Its alive!
While I was waiting for some parts to come in, I pulled the turbo off for a rebuild and cleaned everything up. I reinstalled the turbo, the rest of the intake, timing belt, and distributor. Cranked the car a few times to get the oil circulated and then fired it up.
Got the idle set properly and then set the timing to about 15 degrees BTDC. The car is running well now. I think the air flow meter occasionally gives out, but its only happened once since I started driving the car again, so I haven’t looked into replacing it yet.
The car hits boost pretty quickly and is noticeably faster. I’m still running stock boost (6.8psi), and I upgraded to 93 octane to avoid any knocking. I have a boost controller, but I figure I’ll run stock for a while before I attempt to adjust it. I also may need an intercooler in order to increase the boost safely.
