.5 ind/exducer, and bumped the compressor up from 61/82 ind/exd to 63.5/88 ind/exducer. At the same time, I also heard that the 88 had a better quality journal bearing...apparently they were a source of failure in the stock 82. Don't know if I'd want to upgrade the 82 to a larger compressor for that reason...if the bearing is having issues, the last thing you'd want is more load.
I know I found a thread about someone who mounted a gt4088 compressor onto the 3788VA, but IIRC, they had to do some minor clearancing on the 4088 backplate. I'll see if I can find that again for you.
Hmmm there might be a connection here >>>>>>>
http://www.vortec4200.com/forum1/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=871
http://www.vortec4200.com/forum1/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=871
YEAH COME ON LIMEQUAT....I am EXCITED ALSO....I have BOTH 4.2 ATLAS and 4.0 LEXUS and I am trying to decide which would be easier and a better overall choice.....LOL..
So a litany of errors resulted in me basically giving the cold shoulder to the Supra for the past 4 months or so. I had planned on swapping my pan prior to November so that I could still roll the car into the garage to work during the winter. I was slow and winter was fast, and the poor thing was covered in snow -jack stands and all- before I could work up the drive to button her up.
Things have now warmed up enough that I can at least see that there is a Supra underneath the snow, so I decided to assess.
Oil pan replacement means dropping the crossmember and disassembling much of the front suspension.
The suspension is mostly back together. Need the impact gun to finish the sway bar links and I'm missing a nut here and there.
Things have now warmed up enough that I can at least see that there is a Supra underneath the snow, so I decided to assess.
Oil pan replacement means dropping the crossmember and disassembling much of the front suspension.
The suspension is mostly back together. Need the impact gun to finish the sway bar links and I'm missing a nut here and there.
Damned bolt fairies get me all the time, too. The pan looks nice.
It also looks like the stock brace that goes across the back of the crossmember won't fit there anymore. Any plans to replace it?
It also looks like the stock brace that goes across the back of the crossmember won't fit there anymore. Any plans to replace it?
