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Peter Cowan/Lexi Cameron wrote:

Re the question:
I am sure that this question has been asked, but I've seen several ads

for 89 and later turbo engines imported from Japanese wreckers  for
about $1500 complete with most of the wiring, turbo,  & fuel system.

Has

anyone used one of these engines with a stock turbocharger, or tried
to use one as a normally aspirated engine?

Mike Wills wrote:

  Ive wondered about this too. Not that I want the extra power, I would
just rather use a turbo to muffle the exhaust and maybe get a few ponies
out of it rather than having to lug around a muffler. If you were to use a
stock turbo and limit boost so that all you were really doing was
normalizing to sea level would it really be necessary to run an intercooler?

  I had a turboed non-intercooled small block chevy in a Camaro 25 years
ago. Boost was limited to about 7psi and detonation was never a problem.
Can this be done with the Mazda? I'm having a hard enough time trying to
fit a rad and oil cooler. An intercooler is out of the question.

Mike Wills

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