Monte 3.8 n/a to turbo?

[WannaBeGTP]

A friend of mine who is into import cars and tends to impulse buy things for no reason bought the turbo setup from someone for a grand national. I just recently got my monte carlo this weekend, and it has the buick 3.8L in it. Will this motor hold up to boost or should I look for another block and build it up a bit? It only has 129,947kms as of today. And was previously an old lady car. I really would like to do this being as I think it would be a good sleeper set up. Thanks for any input in advance.

 

[STLRegal]

its gotta be rebuilt, to exactly what specs. I dont know. The more knowledgable members will let you know what you have to do.

 

[WannaBeGTP]

Thanks, I'll wait for hopefully some more info at what I need to do.

 

[andrewmp6]

yes you gotta rebuild it better pistons and rods at least most n/a engines can only take 5psi before they blow.What year is the turbo set up off of did you get the inter cooler intake manifold efi etc etc.

 

[WannaBeGTP]

Ok so with some constant advice from my dad I'm going to just sell off the turbo set up and do a v8 swap.