Hey Guys, I've been doing some searching and couldn't find what i was looking for so decided to ask you guys. I've been currently planning on doing a turbo swap for my N/A '91 Vert. I know a lot of rx7club members have done tubro swaps to their N/A's and just wanted to know how much did it cost you?... i know you need more than just the engine, like turbo tranny, rear diff, turbo ECU, harness, etc...

Just wanted to know the average total price range for a turbo swap?

Thanks in advance guys!

 

Free.

 

are you talking about turbo'ing an N/A engine itself? or buying a completely seperate turbo motor and swapping it out?

 

^completely swaping the whole engine... i think it has way more potential going that direction...

 

i just did s5 n/a to s5 turbo swap wit n/a harnes

engine and trany 1500-1800
rear end wit halfshafts and drivshaft 375
exhaust 275
boost guage 45
fuelpump 110
ecu 125
map and maf sensor 75
this is around half the stuff i bought for my swap sum stuff was used and bought on furom of course

 

depends on where you get the parts from, with prices and weather you get that from someone on here or not but id say around 2500-3000 just a guess though

 

now saving to do the convertible in my back yard dont kno if its another turbo II swap or just go RE

 

thanks for the info guys...

I'm just one of those N/A guys that are looking for more power... always wished i started with a turbo... but no regrets, love my vert.

 

haha trust me dude all us N/A guys wish we were secretly turbo'd, and some of us will be soon hopefully

 

ull love it once it done andull learn alot too i loved wen i finally got done

 

man you guys make me want to get this started like right now!

 

haha now i wanna get started on one too

 

I am "secretly" starting one as I type..ah ****!,Not a secret anymore!..I'll post back in a Year and tell ya what it cost..besides my Sanity.my Life savings and a Date with "that Hot Chick down the block"(because I was too poor To Take her out)..Damn TII parts!.

 

good luck on it and one day i'll too!

 

i have just about 2300 or so in mine. Thats buying the engine for almost 1800.00 though ( what it was worth to me for good compression). If you luck into an engine for much cheaper or come across a parts car for next to nothing you can prob do the swap real cheap. If you plan on staying at factory boost levels, **** the trans dshaft rear and axles off the turbo car. my car has been tina turner for just about a year now, and runs great with a 148 dollar ebay na 6 puck xtd clutch kit.

john ny

 

i saw on i forgot wich site it was that the turbo 13b was 1500 with harness and ecu

 

that might be bestofjdm.com

 

It is also very important that you buy from someone reliable. I have HEARD good things about japan2la, but personally have not dealt with him. I bought my engine from corksport a year or so ago. Buy from someone who is either trustworthy, or a local place where you can go check compression on your s5 engine.

john ny

 

Mine, so far has cost me $5,000, excluding the car.

 

If that's your vert in your signature, I would not sacrifice a clean looking vert for a turbo swap. Keep it stock and pick up a TII.

 

is bestofjdm reliable at all id think not but does anyone know?

 

i was looking on ebay earlier today and saw a couple of good deals.

complete 13bt engine with transmission, ecu, harness and starter for around $1700.

personally i wouldnt get one without seeing it first though, which is a shame cos i live in Australia and there is nothing where i live, you have to trust the right people when getting a new engine here

 

so does japan2la have a website?

 

I had a JDM S5 13B swapped into my 89 vert. I did everything, a JDM engine, tranny, picked up US driveshaft, diff and half-shafts, RB exhaust, boost gauge, alum. hood and all the other little parts. It ended up costing me around $6k. Since that first cost I've invested in an FD alternator, FD fuel pump and 800cc secondary injectors...next up are some fuel and engine management electronics.

 

dude you can do it real cheap if you wanna
motor 700-900
new clutch (exedy na) 80
flywheel removal tool 35
t2 afm 200
bov 150
downpipe 250
T2 hood 250
255 walbro fuel pump 100
t2 swap $2000ish

- just buy the turbo motor by it self then a blow off valve and have it welded to the little pipe in between the inter-cooler buy a new exhaust or just get the down pipe AND cat. convert. you can use the na ecu if you want youll just run alittle rich you may have to get the ecu pin out from the fsm and rewire thats what i did YOU CANT USE THE JDM ECU you will hit a wall at 4000 rpm. oh and youll need the turbo 2 afm and if you wanna buy a new clutch buy one for a na and use your na trans and rear end. people are gunna be like ehhh you cant use the na rear end itll break wa wa wa well ive beat the crap out of mine and its still cool i have a 5lug lsd rear end from a gxl 2+2 but i know of guy putin 400hp to the 4 lug and never compland about anything but open wheel. now take your na flywheel off and put it on turbo motor then the new clutch and you na transmissions and BAM instant swap. why cant you use the turbo 2 trans because your na drive shaft has 22 splines and the turbo has 23 splines(the number of gear pins around shaft) i think you could get the t2 drive shaft and mate it to the na rear end but not sure the t2 tranny is probable better for speed but hey were goin for get it runnin and upgrade parts later right? bolt it in and like i said BAM the ecus only have 3 major differences: the twin scroll actuator which runs the same voltage on that wire wether its na or t2, the power steering and knocksensor wire are the same (i just cut that bastard cause it knock box doesnt ever work anyway) and damn one more but cant remeber and you may have to extend the NA harness. oh yeah use your na harness on the t2 motor, and this may be a good time with your motor out to go ahead and PORT you turbos internal wastegate not hard to do just look up the write up.

im ghetto as hell but it works and if you have 2 cars and little money then its how some of us have to do it!