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by oldcarguy85
Mon Feb 23, 2009 10:47 am
Forum: Injectors, Fuel & Air Supply
Topic: Building a Turbo 1600 VW Bug - Need Junkyard Advice...
Replies: 12
Views: 979

Re: Building a Turbo 1600 VW Bug - Need Junkyard Advice...

Thanks for the replies....

well i couldn't resist the temptation and went to the junkyard and picked some things up.

i got a turbo from a late 90's saab 9000 - i believe its a t25 garret but could possibly be a t3. I forgot to check

injectors i got from a 5.0 ford truck. i believe thesee should ...
by oldcarguy85
Fri Feb 20, 2009 4:49 am
Forum: Injectors, Fuel & Air Supply
Topic: Building a Turbo 1600 VW Bug - Need Junkyard Advice...
Replies: 12
Views: 979

Re: Building a Turbo 1600 VW Bug - Need Junkyard Advice...

Thanks for the responses!

ANthony, i have no intention of building it the wrong way. I want to get the thing on the road, and get the initial setup done on the motor. within the next 6 months i will build a REAL motor for it, and upgrade components as needed. Let's face it, even if i blow the motor ...
by oldcarguy85
Wed Feb 18, 2009 6:11 pm
Forum: Injectors, Fuel & Air Supply
Topic: Building a Turbo 1600 VW Bug - Need Junkyard Advice...
Replies: 12
Views: 979

Re: Building a Turbo 1600 VW Bug - Need Junkyard Advice...

ok i may have sort of answered some of my own questions. I was reading through some of the MS documentation. they make mention of an external FP used by ford in the lat 80's. Looks like this might work for me, and shouldn't be hard to find at the all truck junkyard around here. Thoughts?

Also, i ...
by oldcarguy85
Wed Feb 18, 2009 5:52 pm
Forum: Injectors, Fuel & Air Supply
Topic: Building a Turbo 1600 VW Bug - Need Junkyard Advice...
Replies: 12
Views: 979

Building a Turbo 1600 VW Bug - Need Junkyard Advice...

Hi there,
Here's my story: I'm building a 65 bug. I'm going to use megasquirt to run the motor without ignition control (to start). This is a low buck build-up on a dual port 1600cc. I plan to do a full motor build-up (stroker, big bore) at some point to handle lots of boost, but to start i want to ...