well i have decided, im goin turbo on my 12a , i read the post about it in the archive , pickin up a used turbo tomorow, i cant wait . ( i have somone helping me that is experienced with turbos ) , gonna be a nice project. i cant wait to hear the air out of the blow of valve every time i let of the gas... ! to me that is one of the greatest sounds hehe

 

hope all goes well..

what else u using? what carb? intercooled? desired boost level? any porting done to ur engine?

just tring to get as much info on this sorta thing cus i want to try a blow thru set up, one day hopeful.

 

it will be intercooled, i am using a carb and i am having my engine ported ( not sure how big im going on port )
boost preasure is going to probly stay 10 or under and im going to see where it goes from there not much experience with turbos but as i said i will be having help and he is going to suggest what i do

 

sory you said what carb heh, atm i have a stock 4barrel, but i plan on replacing it, im in the beggining stages of this project so not sure on what im replacing it with, i was told webbers are realy tough to tune so i dont think ill get one of those.

 

hey guys, Im also onto this kinda thing, can someone tell me the old thread on how to do it?

Im planning on using the standard carb rejetted to suit, with a decent intercooler running up to 10psi.

 

why not just drop in a TII engine/turbo? Or is it 12A power only?

 

umm I dunno bout the other guys, 13BT is illegal in the SA over here, and also I just want to show up everyones 13Bs with my little 12A.

oh yeah, heaps of people over here run the FC type 13BT with the turbo removed and the 12A carb and manifold fitted via an adapter plate, seems pretty silly to me.

 

Aww man . I wanted to do a 12A turbo every since the first day I got an RX-7, because no one else was . they were all doing 13BT swaps. Oh well, at least there are more people willing to learn about it I guess . Im still gonna do it, but its not as cool now that everyone and their brother is doing it, lol .

~T.J.

 

yea i mainly wanna do it because the 13BT swap has been done but there isnt nothin wrong with a 13BT anything turbo kicks *** , and ever since i got into rotaries , well all cars for that matter, i have always wanted a turbo, one of my favorite sounds heh not to mention the power gains...

i first got into cars when i was like 11 or 12 and i played my brother gran turismo (1) then i ended up buying the other 2

 

https://www.rx7club.com/forum/showth...hreadid=116768 Turbo 12a write up.

 

Ive gotta admit, a turbo spooling and a BOV are the best sounds there are .

~T.J.

 

you'd be surprised how many 1st gens are running 12A turbos over here in Australia.

mainly becauase 13BT need alot more work to get legal.

and Im going carby turbo 12A to be different

 

Thats what im doing, lol. Most people are. Its easier and less expensive.

~T.J.

 

Enlighten me, what work to make it legal? legal for racing, legal for street? Just curious.

 

damn, I just read that archived thread, and you guys have it so much easier, we cant use the 2nd gen exhaust because the turbo fouls the steering box, as we have right hand drive

TJ, people over here in oz dont usually do turbo without injection any more, all the oz forums tell me to go fuel injection, because we can get cheap programmable aftermarket computer to run it here. but Im doing carb to make it reakl cheap, even down to using the stocky carb

and yeah I can enlighten you, legal for the street, because of the capacity increase, in a 1st gen, 13B non turbo is straightup legal, as are 12AT I believ, but 13BT are too much of an increase in capcity, so they need to have an engineers report done.

having said that, there are a few illegal 13BT conversions driving around, when inspection time comes, the turbo is unbolted, then bolted back on after its passed.

 

im planning on doing about 10-15 pounds of boost if i can the turbo is in complete working condition and came of a 2L 4cyl that had an accident the car was fairly new aswell.

 

Good luck, There is a lot of good and useful info in the archives. Just do a search.