Well I have half dissasembled the turbo and cleaned up the aluminum housings. There is shaft play but no oil appears to have leaked yet, but it definately needs the rebuild. The turbo does have an internal wastegate. A friend of mine is giving me his recirc valve from his 2nd gen eclipse, I know they aren't very good but it work good below 8psi and its free. Lots of little things to do and buy. For the oil return I thought of an interesting idea. We all know how hard it is to remove our oil pans. So what if I Y-piped the dip stick instead. Its in the right area and would be really simple to do. This would maintain dip stick accuracy/useability and save a lot of time and effort installing a fitting into the oil pan. As far a rebuilding the turbo when I turboed my neon I was able to buy a new turbo center section for $100 on ebay. O2 sensors won't be an issue as there are two sensor bungs on the exhaust housing of the turbo. Along with the turbo I got two silicone couplers and several hose clamps plus oil drain tube intake aluminum elbow ect. I am going to use hard brake line for the oil supply but I need help finding a good spot to supply the turbo with oil. Any ideas? I also need suggestions for mounting the intercooler. I will try to post pics as I can.


ATX MTX swap, rear drum disc swap, drilled rotors, ported intake, optim throttle body, CAI, 7.5L MAF, adj. fuel regulator, longtube headers, underdrive pulley, no EGR, low inpedence bigger injectors, 2002 Focus Swap