easier to install: Greddy or Jackson S/C
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3 hours? No, if you have 5 people maybe, but I doubt it.
Tapping the oil pan for the turbo oil drain is not necessary but will make for a cleaner install and less worries. I didn't tap mine and I've been running with the provided drain line for 3000+ miles with no problems.
If you're looking for ultimate power, go with the Greddy.
Tapping the oil pan for the turbo oil drain is not necessary but will make for a cleaner install and less worries. I didn't tap mine and I've been running with the provided drain line for 3000+ miles with no problems.
If you're looking for ultimate power, go with the Greddy.
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Yeah i installed my DIy turbo kit in about 8 hours that counts modifying stuff and macking mockups for one off parts but not travel time :( getting parts etc. And it was the first turbo i had ever seen much less installed. Now i can install and restall the turbo setup and could go back to stock if my exhaust would let me in about 1-2 hours easy and put it back on in the same time.
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does the greddy kit come with everything needed to get the car running?
like open box, put manifold on, install turbo, oil lines, oil line pieces
so all you need is tools, and the car will start up and run about?
if any of you have installed the greddy kit, pm me,
so i can ask u a buncha stupid questions
like open box, put manifold on, install turbo, oil lines, oil line pieces
so all you need is tools, and the car will start up and run about?
if any of you have installed the greddy kit, pm me,
so i can ask u a buncha stupid questions
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on most forums i join, people flame like theres no tomorrow,,
anywhooo
ok, so i buy the greddy kit,
it comes in the mail
i tread outside with my tool box, 200 piece or so,,
ive changed my own clutch, flywheel,
didnt know the string around the end of tranny trick,
used two jacks instead.... sucked, o well
1 . will i be able to get it done in a weekend?
(with help from my cousin whos crafty with turbo's)
2 . any special tools needed?
3 . does the kit come with everything to run 4-5lbs out of the box?
or will i need some other parts, ie - oil lines? fittings?, fuel managment,
e manage or mega squirt or somthing nutty that costs alot
anywhooo
ok, so i buy the greddy kit,
it comes in the mail
i tread outside with my tool box, 200 piece or so,,
ive changed my own clutch, flywheel,
didnt know the string around the end of tranny trick,
used two jacks instead.... sucked, o well
1 . will i be able to get it done in a weekend?
(with help from my cousin whos crafty with turbo's)
2 . any special tools needed?
3 . does the kit come with everything to run 4-5lbs out of the box?
or will i need some other parts, ie - oil lines? fittings?, fuel managment,
e manage or mega squirt or somthing nutty that costs alot
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on most forums i join, people flame like theres no tomorrow
1 . will i be able to get it done in a weekend?
(with help from my cousin whos crafty with turbo's)
(with help from my cousin whos crafty with turbo's)
2 . any special tools needed?
3 . does the kit come with everything to run 4-5lbs out of the box?
or will i need some other parts, ie - oil lines? fittings?, fuel managment,
e manage or mega squirt or somthing nutty that costs alot
or will i need some other parts, ie - oil lines? fittings?, fuel managment,
e manage or mega squirt or somthing nutty that costs alot
For starters, take every single nut, bolt, and washer that it comes with to your local ACE Hardware store or equivalent (Home Depot / Lowes won't cut it) and buy an equivalent replacement part in class 10.9. Not stainless- class 10.9 only. The stock hardware is crap and will corrode quickly, then break if you ever try to remove it.
Call FM and buy four of these washers for the turbo to manifold connection: http://flyinmiata.com/index.php?dept...umber=36-30300
Use red Locktite on the fasteners that hold the air filter to the AFM. Otherwise they may come off and be ingested by the compressor.
Go to NAPA and buy four NGK BKR7E spark plugs. They should come pre-gapped to about .035", which is what you want. Install them.
While there, buy a jar of Permatex copper hi-temp anti seize compound. Use this on every single nut and bolt involved.
The oil drain that Greddy provides is crap. It involves running a flimsy rubber hose all the way around the front of the engine to a fitting on the intake side. Many people prefer to re-jigger the oil drain system using a flange at the turbo, some -8 or -10AN hose with fittings, and a 3/8" NPT (or 1/2" NPT) fitting screwed into the hole that you're going to drill into the side of your oil pan. Hence the tap & drill specified in #2. (
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The stock oil supply line isn't optimal from a fitment standpoint, but it's usable.
Also,
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Despite what the instructions say, pre-assemble the turbo onto the manifold before you install the manifold on the head.
I'd also suggest you buy some new fuel-injection hose and proper fuel-injection clamps. The stuff that came with the kit looked questionable to me.
Go ahead and replace your fuel filter right now. Also, go to PepBoys and buy a Stant # 13868 180º thermostat and a new gasket.
I'm sure there are others...
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Oh, one other thing that I forgot:
Don't buy the Greddy kit.
Seriously. Bell Engineering recently released an ultra-low-cost version of their hugely cool turbo system, called the BEGi-S. It's a few pennies more, but for that you get a better manifold, a better turbo, a better downpipe, the best AFPR in the business, genuinely good factory support, oil lines that fit, instructions that are legible and written by a native speaker of English with regard for a left-hand-drive (US-spec) car, an intake crossover pipe that won't rupture, an air filter that doesn't try to occupy the same space as your brake master cylinder, yaddayaddayadda.
Linky: http://www.bellengineering.net/Pages...ems_BEGiS.html
Don't buy the Greddy kit.
Seriously. Bell Engineering recently released an ultra-low-cost version of their hugely cool turbo system, called the BEGi-S. It's a few pennies more, but for that you get a better manifold, a better turbo, a better downpipe, the best AFPR in the business, genuinely good factory support, oil lines that fit, instructions that are legible and written by a native speaker of English with regard for a left-hand-drive (US-spec) car, an intake crossover pipe that won't rupture, an air filter that doesn't try to occupy the same space as your brake master cylinder, yaddayaddayadda.
Linky: http://www.bellengineering.net/Pages...ems_BEGiS.html
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thanx alot guys, the begi kit looks great,
ill probly buy the tap kit from them also, seeing as it makes it simple
also, does the base begi kit come with the fuel pressure riser?
or somthing along those lines? i just want to buy a kit that i can install,
and then drive my car to work the next day
ill probly buy the tap kit from them also, seeing as it makes it simple
also, does the base begi kit come with the fuel pressure riser?
or somthing along those lines? i just want to buy a kit that i can install,
and then drive my car to work the next day
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Originally Posted by urgaynknowit
also, does the base begi kit come with the fuel pressure riser?
i just want to buy a kit that i can install, and then drive my car to work the next day
I can't really think of much more.
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yea, im going for driveability, im 20 and cant really afford it break down, or blowing up,
so it will be on stock setup for a while, running no more than 5lbs
i will def go with a new thermostat and new plugs, maybe wires too,
will this setup be good with a front mount?
also, ive been looking into the bipes acu, what that about and whats it do? exactly lol
i see it retards ur timing and such, making it a bit safer to run boost.
thanx
so it will be on stock setup for a while, running no more than 5lbs
i will def go with a new thermostat and new plugs, maybe wires too,
will this setup be good with a front mount?
also, ive been looking into the bipes acu, what that about and whats it do? exactly lol
i see it retards ur timing and such, making it a bit safer to run boost.
thanx