HEy everyone, i have a bead on a brand new rebuilt 1.3L samurai motor. It has a new turbo on it and all the bells and whistles that go with it. I was just wondering if going offloading with a turbocharged motor will need to be sealed up any certain way of if it is advised against. Anyone have any thoughts?

PM

There shouldn't BS any worries on the turbo. Set it up right and it will work great! I just put a turbo on mine with test fit pieces that
I'm going to copy with better materials. The one problem I have found is heat! Mine is on a '94 tracker so you can imagine how tight that is! I'm running stock running gear with 31/10.5/15 with 5+" of lift and the power difference it awesome. I'm going to make some heat shields and I have the header wrap to help control heat. Do you know what turbo the engine comes with? Brand, size or what it is off of? I'm running a Garrett T-25 with a .69 AR turbine housing and I believe it is a .80 compressor housing. I think it originally it was designed for the Nissan 1.8. A place called Performance Express sold it to my brother when he had his ATV shop when he was building a mongoose with a GPZ 1000 engine, the tranny gave out so I got the turbo and related parts for cheap. He said it was the same turbo they use on turbo VW bug (baja)  and street bugs with 1600 dual ports and mild 1776's. Sorry for the long reply but make sure the turbo is going to work. Mine is at 7 lbs. Boost before 3000! Good luck, there are some good turbo guys I learned from on this site! Maybe they will chip in!

Kjmac

So you didn't have any type of problems with the dirt and water off road? Like did you have to seal anything up, like say the air  box or something. Sorry, I'm not very mechanical, so i kinda swinging at the hip here

Pat