Things to get before i pull my motor?

[Mr. Drop Top]

I recently have been throwing the idea around for a turbo build. Now its a for sure thing... I WANT.

Anyways im not sure how to start a project like this. I have a friend that can help me on the install and such but I am wanting to know what kind of parts should I be looking for and what places would I buy them? My car has 147,xxx miles on it so I know the engine will need rebuilt. There are a few topics that i have been looking at but have no idea what some things are cause im not familiar to the abbreviations yet. So whats first on my list of things to get to make my lil car a beast?

[clutchkick]

First off my advice would be to search. See what others are using.

There are ppl throwing boost at motors with 200k. Stock internals can take no more than 10psi. Stock motronic, same deal.

[El-Kanal]

As mentioned above, you need to browse around, some prats can be bought, some need to be manufactured. Headers, can be bought on ebay, M50 ones are alot cheaper and can be used after cutting of the last two pipes and blanking it up. Next you need an turbo ofcourse an T3 or T3/T4 with internal wastegate is the best, depending on how much you want to drench it. Next on is some piping and intercooler, then you have to add an oil lube line for the turbo, and have an down pipe made for the turbo, thats the basic steps, as mentioned the stock engine can handle quite alot. So it would maybe be wiser to drive it at some lover boost and rebuilt it correctly and stronger after some time, when you get some more money together as all this isnt much cheeapo!

[Mr. Drop Top]

Thanks EL... I have been lookign to see where people have been getting the headers but didnt know it was an m50 header that was cut and blocked... good info. Im a little worried about not having to rebuild anything in the motor such as pistons cams and such? Like I've said before this is all new info to me. I have done some searching around but when people use abriviations for everything its a little hard to understand. Well i guess Ill look on ebay for some headers and possibly a turbo.