Originally Posted by ROLLGUY

I am planning on building a Turbo 240, and welcome your thoughts about the project. I know that the problem with adding a turbo on a N/A Diesel, is that there are none of the parts in the engine that help it to handle the heat from the turbo (oil jets, special rings, sodium filled valves, oil pump etc). I am working (actually just thinking and gathering parts) on building a 240 turbo engine. I will be boring the cyls to fit 300DT pistons, adding oil jets (most difficult task), rebuilding the head with TD valves, 300TD oil pump, modified intake and exhaust manifolds. I will need to find a way to add extra fuel, as the 4 cyl injection pump has no provision for that. I may have to find an I P shop that can build me a pump using parts from the 4 cyl N/A, and a 5 cyl turbo units. This should be a fun project.
I have the car ($400 240 with a blown engine), the turbo & manifolds, plenty of 617 pistons, rods, valves, etc. The car has an auto trans, but I have a complete 4 speed setup for it. I want to do this project correctly so the engine will last. Any thoughts or input from you guys on this forum would be appreciated.