Turbocharging a non turbo 6.5L

[Outlaw85]

Hey everyone I recently purchased a 93 M998 and I got lucky that it has the non-turbo 6.5L instead of the 6.2L. I was told that it's pretty simple to turbocharge the earlier non-turbo 6.5L's. According to the person that told me this all the internals are the same and it's basically just a matter of bolting everything on. I'm hoping you guys could please tell me if he's correct and if so exactly how difficult it is to convert it and a good place to get the turbo and other parts to install it. Thank you in advance.
Semper Fi,
Jess

 

[NDT]

If by "internals" he was referring to the short block, that would be correct. The heads are different on the turbo 6.5 for the HMMWV.

 

[Action]

Hey everyone I recently purchased a 93 M998 and I got lucky that it has the non-turbo 6.5L instead of the 6.2L. I was told that it's pretty simple to turbocharge the earlier non-turbo 6.5L's. According to the person that told me this all the internals are the same and it's basically just a matter of bolting everything on. I'm hoping you guys could please tell me if he's correct and if so exactly how difficult it is to convert it and a good place to get the turbo and other parts to install it. Thank you in advance.
Semper Fi,
Jess

LOL. Ask that person to bolt them on for you.

 

[gringeltaube]

The HMMWV's N/A- and turbo- blocks are different, also.

See this thread...



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[gimpyrobb]

LOL. Ask that person to bolt them on for you.

This!

He was probably thinking about the truck setup. The hmmwv and civy vans have completely different heads, intake, and turbo.

 

[patracy]

The HMMWV's N/A- and turbo- blocks are different, also.

See this thread...



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TLDR; it's not simple.