ralliart_evolution

Well, thank you for the tips and advice. I guess I'll now try to figure out what the cheapest solution is since I only need the motor to run for the meanwhile, as I start setting up the suspension and testing some chassis and suspension modifications I've been fabricating. Wish me luck.

Hey there. I bought an 89 a couple of months ago and was told that the car smoked and smelt like oil and coolant after a couple seconds of running. I figured it was the head gasket or something so I opened it up and it was indeed something. The head was cracked. I guess my question is if the head from a non-turbo 4G54 would work on a turbo motor, or would I have to source a turbo head. Also, should having the head rebuilt be an option? Mind you I'm a resident of Canada where things aren't readily available for my Starquest. Thank you for your time and consideration, and I hope to hear from you guys soon.

Thank you so much for your help. It is greatly appreciated.

So this is a basic battle of the builds, but neither is built yet. I have been looking into carburated-turbocharging my 4G54, mostly looking into examples of likewise tuned Datsuns. But everyone is going with MPI. I mean it does make sense to follow the crowd, since people steer clear of things that don't work, but who knows what kind of potential lies beyond the unknown carburator setup? Carburated turbo would be nice and different, but I can't figure out how I'm going to get the air/fuel to work without going rich in vacuum or lean in boost. Any opinion or suggestion on how to make this work would be greatly appreciated. Mind you, money isn't too big of a factor since this is a really long term project, but I need to figure out how to make it work....