Can I turbo this car

Tiny
SHAYNEMC
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  • 1989 TOYOTA COROLLA
  • 1.6L
  • 4 CYL
  • 4WD
  • MANUAL
  • 270,000 MILES
I have the car listed above all-trac. What I want to know is how hard would it be (if possible) to turbo?
Wednesday, September 2nd, 2020 AT 7:16 PM

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Tiny
KASEKENNY
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You can add a turbo to most anything but just adding the turbo is actually the easy part. It just requires mounting it and pluming all the lines. The difficult and most expensive part is getting the actual benefit from it which will require all new injectors that can handle the increase in fuel delivery, and the ECM that will know that it has a turbo so that it commands the injectors to dumb enough fuel.

The point of a turbo is to force more air into the engine. More air does not create more power. All it does is allow you to dump more fuel. The added fuel is where the power comes from. So if you introduce more air and not more fuel it will actually run worse.

We need to keep the air fuel ration at 14.1 to 7 which will give you the most amount of power due to a complete burn. So if you put more air in it that will through off your ratio so you need to match that with more fuel so it brings it back to the correct ratio.

I have not seen any of these with a turbo but if it were me, I would look into a ProCharger. It is like a blower that doesn't mount on top of the manifold. It looks like a turbo but doesn't require tying in the exhaust to spin it faster. They are more popular on American muscle cars and not so much on imports but it will work.

I am sure there are some kits out there that will work for your vehicle.

Hopefully this helps.
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Wednesday, September 2nd, 2020 AT 7:30 PM
Tiny
JACOBANDNICKOLAS
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Hi,

We only deal with OEM type repairs. As far as putting a turbo on this vehicle, if the mileage is correct, I wouldn't recommend it. I don't know if the bottom end of the engine will handle it.

Let me know if you have other questions.

Joe
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Wednesday, September 2nd, 2020 AT 7:32 PM

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