engine swap

[cbert]

in the past i have been thinking about completely rebuilding my 1987 6.9 but recently i have found a 94 factory turbo idi should i just swap that in instead? things to look for on those motors?

 

[Hydro-idi]

Sure you can. It's a direct bolt in pretty much. But your taking out a used motor and putting another used one in. And if there's nothing wrong with your current engine, there's no point in doing this unless your current one doesn't have a turbo and you want one.
Rebuilding a 94 turbo Idi can get expensive real fast since parts are hard to come by.
I would rebuild the one you got and stick a turbo on it. Or better yet, buy my ready to run rebuilt 6.9 for about 1/2 the cost it would take to rebuild yours .

 

[cbert]

my motor does not have a turbo, what kind of turbo kit does yours have?

 

[Shawn MacAnanny]

Yeah the correct turbo IDI piston rings are $198 if reusing the factory pistons. The IDI turbo also uses a different balancer and flywheel/flexplate that are externally balaced because of the larger wrist pins i believe.

 

[Hydro-idi]

my motor does not have a turbo, what kind of turbo kit does yours have?

Used to run an Ats 088 that typ4 rebuilt. Made great power with that setup.