Turbo slant six post

You shouldn't have any issues reaching your performance goals. The article in the first link you posted was my car. I did that turbo back in '93 using parts from a junked Dodge Lancer with a 2.2. The engine, transmission, converter and 2.76 rear were totally stock with 196,000 miles on them. The engine ran well, but one cylinder had half the cranking compression of the other five.

With all that in mind the car ran between 15.80's and 16.20's every time I had it out. Eventually I got a four barrel intake, a 350 Holley and an MSD BMT, but the car did not pick up any time. It ran better off boost because the timing wasn't so retarded all the time and the Holley was easier to modify the power circuit so it wasn't so rich, but the ET didn't change. I can't find any notes on the car, but I believe the boost never topped 10 PSI and I always ran it on pump gas. I sold that whole set up to the other Matt who posted here, but he had issues with it and don't think he ever ran his car at the track. Good luck and keep posting your progress.