Ya, the turbo IDI block has a stronger bottom like stronger wrist pins. So the turbo block is strong enough for it down low. The compression ratio is already lower on a turbo block, so I figured my ratio was fine. Bradford's Engine rebuilt the engine and did the head work like modifying the pre-chambers a little, and the whole fire ring process as well as using studs to clamp the heads down tight. I already had an extra 99+ turbocharger from my '03 7.3 psd from when I opted for a better turbo on it, so there was the turbo charger, and before all that, the engine was already a turbo IDI so I already had the other parts for turbo setup...adapting the turbo to it was just basic fabrication.

So basically, most of the 1000 went into getting the turbo IDI block rebuilt, studded, and fireringed. The rest I either already had or had to fabricate. I guess over time it's cost me a lot more then 1000 to put it all together.


If you wanted to do something like this you'd have to find a custom engine builder that's willing to make it happen for you. I got lucky by having a diesel engine builder that knows idi's...