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Little Background:
Recently purchased a 1990 toyota supra turbo, targa top, auto tranny in november of 2006 Paid around 3500 and soon after had to replace the engine, ordered a jdm engine from osaka, btw done use them they sent me a engine with a blown head gasket and only refunded me 400$ whole thing was 1100 or so after shipping. So finally after all work i get to drive it in like feb of 2007 lol. Loved the car since day i saw it though ![]() New Problem: Take my car to toyota because car would register boost and not gain anything extra from it. Toyota could not tell me what it was >.< looked around online a bit and determined the wastegate was probably stuck open, i assume this wouldnt be a big deal, but was told i needed to replace the turbo..... So taking the turbo from my old engine, i thought maybe this would work, but ofcourse not it had too much play on the turbine and would scrap the turbo housing when u turned it. Decided to try this place since i am driving up to houston area soon and would be able to see facilities before handing over my turbo, also saving freight charges http://www.turbochargers.com/ (anyone have any experience with them or comment?) It states this If you turbo requires only a basic rebuild (bearings, seals, balancing, and cleaning), your price is $275 plus freight. However i dont kno if that will all it will cost for fixing my problem hehe, Depending on price i decided to go ahead and upgrade turbo to be good up too 500hp since i want to eventually obtain 400-450 out of my car. Upgrade now save cash later? hopefully anyways Things done so far: Low mileage JDM swap Metal Head Gasket K&N Filter Things After turbo: IC Piping kit (http://www.cooleeze.com/browse.php going with ceramic coating) And then replace all the vac lines with http://www.suprasport.com/HoseTechni..._p_86-180.html Also need a BOV however dont know much about whats needed, the new IC pipe has option of where to place the flange and what flange, so whats good placement? any i just have it welded on and im good to go or?? Dont know where to go from there, prolly start thinking about the exhaust system at this point. BTW i am not a mechanic in anyway, and having tried several places that do crap jobs since they have no knowledge of my vehicle i have decided to become a mechanic..... lol so i will be replacing the turbo and will probably need lots of help ![]() Already have learned alot from browsing your forums for past 3 weeks and decided to finally post and let u guys know what my situation is and to thank everyone ![]() Last edited by mkiiisupra; 09-17-2007 at 05:54 AM. |
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