Recently I was thinking about custom turbo setup, like t-78 or t04r or something of that size. tell me your opinions about what you think about custom setups.Who have one? was it difficult to collect all the parts?
jacob

 

Look at all the stuff on ebay..you could easily do one. How it will work and the quality of the kits is somthing to question..

 

I did one...its actually a pretty large pain in the ***...much more than you could imagine. Collecting all the parts is the easy part. Down pipe is kind of a pain in the ***. There are just a ton of stupid little problmes that pop up that you'd never think of.

 

I would have to agree with both widebody and 1sic, it can be easy to gather the parts but the unexpected always pops up. I pieced together my own single turbo kit, a TO4R to be exact. If you need help on some of the things I gathered, feel free to pm me.
Mike

 

It took me 2 years to get it almost perfect. T-70 w/ V-band was a PITA. But once you have it right its yours and I took some satisifaction in knowing I build it. Mine totalled out to about 2K with manifold, turbo, downpipe, oil lines, and misc. others.

 

Hey I'm in chicago area, buy my A-Spec GT40R kit, save yourself the hassle and time. Its alot cheaper than knew, your saving yourself over 600 buying from me instead of A-spec cause you'd have to pay sales tax on top of the price of the kit. And mine is priced below the price of a new kit. You can come see it if you want. PM me or call if your interested. Look here https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.php?t=375596

 

hey modrx7, why are you getting rid of yours?

sorry, did not mean to hijack your thread rx7-pl.

 

Changed to a Jay-Tech intake manifold, and the turbo won't fit cause the manifold sticks out farther than the stock one

 

I built my own kit...took about a couple months, after I decided to go single.

Started with building a motor, then wiring haltech, then upgrading fuel, then couldn't justify putting twins on after all the time I spent, so put together a single turbo kit.

Making braided lines is a pain, then all the waiting for parts...then paying twice what the part is worth to over night it, then tuning a stand alone engine management...etc.

6 months after blowing a low miles rebuild from a shop, I have a DIY custom built FD.

5k miles later, I'm still grinning and giving rides like 6-flags at stock boost levels

 

i have a write up on mine in here somewhere...i did all mine...and install and tuning for less than 5k...glad that i did it...and have less than 10k in the whole car and have over 400 to the wheels