Another Home Brew Turbo

[Radd Cruisers]

Little booty fab

 

[Radd Cruisers]

Another shot.

 

[HZJ60 Guy]

Lets qualify this. This is NOT RADD CRUISERS booty fab. This is customer drop off HIS rig and HIS work booty fab!

Thank you. Now I feel better.



TB

 

[colby1979]

Hey Rob, What flavor of turbo was used? Also do you have any idea what the wall thickness is of the pipe he used for the exhaust manifold?


Colby

 

[HZJ60 Guy]

The turbo is a Toyota CT26 off of an early Supra.



TB

 

[Radd Cruisers]

Like Tom said it is a CT26 off a Supra and my guess on the pipe is it is schedule 80 and the wall thicknes is somewere around 1/4 inch?

Anyways it is a customers rig and the turbo is the best part of the truck even though it builds power at 2000RPM and above which really is not usable.

I have two CT26s that will go on E-Bay after driving this rig.

We have brought in a turbo this week and will run it up on a 1977 FJ40 project that I have posted in Hard Core Corner by mistake.

Will keep you posted on the outcome.............

 

[Radd Cruisers]

Sorry I must reclairfy that the best part of the customers rig is the H55 we rebuilt and installed , I was just poking fun at the six stack of hockey pucks that make up the body lift HOLEY ..

The owner is one of the nicest cruiser owners I have ever met and he is running this baby down to South America this month.

I hope he deals with the hockey puck ift of six inches prior to his voyage......

 

[HZJ60 Guy]

Rob isnt kidding. There are literally "stacked" individual body mount peices that make up the body lift. I dont know, 4+ inches I'd say.


TB ??? ???

 

[semlin]

will that fit on a 1fz-fe??

 

[dieselcruiserhead]

Photos not showing up?

Rob, cool! If that turbo does not work then perhaps something off a 2.1 or 2.3 liter gas engine like a Volvo or Saab. My guess is that the smaller displacement of these engines will mean the turbo will spool up faster compared to one out of a 6 cyl gas engine (what is the volume of the Supra engine?). I would be very interested to see how it would turn out especially because these turbos are somewhat common....

 

[Radd Cruisers]

Reliable sources tell me the Lebaron turbo worked out the best of all booty fab turbo installs. I would like to pit it against the Denco we just installed.

I also considered the MR2 turbo as that engine is a small four cylinder, I also have one of those CT26s sitting here.

At one point I was going to run the Supra turbo and then switch to the MR2 for comparision, just no time to play with stuff like that.