Now, dont get mad at me, i know many people have asked questions about converting their non-turbo second gens to trubo, but i still have a question. Why dont people recommend the conversion, is it too hard, too dangerous, too expensive or what? Almost everyone says just stick with non-turbo or buy a turbo II. I really dont want to sell my car, which i have put hours of work into. Its my first car and i really do like it. I would rather not sell it for a car that I may not like as much. So i ask again, why dont people suggest the turbo conversion?

 

Because 99% of the people that ask about doing it don't have the knowledge or ability to do it properly. Also, they generally try to do it as cheap as possible using whatever junk they can find laying around, and the result is usually a dead engine.

 

Do it correctly, or buy a Turbo 2. As Rat said, most can't do it correctly, so people say..buy a Turbo 2.

 

If you decide to do a tII swap the RIGHT way, it's basically like lifting the shell of the car and dropping it onto a tII chassis. Remember not only would you replace the engine, but the Tranny, rear end, suspension, and braking system.

If you plan on spending that kind of money just buy a TII. Besides whats wrong with owning 2 FC's?

 

Why go turbo? Your engine could a-splode!

I just bought a convertible tII swap that looks like it was wired by the three stooges. Its going to take me months to get all this crap hooked up right. On the other hand, I am learning the inner workings of my rx7 at an exponential rate, thats worth something.

 

Reasons I can think of for staying NA:

1. Simplicity. A turbo adds a lot of complexity. A NA, with emissions removed, is a *very* simple engine bay. If you don't have A/C, and either depower the steering rack or (better) swap in a manual rack, the engine bay has very little in it, and getting at anything in the engine bay is trivial.
2. Reliability. A properly tuned/maintained turbo FC is reliable, but... there's a lot that aren't. And, even so, the more power you push, the more strain on the engine. A 400WHP TII is *not* going to last as long as a similarly maintained NA.
3. Engine response. A NA motor responds differently to throttle than a turbo. There's no lag, and a given throttle setting at a given RPM will produce the same amount of power. This is why some people build up NAs for 200 WHP - a built NA drives significantly differently from a turbo.

-=Russ=-