It's getting close to winter here in Chicago, but I've got the urge to put a turbo in my stock '97. I browsed eBay, and there are plenty of used and rebuilt turbos available for a few hundred bucks. Since I'm planning on changing the exhaust system anyway, now would be the best time to fit a turbo in there.
Anyone here add a turbo like this, rather than by getting a "complete kit"? Several of the turbos on eBay have internal wastegates, and there are oil-cooled and oil-and-water cooled units as well. Adding a turbo shouldn't theoretically be too difficult; choose the right size, do a little custom exhaust and "plumbing" (oil and air, at least), and my baby can give me a lot more fun. She's wonderful already (especially on south-bound Flavin road between 95th Street and route 171), but there are times I could use another 25 or more horses...
Mike "Red '97" Verive snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.com