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**omni turbo**

hey guys thinking about buying a omni turbo, and looking to get a quick daily driver out of it. what would i have to do to the current setup to put me in high 12s? i heard about swapping the t1 for a t2 but beyond that i don't know any help will be most appreciated thanks guys!!

tyees2002 · 10-02-2003, 11:56 PM

read www.thedodgegarage.com in full and go from there.

10-04-2003, 11:32 AM

you guys think i could build a nice daily driven omni in the high 12s low 13s for 5000 dollars?

boltthrower · 10-04-2003, 07:10 PM

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you guys think i could build a nice daily driven omni in the high 12s low 13s for 5000 dollars?

you should be able to get two or three omnis in the 12 or 13's for that much

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10-06-2003, 01:09 PM

would it be better to buy just a omni and build up from there or buy a glh and build up from there?

89daytonaTII · 10-06-2003, 01:12 PM

definitly start off with a car that was turbo'd from the factory. then you don't have to worry about sawpping over all the wiring, fuel stuff, and whole engine from a turbo car. It may be cheaper to buy a N/A omni but once you convert it to turbo specs you might as well ahve just boughten a glh

boltthrower · 10-06-2003, 01:52 PM

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definitly start off with a car that was turbo'd from the factory.

good luck finding a turbo omni for sale. depends where you live i guess. i only know of two where i live and they want insane prices for it.

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would it be better to buy just a omni and build up from there or buy a glh and build up from there?

really depends on how deep you wanna get into it. you could find a glh or glhs but unless your lucky, these cars arent cheap. id say around 1500-2000 for a glh and way more for a glhs. if your mechanically inclined you could get a tbi omni for pennys and a complete turbo donor car for a few hundred and have a turbo'd omni for well under a grand.

10-06-2003, 02:20 PM

what is a tbi omni?

10-06-2003, 02:23 PM

also are all 2.2L turbo engines the same? or are there differnet ones? i am used to hondas and there are tons of different engines

89daytonaTII · 10-06-2003, 03:17 PM

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Originally posted by Btothe3rdDegree
what is a tbi omni?

it's a non-turbo engine. The TBI stands for Throttle Body Injection, ther eis only one injector and it's in the TB.

And I can know how dificult it is to find a glh omni in someparts, can't find one around here. but that doesn't mean that it's not easier to start off with one than an N/A omni

10-09-2003, 01:27 PM

how much for a TI to a TII conversion in parts? and are they hard to find?

10-09-2003, 07:50 PM

i just bought an 85 glh with a very straight body/interior, new clutch, newer turbo, has a vacuum leak somewhere.......for $700! I'm looking to do the same thing.....don't have any previous experience with td's. I do have a turbo nissan spec v though, so i'm looking for help to on a cheap project.

10-10-2003, 08:19 AM

nice deal man!! i looking for the same kind of deal

glhsken · 10-10-2003, 08:21 AM

After purchasing a GLHT, less than 1k more (includes buying slicks) will have EASY 12's.

Get the car then ask away. The cars are so simple... For 5k, An Omni could easily be low 12's

Dodgeglht · 10-13-2003, 11:29 PM

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Originally posted by 89daytonaTII
it's a non-turbo engine. The TBI stands for Throttle Body Injection, ther eis only one injector and it's in the TB.

And I can know how dificult it is to find a glh omni in someparts, can't find one around here. but that doesn't mean that it's not easier to start off with one than an N/A omni

I hear ya about the difficulty to find a GLH omni, as I never even heard of it when I found mine. Man, I am glad I did find it though- well atleast I will be once I am done fixing that darn floor. LOL