You might consider having it hot dip galvanized. Should cost around $1000-$1500 to have done. The end result is a chassis with protection hood for 40+ years of abuse.
I never really thought about turbocharging as anything other than making lots of power until I read an article about a new turbo aircraft engine designed for the home built market and they were really touting its ability to maintain sea level hp/torque at higher elevation.
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There are two ways to look at turbocharging. In the lets make gobs of power view its all about max boost without blowing up or melting things. But in a more practical/industrial sense its about maintaining sea level performance regardless of your altitude. So at sea level the air...
I think the least expensive to most expensive options would be:
1. make sure valves are adjusted, ignition is up to snuff and fuel delivery is tuned.
2. Run colder plugs
3. Run high test fuel 93 or 91 depending on USA location
4. Install an intercooler or charge cooler
5. Install the Saab APC...
No I’m not dissing the mod. Just suggesting the addition of a smarter ignition system which will allow for more boost and better engine protection. I’ve driven and played with turbo cars for many years and turbos are great. We have bolted turbos on non turbo engines with high compression and...
Turbo is really less about burn efficiency and more about cramming more oxygen into the cylinder and therefore more fuel. Leading to more heat and more pressure. The pressure then increases torque. Unfortunately the Land Cruiser heads are less than optimal by todays standards and would take a...
I'm a Saab guy and an FJ60 guy. What you could do is see if you can find a Saab 900 turbo in a junkyard from 1986-1993. Those years had "APC" which works really well at controlling boost and monitoring the engine for knock. It uses a knock sensor mounted to the block, a control box, and a...