Turbo in non-turbo

[ILM90LaserRS]

Okay, I have owned my 90 Laser for about 2 years now and the motor finally decided to go. I love this car to death. This motor was the normal VIN R 4G63 Non Turbo. I knew this was gonna come soon, but not this soon. Anyways, a just met this guy from work who has another motor for my car. But this motor is a turbo! I was wondering if anyone could help me out and let me know what will need to be changed in my laser to swap this motor with the old 2.0 N/T. I already think i know what I am going to have to change (exhaust resonator and manifold, ECU, engine wiring harness, gauge cluster) but wanted to know if anyone could give me some tips. Thanksundefined

 

[Turblown]

the motor finally decided to go

What does this mean? Are you losing compression?

Honestly it doesn't take much to convert a N/T 4G63 into a turbo. Pistons, Intake Cam, Knock Sensor... which is probably easier than swaping in a whole new motor.

Here are the motor differences:
Thread on motor differences

Here's how to convert your N/T to a turbo:
The 4G63 NT Engine, and How to make a turbo kit for it!

Here's how to swap out the N/T for a turbo motor... if you must:
Installing a turbo 4g63 into an nt 4g63

Good luck and keep searching for more references before you start anything!

-Turblown

 

[ILM90LaserRS]

okay. what i meant by that was i was beginning to notice a lack of power. I had changed the plugs and wires and yet nothing was fixed. then, one night after leaving work, my car started making odd noises, sounded like a bad bearing. I pulled over and oil began leaking out like an sob. Brought her home and refilled the oil and I finally got her fired over. She had ran like crap and had absolutely no power or compression. Thanks for the links