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Sep 6, 2007 | 07:18 AM

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axkiker

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now forgive my ignorance but what does idi stand for

Sep 6, 2007 | 09:35 AM

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ghunt

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I THINK it stands for indirect injection, but I have no clue.

Also there were some turbo IDI's.... '94.5 was the only year. Good luck finding one of those.

There are aftermarket turbo kits, of course.

BTW what's so hard about "setting up" a turbo? Isn't very much you have to do...hook up the wastegate to a vacuum source, that's about it.

Sep 6, 2007 | 12:07 PM

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fellro86

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Yes, it is indirect injection. 93 has some factory installed turbos, but it was an option. All 94-94.5 had turbos generally. You can still buy aftermarket turbos for them as well. To make it run only one wire is required, you just have to figure out what you want to do about the alternator and gauges from there. I did a 92 from a 460 to the Cummins, wasn't too bad to do, but either open your wallet wide to buy the custom parts, or plan on doing your own fabrication to make motor mounts, trans mounts, or adapter plates, and all of that kind of thing, as well as changing the length of the driveshaft.

Another concern is the weaker front springs, and possibly rear axle. If you don't have a hub sticking out of the rear wheel, I would be concerned about it's survival, to a point, depending what you intend to do with it, and how you intend to drive it.