So, as many of you that live in the U.S. know, tax returns have been issued. What better way to spend it then do a turbo swap on a 7.

I have a few small questions about what is needed. When I purchased my 7, it was already carb'd with 1/2 the harness missing, plugs cut all over the place, etc. If I were to purchase a full TII swap, change the clutch and flywheel to work with my n/a drivetrain, could I still bolt it up and have it fire right up without buying more stuff for it, assuming it comes with a full uncut harness and ecu. Is their any other little sensors the harness needs that aren't included with the motor that I would have to buy (besides the pressure sensor of course)?

I've seen friends cars that the front of the engine bay has a bunch of little relays, I have none of these.

Right now my engine bay is literally empty and asking for a TII.

 

You clearly have not searched. Theres a thread in the archives that goes over this swap in detail.

 

You will need the Boost sensor, ECU, wire harness for yoru year car and the intake with sensors for your year car (same series) then u will want an upgraded fuel pump like a walbro andassuming u get a good engine, with intake, manifold, turbo injectors etc besides exhaust u will be pretty much plug and play.

 

Jspec ECU and harness will not work.

Get a same series NA harness.



and you fail at searching.

 

Those intake sensors, do they usually come with a ordered engine or do they need to be purchased seperate?

And what about the OTHER side of the harness? The passenger side?


And to Omixeo, theirs threads about n/a efi to t2 swaps in the archives, but not carb to efi turbo.

See your nice little n/a's look like this? http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...k/P1020231.jpg

Well mine looks more like this... http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v8...n/PB032646.jpg

You go right ahead and point out the harness to me. Yeah, thanks, if you don't have a positive response, GTFO my thread.

And I DID search, theirs not a lot out there about people not having ANY harnesses or other relays under the hood of their car.


Why wont the j-spec ecu and harness work?

 

well, the Jspec ecu's have a tendency not to want to work with the U.S. cars. There is a debate about why that is, but if you want to know more about it, you can search it (I just bought a U.S. version and didn't worry about it.)

The harness for the TII's are different than for NA's. The NA one is easier to use if you have an NA(You wont have 2 plugs for the alternator, etc...). The Jspec harness is going to go the wrong direction (LHD vs RHD) and end up too short.

All of these individual questions can be answered through searching.

I am not trying to be a pain in your ***, but realistically, you must figure out what YOU have and what YOU need. Nobody is going to be able to tell you on YOUR unique vehicle what to do.

Think of SPECIFIC questions you need answered and search them. If you can't find the answer then, post a thread.

Just tryin to help.

 

Thanks for the info, I'll do more research on the J-Spec ecu's and whatnot. If anything, I'll mount the ecu in a different location.

And I was just wondering whether or not the relays/sensors in front of the radiator were important at all and if they needed to be put back in if I am going back efi. I'm not asking about any specific one, I don't have ANY of them.

 

you bought yourself a nightmare car

good luck

 

Here, let me put this a way maybe you can understand.

I'm not asking for comments on my car, I'm not asking for useless replys about the search button.

Maybe even you can answer this one. Do I need a body harness to wire in a ecu or is it for something else. When I look over at where the ECU should be, theirs just a bunch of pretty big white plugs that are capped off.

Thats all I want to know. Eventually I'm going to just start reporting your posts for being useless and ask that they be deleted from my thread so when someone actually DOES use the search button wondering about a turbo swap, they don't get a bunch of threads talking about the damn search button.

 

Who cares, I think anyone who has put themselves eep into this hoby has done so one time or another.

 

Honestly 'G',I would be looking at the Free Download Manuals online.They show the Wiring diagrams and "what is what'.
See,there is more that one harness In the Engine bay,and One is specifically for the engine.Guys leave the Driver's side harness in as it wires in the Coils,starter,and the fuse block,etc.The Front harness has the Lights,Horn,etc.
SO,if you have NO wiring in the engine bay at all,You are gonna have to "access" what you need by looking at the Wiring diagrams on the Manual.
I will say though,That the car Can be "salvageable" as a Track car,and it won't be that much of a Pain in the Keester to get it Operational.But,If it is going to be a Street car,You have your Hands full.Good Luck.

 

Well. It already is a street car. I DD this car, but its missing a lot of the harnesses under the hood. About 1/4 of the front harness is there because I have headlights, but they dont go up or down, no high beams, no horn, and no turn signals, no hazards, etc. (This is a project car, what do you expect)

My friend has a driver side harness out of a 88 that he pulled apart. If i'm not mistaken, most of it should plug up and I can just modify whatever I need to to get it to work.