turbo on a 3y?

[Windsurfer0206]

as above i can get my hands on a subaru standard turbo for probably little to nothing. will the 3y take it or am i better of just running the 3y as is? i am going to put a weber carb on it and old man put one on his nissan back in the day and he swars by them says they give heaps more power.

interested what you guys think about the turbo option cause dont have alot of cash to spend. going to do new exaust eventually anyways and am looking for a good condition diesel radiator to replace my very slightly leaking 3y radiator.

let me know what you all think of the idea!!
cheers
chris

[radar21]

you could put turbo on but you wouldent want to run a webber you would be better off running a su carb off an old jag and just run lowish boost on engine

[Windsurfer0206]

thinking of one or the other not sure which would be better. webber is about 650 nz from oz. not sure how much would cost to get the turbo all hooked up and plumbed.

[radar21]

unless you know some one in an exhaust shop i would amagin that it would cost you around the same if not more but you will get more power from the turbo but probly wont be as reliable as the webber just my two cents

[Windsurfer0206]

also question which would be a better engine 3y or 3ye in regards to power reliability fuel economy to power and easiness of working on. and is it just a pull out put in to swap the 3y with a 3ye?
cheers

[J_Dub]

i own both, got a 3y in my solid axle toy, very reliable, but only get 300ks to a tank, and a 3ye in my daily, and it gets 480ks t a full tank, tho cant realy compare to closely as the 3y is pushing along 33s etc and is much more harder rideing than the 3ye, but the 3ye does seem to have more power

[Steve_t647]

If you can find a 3ye you can take all the electrics accross to the existing 3y, you will need the wireing and comp. The biggest thing you will notice is the 3ye will be more consistent in power and throttle responce and not flood or stall on angles and climbs. You will not make it into a powerhouse but there is another option other than the turbo or swap to EFI.

The 3y can be supercharged in a draw through carb setup if you can make up the bracket to hold a supercharger to the engine and get the belt aligned to a crank pulley but only make 8-10psi (they are a low compression engine much more and you will have relyability issues) you need to have a blow off (pressure release valve) setup to release at 12-14 psi in case of a backfire (fuel in the intake) makes bigger bang and has killed superchargers.

The Supercharger makes great torque not great high end but the engine is pretty low reving anyway so a good match, I put up the maths for the pulley size a while back the hardest thing is the mounting bracket and then the fuel economy, look at Richards (Bulletproof's) thread in New Members he has a good setup for the supercharger on the 5l block (diesel but theroy is the same) you need the carb on the intake to the supercharger.

Be carefull as if the warrant people say it is making more power or modified you will be up for cert with the SC or Turbo, altho the Supercharger usualy does not require cert as there is something in the hot rod rules that allows it below a 15% power increase, you may get away with the SC12 (MR2) but the larger SC14 (Estima Van) would be my choice.

Whatever you do take photo's

[Windsurfer0206]

so if i got the wireing and comp how exactly do you hook it all up? wouldnt have a clue were to start.

[Steve_t647]

You will need the intake, injectors and air flow meter also, pretty much it will be unbolting the current intake and bolting in the 3ye equivelent and the sensors it needs, not sure as I have not converted one but I know of two 4yC (carb) in Australia that were converted to 4yE (electronic) and they said once they had everything it was a piece of cake as the block internals and head were all the same they also got the fuel tank for the pump and return line etc.

They get a little more torque and a bit better power but say the economy improved, hill climbs and sidlings no longer stall and throttle responce is a lot better so would do it again but this was at a very low cost as they had most of the bits.

[Windsurfer0206]

how much better of an engine is the 4y than the 3y? worth swaping out? will it bolt straight up? still thinking of trying to make my 3y injected after the weekend and reving the crap out of it had to reset the point just dont want to have to mess with it so often. anyone has the stuff to make the 3y injected let me know a price.
cheers

[Smurf]

I'll be removing efi from a dead 3y in the next few months. No idea on price

[Windsurfer0206]

let me know a price when you can very keen to get in injected think it will be better off specially since truck/engine only have 165,000 kms on it. few months should give me time to save a little cash provinging dont do to much damage to the truck in the upcoming weekends.

also my mom and her mate should be coming up some time round april from takaka flying out of nelson so if all is go around then she could always bring it up otherwise can sort something out. that is if i can afford it

also does putting the efi onto a 3y make it any less reliable? blowing head ect?
cheers
chris

[Smurf]

Sounds like an option, I'll keep in touch.
I have no idea on the reliability issues as I bought the Surf dead.

[Windsurfer0206]

could anyone give me a list of what is needed to make my 3y efi. there is a guy in manakau thet has a 3ye i can buy all the stuff off of. just want to give him a list to see price before i go down and have a look. otherwise ill wait till smurf does his.

with making it efi does this change out the destributor getting rid of points? electronic ignition think it is called.

cheers
chris