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Old 06-22-06, 11:27 PM
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Simple question

Hey guys and gals, Im new to this forum and I am also saving to buy a FD in the not so distant future.

Anyways, I have a question that you might find extremely simple or stupid.
When you have a Twin Turbo and you want to buy a bigger turbo (ex. Garrett GT35R), do you need to purchase 2 turbos, or do you need to convert to a single Turboed engine? How does this work?

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Old 06-22-06, 11:33 PM
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You remove the entire stock twin turbo assembly off the passenger side of the motor, and install a single turbo kit (complete with manifold, wastegate, downpipe, etc) onto that same motor.

You will also need a plethora of other mods to run the single properly: engine management, fuel injectors, fuel pump, clutch.......
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Old 06-22-06, 11:47 PM
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so would you say that if you want high horsepower for your car in the long run, it would be better to purchase a single turbo engine to begin with?
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^ There's no "single turbo engine," but yah it would be better to start off with a single turbo'd car or one setup to be capable of running a single turbo. Just makes things a lot cheaper that way.
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You asked a question, and got a good response from good source. How about reading it!!!
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Old 06-22-06, 11:55 PM
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Thanks for the response guys.

adam c, i dont exactly know why your so angry for, I didnt know that a rx7 only came TWIN TURBOED.... all i did was ask a question.
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wow, ok....... sorry, all you could of sad is; hey just read the sticky and youll get your answers. like wtf is GoodfellaFD3S and Farhan the online too nice users on this forum?
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Originally Posted by seiferx7
Thanks for the response guys.

adam c, i dont exactly know why your so angry for, I didnt know that a rx7 only came TWIN TURBOED.... all i did was ask a question.
Don't worry about Adam. Some of our members are not very patient with newbs. Adam has told all of us off at some time or another. He means well, I think

For the record, there are no *factory* single turbo setups on FDs but there are plenty of single turbo FDs for sale that were modified by their owners. *Aftermarket parts heaven* is a good way to describe FDs. Lots of gimmics, gizmos, bells and whistles

Read the faq in the 3rd gen section to get a good idea of what mods are highly recommended. You can try to buy one with the mods in place or get a mostly stock one and have the mods done yourself.

P.S. Don't bring up anything with Adam involving air pockets in your cooling system. Trust me.



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HAHA! thx for the heads up.

I allways thought that there was a factory single turbo FD, guess I was wrong .

Sorry for my newb thread guys, and once again (i think this is the third time that i say this) thx for all of your responses (well i guess some of them).
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