Aftermarket turbo question - 1980 300D

[driad_98]

I got my 300D from an old lady in trade for some yard work and trim painting... at some point, someone'd put a RayJay Industries turbo on it. It has a K&N filter, and PCV gasses are routed through a vapor condensing canister, then through the airfilter into the TC. This conversion started my tranny woes, I think.. with the installation of the new TC, the EGR system was removed. The vac line south of the 17degC switch was simply capped off. When I disconnected it, the tranny started shifting like a dream, better than I've ever felt on on a 300D. Too much vacuun to the Modulator.

Anyway, this buddy of mine who works at A&F said that having a TC on a 300D not manufactured with one is bad... sez there're oil jets under the pistons missing in the NA that the TC'd motors have. He tells me it'll probably burn a piston. Of course the story he'd heard was about a 220D, I think, with a manual.

Comments? Thanks.

Ash