My turbo gq shorty

[shortgqturbo]

Hi

Back in mid 2016 i bought this beast
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94 one owner tb42 with 148000 on the clock. Never been used off road and mainly an elderly blokes run about. He had taken very good care of the car and it showed.

So i did a few quick day trips off road with it like this and decided the collapsed springs and tired shocks had to go. Also a set of 33 bfg ko2's were fitted around the same time.
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[shortgqturbo]

I need to get my post count up so i can get the efi manual so bare with me as i go here,

I got the ironman winch bar off gumtree for 400 from memory, Springs and shocks are efs and purchased through patrol docta here in melbourne. I scour gumtree daily for bargains and honestly there are some rippa's on there. The winch is a dominator from 4x4 supercentre. Not the best unit but gets the job done for now and was cheap. At this stage i had no plans to turbo but after a number of trips down to gippsland on the freeway it was obvious the beast needed more power. I decided to go straight gas turbo as i had the lpg already in the car and i thought it would be a cheap exercise.

[AB]

Hey mate there's no post count limit on the manuals anymore but feel free to show us more info

[shortgqturbo]

I got a welded up tb42 efi inlet off gumtree (there is a theme here) for $80 and started looking for a cheap turbo manifold. bought a second hand gas research carby and converter and the ball was rolling.
I took the head out at this stage and had it cleaned up and crack tested, plus heave duty valve springs and a slight lick with a die grinder (decomp). it came back looking mint

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The other pic is how i dummied together the manifolds and got an idea of how it would all work

I cant stress enough how bad the ebay manifold hold up to 700 plus degree exhaust temps. If your looking at doing this dont cheap out with your exhaust manifold as i did you will have to do it all over again. i have done about 4000k on the turbo setup and had it out once already and straightened. and now its got a leak again and i have ought a radius fabrication to replace it. i also had to put a recoil into the very front exhaust stud as the manifold had pulled it out while warping.

[shortgqturbo]

hmm

I got a message stating it was still required when i had a go

[AB]

hmm I got a message stating it was still required when i had a go I just checked your profile and you should be good to go

Have another crack and pm me if you're still having dramas

[shortgqturbo]

For ignition i got an msd 6btm (gumtree) and went about making a box to keep it dry as it had to go under the hood.
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Got the compressor cover welded up with a 2.5 to 3 inch 45 degree elbow
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Then put it all together
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[shortgqturbo]

I just checked your profile and you should be good to go

Have another crack and pm me if you're still having dramas

Thanks heaps mate, I did get it now. I am happy to share my journey still i just might take a bit more time doing it :driving2:

[threedogs]

dont stop now just getting interesting.
Oh and welcome to the forum lol

Dont think Ive ever come across a shorty that colour

wouldnt shaving the head raise your compression.
I would have thought low comp pistons would work better

[shortgqturbo]

dont stop now just getting interesting.
Oh and welcome to the forum lol

Dont think Ive ever come across a shorty that colour

wouldnt shaving the head raise your compression.
I would have thought low comp pistons would work better

Hi mate

Yeah its kind of rare i think but not sure, I didnt shave the head as such it was skimmed flat and having told the bloke i was turboing he took a small amount of material out of each compression chamber. Low comp pistons would be the best solution for sure but thats a big job

[taslucas]

Welcome aboard mate. Great write up so far. Going to be a beautiful rig. One day I'd love to go down this path....one day.

>>>tappin from tassie

[shortgqturbo]

Ok

I decided to fab up my own dump pipe to save paying professional prices and it worked out pretty well in the end. Only thing i would do differently next time is to put a flex joint in the waste gate dump as it was very hard to get all the angles right and its a bit of a pain to fit in the car being one fixed piece.

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[shortgqturbo]

This is more or less as it sits right now. Its been a costly exercise but the result is awesome. it made 160rwkw on 12psi through the auto, It makes plently of torque and is a blast to drive. Off road especially in low 4 its a beast and will 4 wheel drift if pushed. I am now moving on to stage 2 of this build, which is going to be efi with a long range tank and intercooled. The next few months will be hard work as the list of things needed is growing by the day. I scored myself a nice steel long range tank (145 odd litre) and a haltech sprint 500 in the last few days. I also plan to fit ac while its all in bits again.

My biggest gripe with it currently is my off road range. Honestly i thought 100 litres of lpg would be ok but its really not. I constantly worry about running out of gas as soon as the needle dips below half and its really thirsty off road. I have proven to myself that its a good combination (tb42 turbo), now i just have to perfect it.

Turbo is a garrett gt3582r with a .62 rear housing and its the perfect match for the tb42. Makes boost early and has heaps of mid range power. I did get a patrol docta snorkle also as its got to be the best option for an air fiter on a gq that there is.

Ill update this as i go but it wont be a quick swap over. Im planning to get a custom fuel rail and running xr6t injectors. intank walbro pump and a falcon coil pack ect. I am pretty ocd with my builds and will be doing all the wiring myself so it takes a lot of planning and time to get right.

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[threedogs]

I have 0ne mtr of 3" stainless flexi pipe here if you need a
piece more than happy to post you out 300mm to play with ??

[GQtdauto]

Welcome and nice rig so clean , good to see the pics .

[gubigfish]

What sort of Intercooler are you running on this?

[shortgqturbo]

I have 0ne mtr of 3" stainless flexi pipe here if you need a
piece more than happy to post you out 300mm to play with ??

Very generous offer but its the 1.5 inch waste gate pipe that causes me a few dramas each time its going back together. Cheers

[shortgqturbo]

Welcome and nice rig so clean , good to see the pics .

Thanks mate, It is getting scratched up being used out in the bush now. The red shows up small tree marks very well

[shortgqturbo]

What sort of Intercooler are you running on this?

As it is there is no intercooler. The next stage will have a front mount setup. It will have to be a thin (50mm) one though to allow some space for the ac and keep the grill.