Im interested in buying this car, which is an original turbo, with the original turbo motor, however most of the parts off the turbo motor have been pulled off and sold... I dont no too much about turbo motors and am still learning, ive done some reading but just wondering if anyone can tell me whats missing off this motor, + an aprox cost on the parts ill need... also if the engine bay has the original turbo break booster etc etc sorry, dunno what can be told with these pics but there the best i have a list ive so far (please correct me if im wrong) feel free to add Top of the inlet manifold. Throttle body Intake pipe from turbo to throttle body. turbo exhaust manifold fuel rail Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

spark plug leads injectors maybe I think i can see something that looks like the fuel regulator but hard to tell. If you want to start going in to smaller detail? accelerator cable Kind of hard to see with that pic.

yeah i dont really have better pics atm im just looking at a rough cost to rebuild it and put it in the car

the elbow pieces between the AFM and turbo (1 rubber 1 metal) front pipe (from the dump to cat) injectors/ecu if the turbo u get includes a dump pipe + oil/water lines then thats all i can think of if the brake master cylinder has a 1 on it its turbo if its got 15/16 on it its non turbo not sure if the boosters are different but?

the boosters are different.

am I gonna struggle to find all these parts or are they pretty basic also prices?

nah u wont have trouble getting the parts u need just look on here or ebay not easy to give u a price coz it depends, but ide say roughly about $1000

Surge tank. Brake booster is much thicker in the turbo/V8s, dual diaphram. Knock sensor. Oil return fitting. Engine pipe (dump to cat convertor section of exhaust).

If i was you, I wouldnt buy it. Its like a jig saw puzzle..... Alot of time is needed.

also you might want to ask why the motor was being sold off, could have done a head or spun a bearing.

yeah i understand what your saying, however it is the original engine to a VL bt1 im thinking of buying... its a genuine white vl bt1 turbo, all genuine turbo running gear such as diff and tranny (auto), it comes with the original motor, also a NA motor, body is no too bad needs a respray... anyway i was rather going to fix this up being a genuine bt1, or use the running gear for my VL, still unsure however im paying undere 2k for the whole thing... thoughts???

just because its BT1 doesn't mean it couldn't spin a bearing or do a head gasket. just because its a BT1 doesn't make it go faster, BT1 engines are thrashed engines and everyone knows that, and everything else will be thrashed. just my thoughts.

Quote: Originally Posted by BONSVL just because its BT1 doesn't mean it couldn't spin a bearing or do a head gasket. just because its a BT1 doesn't make it go faster, BT1 engines are thrashed engines and everyone knows that, and everything else will be thrashed. you might be spending alot more then 2k. just my thoughts. i never said that however it is the original block that comes with the car, i know i will need to spend alot more on it, i was just seeing what options i have, rather to do the original motor up or just slap the na motor in it till i can offord another turbo motor? and even if i dont choose to restore it i can still use the 28 spline LSD diff and transmission in my other car

oh well okay then. well its what ever you want to do. the diff and tranny will be awesome if you can save up for a turbo motor. then you wont have the hassles of weak NA **** breaking when you do turbo.

crossover pipe, turbo intake bends, turbo heatshield, fuel rail. Not expensive but some of them can be hard to find.

hmm mate i will tell you something that you will prob learn the hard way figure out how long u think it will take u and double that source all parts locally if you can as its very hard to avoid being ripped off by forums/ebay as most of the users here are little kids and its very hard to chase them up when you dont recieve or end up with dodgey parts.

Quote: Originally Posted by andy_vlct hmm mate i will tell you something that you will prob learn the hard way figure out how long u think it will take u and double that especially if you dont know enough to just look at the car and know whats missing, but dont let that put you off, its a good challenge Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

If you got time and money would make good project car only downfall theres not much turbo parts around its like every VL turbo owner wants the same part your chasing getting rare the parts