Quote Originally Posted by Matt167
Turbo's can be peiced togther cheaper than a kit but you have to know what you need, or you will find yourself overboosting from too small of a turbo ( wastegate cannot keep up ) or excessive lag from too large of a turbo. oiling system is pretty standard, turbo's don't need a lot of preassure, but the engine does. most oil feed lines have built in restrictors, to keep up the engine oil press. Timing is easilly fixed with an MSD 6 BTM which will retard the timing 1-3* per PSI of boost.
I'm sure they can, but I've seen a whole lot more of them not work correctly then I have seen work correctly..... Theory and application are seperated by research, trial, and error......