Turbo, Turboooo Options

[Celica_Kid95st]

Whats up guys. Ok my friend is selling a turbo for like $100. I have a '95 ST, and not alot of money, but this kid i no said that u can still put it on without an intercooler and pipes and **** for now at least but not to wait like years u no. I'm wondering if hes right and i can just buy the turbo and weld it on. Is that right? If so what other things would i have to get right now, but i want the littest that i can cause i dont have like any money, like if i dont need it now then skip it. Aight thanks for the help. peace. -john

[Hanyo]

yes ram air does work.. here is an article about it. Ram air test

its a two page article so read through it all.

BUT! in defence to all the people arguing against ram air intakes. Ram air only takes affects at 80+ mph on a tinny motor cycle engine. Now with a car in the other hand, with a larger engine, the affects of ram air will not be as noticable untill you reached a higher speed. And all that extra intake plumbing would affect performance. So basically, ram air will not help performance in city use because of the extra weight and length of the plumbing. But once you get up and past highway speeds, you can start seeing some effects.

Now my rant on turbo's

what you need is the turbo manifold and turbo down pipe. you can connect the turbo to your stock exhuast but expect your turbo to never spool up. You dont need the intercooler, your safe to use a non-intercooled turbo uptil 6 psi. SO you would NEED a boost controler, once you past that 6 psi of non-intercooled turbo your engine will die. You NEED fuel management, so you need something that can control your fuel system. Your ok on the stock injectors until 6 psi, but the fuel pump is a MUST! The fuel pump of the celica cant handle the added demands for fuel. Other then that. you should be safe for a turbo. Even with all this stuff its a big risk to have a non-intercooled turbo.

[GT4WRC]

You dont need the intercooler, your safe to use a non-intercooled turbo uptil 6 psi.

Agreed. A few cars in the UK years ago were factory built without intercoolers and ran 6psi.
Gary