What turbo should I buy? Options

[turnaround89]

I am getting ready to turbo my 1.8L engine. And I already know that you can't turbo a 914. But, what i would like to know is what are good cars to get turbo's off of?

I am looking for a small turbo that will spool quickly. Looking to run about 7 to 10 pounds of boost.

What turbo'd cars will give me a good turbo to use? I have been looking for ones on ebay, but don't really want to buy one there. I don't mind buying a used one, so going to the junkyard and getting one is definitely an option.

Which turbo?

[turnaround89]

but if you're not sure what the gold thingy on the turbo is and what it does, you need to go to school, you're not even close to ready to start cutting and welding.

Not to be mean here either ottox914, but not knowing what the gold thing was, does not mean im not ready to cut and weld. I have welding down, ive taken every welding class at my community college(took them last summer when i got my welder). Before those classes my dad was teaching me at his shop, who is a professional welder and cnc operator.

I have read the book on turbo's i bought from barnes and nobles, which is Maximum Boost(the one you mentioned) front to back, twice.

im already in school, i just don't study cars, cars are a hobby and i don't have the kind of money or time to just keep taking classes at college about cars: on top of all the chem classes i already have, plus working part-time to pay for school, you gotta learn some things on your own(just my opinion). I study Organic Chemistry, which is way more difficult than any car.


The Turbo will be in the engine bay, for anyone who cares. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/aktion035.gif)

I have been playing around with some ideas on cooling the turbo. Since the turbo is oil cooled, I was thinking of running the turbo on its own oil circuit(if you want to call it that), instead of running it off the engines oil, leave that oil for the engine.

What my plan is: The Turbo Oil Circuit
1. Have an oil tank that holds about 1 to 2 quarts of oil
2. Then have an electric oil pump to pump the oil through the turbo.
3. The setup would be and oil tank and filter before the pump, and then the oil cooler would be after the pump and then into the turbo.
4. Since the oil is pulled out of the turbo by gravity, an oil line would run back to the oil tank, and the process starts all over.

I figured that this way, the turbo would have its own oil setup(probably different oil than the engine as well) and receive clean, cooled down oil.

Heres a crude drawing of what i want to do:
Since my scanner didn't scan correctly, the thing in the bottom right corner of the image would be the oil filter and the thing in the top left would be the oil cooler!!

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