Sorry took me so long to get back. No way man, I would never say that you have more then what its worth (and no one should) Its worth it in my book to have it done well and right the first time. Who did the work on the motor?

I now (this week haha) want to do a mid to large street port, new turbo (Stock one would work but I want a newer one) I have been wanting to use a MONZA exhaust, friend of mine had one on his old TII and I just remember it sounding so nice or maybe its sounded like crap but I am just glorify it from all them years a go. As for wheels and tires I kind of fell in love with the R32 skyline rims haha so my cheap tastes I will be saving a little bit off of what you did. But think I should save up $7000 to start with... might be a good idea.

R32 Rims... don't know what it is about them but I like it

 

i understand, the r32 rims are beautiful!

 

Yeah 7000 would be a good number to start depending on how fast you want to go. Kevin Landers at Rotary Resurrection did the engine work and I highly recommend him. He is a no nonsense kind of guy who does great work.

My next mod will be a standalone, maybe apexi and bigger injectors in the secondaries. I am easily hitting fuel cut with my current setup.

I do like the r32 rims and anywhere you can save money on that end I am all for. I don't know much about the sound of a monza exhaust but my greddy is LOUD. It can get a little annoying on longer trips. I have the apexi active silencers just haven't installed them yet.

 

theres a 20b on ebay going for 3500!
thats more like a minimum of 4000 if you do all the work instaling it though.

 

Motor,suspension,brakes , pick your poison !

 

if your good with 7's and know some people that can get you a TII you can definitely do a swap... time is an issue also. If i had the time and money to do a TII swap in my car, i would do it in a heart beat. You dont see much turbo'ed verts out there. I say save a little more, it will be worth it. You can get some decent wheels at the same time...

anybody know what ever happen to Juiceh's vert?? did he ever finish that monster? i havent checked the forum in awhile.

 

The only bad thing about Rotary Resurrection is its in TN and I think shipping might kill me haha But if the work is worth it then the work is worth it.

I don't want a loud exhaust because is the DD and I take longer trips so ya I don't want to drive myself crazy, The monza exhaust I am betting will not be the best for HP but it sits at a good sound level.

One day I will get a 20b. I know if I do, I am not going to do it in a vert. Hell idk if its even be going in to any 7 at all... but maybe a Factory Five GTM be a bit of fun.

Dont worry I will take all 3 oops to much poison

I have nothing but time on my hand's... but the thing that's going to make it hard is no place to work on it (i know i bit of a downer on plans)... well there is a place but I don't know if my friend would let work on it at his work unless we could do it in one day or over a 3 day weekend haha or i could always take it home and do the work at my dads... and take the train each weekend over and back and over and back and over the pass till its done...

Its funny you say you don't see alot of turbo verts (not that I have...) But people keep asking why I took the hood off and put a N/A in it haha "you hurting that much for cash you could not keep it turboed? Gas is not that bad." haha But then i bet they also think its a 944... and when I tell them they never came here turboed they say they have "seen 3 or 4 of turbo verts running around" WTF when where? THERE ARE NONE!!! But what ever haha

 

everyone always thinks my rx is a 240

 

My bet, those were simply Verts with Turbo hoods on them. You see that alot, and it always confuses me as the stock Vert hood is lighter as well as the hood scoop increasing underhood air pressure leading to impediment to cooling air flow.

Just another example of some peoples form over function thinking vs. function and then form.

 

Go to Vegas and see if I could double my money.

Otherwise, the suggestions here are top-notch.
Here's some of what I've done so far:

$700 Rims
$865 Tires
$546 KYB AGX Struts (rears are adjustable from under the car instead of the shock tower)
$364 Eibach Turbo Springs (I kinda wish I'd done Racing Beat Vert Springs)
$500 JDM Fogs, JDM FTPs, JDM Strut Bar, Teardrop Mirrors
$500 (at least) New PD, Horn CPU, TPS, Die Hard, Headlights, LED Clear Side Markers, Hoses, Fluids, and Touch-up paint.

That's $3475 right there and I've another $1000+ sunk into a AT/MT swap.
If I were just starting over, I'd do most everything again. Only difference would be I'd wait on the JDM stuff until the Trans was switched.

Like somebody up there said, decide if you want "show" or "go" and then take it from there.
Aloha,
~j

 

After doing a full detail of the car and replacing all of the missing pieces, switches and lights,
I would highly suggest that, if at all possible, you find a local RX group and see/experience what others have done to their verts. If you don't like the shift points of the stock transmission, you may not like a ported engine and the loss of low end torque. Or you may love the noise and higher performance at revs. See what kind of ride you prefer. Harsh, stiffer, stock? Low profile tires with higher cornering vs. higher profile touring smoothness? Oversteer or understeer characteristics? Everything is a tradeoff. The TII turbo adds a lot to the drive-ability of the vert, but it comes at a cost of heat and reliability. (With proper upkeep, that is mostly avoided.) The maxim is: the faster you want to go, the more it will cost.

Nothing beats hands-on, or at least passenger-side experience of different setups and accessories.

Personally, being an o-l-d fart, I just enjoy driving my stock N/A vert with the top down and the occasional slide through a corner. Before I put my toy up for the winter.

 

Basically, with everything I've already done. A street ported TII motor swap, Coilovers, TII hood. In the near future a TII diff, a New roof, along with new paint, and new seats, I'm almost done.