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    Re: 1985 Shelby Charger Turbo

    Glad to hear that you have it running. If there is oil coming out of the exhaust, I would pull the plugs to see if they are covered in oil. If they are dry and the exhaust takes a while before it starts puffing smoke, I would suspect the turbo. If the plugs are oily I would do a compression test.

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    Re: 1985 Shelby Charger Turbo

    yeah it does take like a minute or so for the smoke, i hope its just a gasket and not the turbo but if its both then time to replace

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    Re: 1985 Shelby Charger Turbo

    Quote Originally Posted by Spycker View Post
    yeah it does take like a minute or so for the smoke, i hope its just a gasket and not the turbo but if its both then time to replace
    If it takes until the exhaust is hot enough to burn the oil, you are almost certainly leaking oil out of the seal on the turbine side of the turbo.

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    Re: 1985 Shelby Charger Turbo

    so it must not be a bad headgasket? because im planning on buying a gasket set

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    Quote Originally Posted by Spycker View Post
    so it must not be a bad headgasket? because im planning on buying a gasket set
    You would need to do a compression test also to determine that. Either way it will be easiest for you to pull the head to change the turbo so you will need the HG.

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    got it, ill buy the set and check on both the head and turbo

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    Re: 1985 Shelby Charger Turbo

    also to put a bov, it must on the air intake after the throttle body, correct?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Spycker View Post
    also to put a bov, it must on the air intake after the throttle body, correct?
    It must be between the turbo and TB in a blow through type of setup. You will need to convert the car to TII if it hasn't already been done for one. If it hasn't been done, you don't need one.

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    Re: 1985 Shelby Charger Turbo

    i wouldnt need even if i have after market internals and such?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Spycker View Post
    i wouldnt need even if i have after market internals and such?
    No. In the stock TI log setups there is nothing between the turbo and intake to restrict the flow when the throttle closes like there is in the latter TI and TII setups eg. the throttle body.

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    Re: 1985 Shelby Charger Turbo

    now i understand! thanks for being such a great help, a friend of mine with a 4.6 v8 with a 1/4 of 13.80 wants to race me now, lol typical trash talking ford owners

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    Re: 1985 Shelby Charger Turbo

    planning on getting a stage 1 ecu upgrade, 803 injectors and f3 camshaft

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    Re: 1985 Shelby Charger Turbo

    Why the big cam?

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    Re: 1985 Shelby Charger Turbo

    just like in the pm and to everyone else, im buying parts here and thereto build up my block

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    Re: 1985 Shelby Charger Turbo

    Cam is the last thing I would be looking for. I would look to upgrade to t2 and be putting a big turbo and ported upper end before even looking at getting a cam. The most I would cam the car is putting a roller tbi cam in it.

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    Re: 1985 Shelby Charger Turbo

    heard about the tbi roller cams and how they work wonders

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    Re: 1985 Shelby Charger Turbo

    You would need to get the rockers for the roller cam as well. Cant use slider rockers with a roller cam.
    a 13.80 out of a 4.8 is hardly fast... There are plenty of guys on here with street tuned L-Bodies running faster then that. Two of my local guys are running low 13's on daily driven cars.. a good T2 swap and an intercooler and a bit of tuning (smec upgrade or chipped LM) and you can easily take the stang.

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    Re: 1985 Shelby Charger Turbo

    ive talked to a guy on the other dodge website and he gave me tips on how to run 12s, stay tuned on my parts for want thread, ive been working this whole week, tomorrow is my friday and ill get to a wrenching!

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    some photoshop mobile using android, cylinder head is out and the gasket is ----, im going to take a look at the seals on the turbo now

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    Re: 1985 Shelby Charger Turbo

    Quote Originally Posted by Spycker View Post


    some photoshop mobile using android, cylinder head is out and the gasket is ----, im going to take a look at the seals on the turbo now
    If you are going to pull the turbo apart you may as well plunk down the $100 for the kit to rebuild it. Some of the seals are pretty delicate as it is so taking apart a 20 year old turbo is a bit of a risk IMO.

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