Has anyone tried to bolt a ebay turbo kit to a na engine? I ask because I built my engine with low compression rotors (previous owner seized the engine and it was a free turbo rotating assembly) in the hopes of turbocharging in the future. My other option is to obtain the stock intake and exhaust then port match the six port block. I also have all the turbo electronics to do the swap.
Thanks.

 

Don't waste you time/money on ebay junk. My friend has gone thru 3 ebay turbos in 3 years. Spend a little more cash on a name brand turbo. Or get a stock one with no/little shaft play from the junk/scrap yard.

Just my opinion but the ebay stuff is junk.

 

Yeah knockoff stuff usualy doesn't last but I still wonder if it any kit would clear the stock na manifold.

 

I think the biggest issue is finding an exhaust manifold that fits. It's been done and it's something I wouldn't mind tinkering around with if I had time to mess with my n/a.

 

port match and use the turbo manifolds. then you don't have to worry and have the 6pi to deal with.

 

Ebay turbo is good if you are going to do less then 10 psi all day. I dont know how they will deal with teh heat from a rotary engine though. I had friends with ebay kits on their 4cyl running 10 psi max and it lasted for some years.

If I was going to turbo my n/a, I rather just buy a complete swap from a jdm place for around $1500.

The ebay kit like this
GT45 5PC T4 TURBO KIT TURBOCHARGER+SS MANIFOLD+WG 86-91 MAZDA RX-7 FC3S 13B-DEI | eBay
should be able to clear the n/a intake manifold since the turbo manifold puts the turbo out more towards the front of the car so the compressor housing wont hit.

 

Oh that's a good point, I left out that my friend is driving an 88 300zx running 17lb of boost. so little diffrent situation. It was 1:30 in the morning I was tired :p

 

I just talked to Forrest **** at a car show yesterday for probably like 45 minutes and he was being real straight up.. IE telling me what sponsers sold shitty ****, and which sponsers had legit stuff, and one if the main points he made was that he was making 650whp on a godspeed turbo.. Next year in formula d he will be running the same set up, since he has already tested its durability all season in hot *** las vegas..

 

That turbo that Black Knight posted is actually a pretty decent turbo, the rest of the kit might be fairly sub-par though. I just tuned a 94 mustang with a 351 running that turbo last night, and it was hitting 18 psi rolling into the throttle at about 3500 rpm. It'll be a bit laggy on a rotary though.

 

Ebay turbos are crap.