Randy Bush
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After looking more my Ford factory turbo engine manual has both the N/A and turbo size listed , weird, typo error guess.
Has anybody Bushed turbo con-rods
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When you say “rod” here do you mean “piston”?
I would want some VERY informed confirmation that the piston was essentially the same blank and would work fine with a turbo pin. And as Randy notes, the machine work would prob pay for new pistons anyway.
IDIBRONCO
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No. The small end (the round part) of the Turbo rods is bigger diameter than a N/A rod because of the larger wrist pin running through it. There may also be a larger distance between the bushing and the outside of the round part, but I have no way of telling that.
Booyah45828
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I'd be pretty surprised if they had separate casting dies to create idi and idit pistons. From pictures of both, the pistons look the same from the under side, but that doesn't say much so measurement with a caliper should be assumed before taking on the task. I'm talking about mahle/clevite pistons fwiw.
As far as cost of the machine work goes, you'll have to talk to your machinist. But installing a steel and then brass bushing in a rod, sizing the hole, and then repeating that process 8 times wouldn't be free either.
Would I recommend doing either process? No, I'd try and sell my current pistons and get the correct ones.
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