Originally Posted by Asha'man

I was, kinda. I know about the '86-'87 Turbo SR5's, but my knowledge covers the fact that they exist and not much else. How much is different between the 22RE and RTE? I'm coming from experience with the Ford 2.3T here. An n/a 2.3 has brittle cast pistons and lacks a tapped boss in the block for the turbo oil drain, but the blocks, cranks, and rods are functionally identical. One can swap cast pistons for forged, tap a hole in the oilpan for a drain, and pretty much have a turbo shortblock. Swap wiring isn't too complex, either - mild repinning of the stock harness, depending on year, a splice or two, and you're good.

I suppose I should start a new thread to really cover this, but that's the background that I'm coming from. Is the 22RE/RTE similar in those respects to the 2.3T, or are the RE and RTE radically different from each other? And how hard is it to swap a turbo motor into a non-turbo truck? I haven't seen it done in the couple weeks I've been gaining knowledge about this side of things.

Brian

Originally Posted by F0RSAKEN

BTW, just for everyones information, boosted rotaries > boosted 4's

Originally Posted by X-AWDriver

Great motor when tuned properly but I'll take my 2.0 4G63 reliabilty over the rotary anyday. Rotaries are very sensitive to detonation,overheating and sometimes only last 60k miles and rarely past 100k before you need some major engine work.