Straight to NPR?

Nosser · 11-08-2005, 03:54 AM

Well, my obsession is accelerating at a rapid pace. After deciding that my recently acquired 242GT was too far gone to save (serious rear end repair at some time in the past, butt cheek on one side?, etc.) I will be picking up my new '82 GLT on saturday. I would like to take the car as far as it will go while keeping the K-jet for smog reasons. I desperately want to intercool the car so I can turn up the boost, but I am unsure if I should start with an OE intercooler or just forego that and do the NPR. I found a couple of factory intercoolers locally cheap, but there is an NPR on ebay right now....

Either way, I am going to have to figure out piping and mounting, so I guess my real question is are there any disadvantages to running an NPR on an otherwise stock car? I can't think of any, but I am still on the low end of a steep learning curve, so any input would help a lot.

This is the third 240 I have bought in the last 5 weeks...I'm in big trouble...

Boris740 · 11-08-2005, 07:31 AM

Hold out for 27 row NPR. That is the bigest one.

Nosser · 11-08-2005, 04:39 PM

On a related subject, I am going to need to figure out piping as well. As I know my chances of finding an intercooled 240 in a yard are slim to none, can 740 piping be used? What, if any, modifications will be required? Should I just forego the stock stuff entirely and try to get some custom piping fabbed up?

jimjawz · 11-08-2005, 04:43 PM

740 boots and exhasut pipe stock from the pepboys. shouldnt be too hard to figure out

crandandall · 11-09-2005, 01:38 AM

On my car I used the 740 turbo-IC piping because I wanted to use the CBV from the 740. Then I got lucky and found an intercooled 240 at the JY and took the IC-TB piping from that. You could run the 740 piping here if you converted to a B230 intake manifold, but otherwise you'll have to do some fabricating.

11-08-2005, 03:54 AM	#1
Nosser Board Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Twin Cities	Straight to NPR? Well, my obsession is accelerating at a rapid pace. After deciding that my recently acquired 242GT was too far gone to save (serious rear end repair at some time in the past, butt cheek on one side?, etc.) I will be picking up my new '82 GLT on saturday. I would like to take the car as far as it will go while keeping the K-jet for smog reasons. I desperately want to intercool the car so I can turn up the boost, but I am unsure if I should start with an OE intercooler or just forego that and do the NPR. I found a couple of factory intercoolers locally cheap, but there is an NPR on ebay right now.... Either way, I am going to have to figure out piping and mounting, so I guess my real question is are there any disadvantages to running an NPR on an otherwise stock car? I can't think of any, but I am still on the low end of a steep learning curve, so any input would help a lot. This is the third 240 I have bought in the last 5 weeks...I'm in big trouble... Last edited by Nosser; 11-08-2005 at 04:02 AM..

11-08-2005, 07:31 AM	#2
Boris740 Broad Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Aurora, Ontario	Hold out for 27 row NPR. That is the bigest one. __________________ Got knock? Got Megasquirt? Check out Knocksense knock indicator and KnocksenseMS indicating Megasquirt interface.http://www.viatrack.ca/

11-09-2005, 01:38 AM	#5
crandandall Turbobricks Low Life Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Portland, Oregon	On my car I used the 740 turbo-IC piping because I wanted to use the CBV from the 740. Then I got lucky and found an intercooled 240 at the JY and took the IC-TB piping from that. You could run the 740 piping here if you converted to a B230 intake manifold, but otherwise you'll have to do some fabricating. __________________ *Dan Crandall - 1989 245+t*

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11-08-2005, 04:39 PM	#3
Nosser Board Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Twin Cities	On a related subject, I am going to need to figure out piping as well. As I know my chances of finding an intercooled 240 in a yard are slim to none, can 740 piping be used? What, if any, modifications will be required? Should I just forego the stock stuff entirely and try to get some custom piping fabbed up?

11-08-2005, 04:43 PM	#4
jimjawz Board Member Join Date: May 2005	740 boots and exhasut pipe stock from the pepboys. shouldnt be too hard to figure out