DIY Turbo component sourcing thread!

Started by jvanzyl, October 28, 2016, 14:09

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MR Roadie 2

#25
October 28, 2016, 22:55 Last Edit: January 1, 1970, 01:00 by Guest
I am enjoying this thread, has I am looking into a Turbo for my car for next year. Although I have to laugh, as 95% of the input is from people who have not turbo'd their cars, although valid points and good input from all. Would be great to hear from some of our previous DIY turbo'd owners.

I got a (guesstimated) quote from a Dyno tuner today for 6K to turbo my car. I did not know whether to P myself with laughter or Sh!t myself.
2000 silver, Red leather seats, A/C.
Mods so far- 2005 Engine, Hankook tyres, Goodridge braided lines, EBC Greenstuff, Matt Performance brace, FL front brace, Yellowspeed coilovers, Custom quad exhaust + toyo manifold, markiii pipe, K&N Panel filter, TRD side skirts, rear spats, rear spoiler.

2006 Silver SP240 Turbo, red & black seats & red/black steering wheel, hardtop, ac, Halo DRL/Fog lights,

1979scotte

#26
October 28, 2016, 23:35 Last Edit: January 1, 1970, 01:00 by Guest
Six thousand pounds???
Did that include dyno time and mapping?
Any promises on power? What ecu?

In my mind 3-4k would do the job nicely.
I will find out when i sell my SP240 and give it a try.
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MR Roadie 2

#27
October 28, 2016, 23:59 Last Edit: January 1, 1970, 01:00 by Guest
Quote from: "1979scotte"Six thousand pounds???
Did that include dyno time and mapping?
Any promises on power? What ecu?

In my mind 3-4k would do the job nicely.
I will find out when i sell my SP240 and give it a try.

I know! For 6k I thought there might be a clutch up grade, new gear box, extra bracing, big brake kit and new wheels.

He spoke about the DTA fast ECU. He thought the ECU and mapping time would cost about 2k, plus £600 for a manifold to be manufactured, garret 28r £650,intercooler charger, oil cooler and install of everything, would come to 6k.

I'm with you 1979Scotte, I think 3k to 4k should work great. After all I chasing about 230bhp not  300bhp.
2000 silver, Red leather seats, A/C.
Mods so far- 2005 Engine, Hankook tyres, Goodridge braided lines, EBC Greenstuff, Matt Performance brace, FL front brace, Yellowspeed coilovers, Custom quad exhaust + toyo manifold, markiii pipe, K&N Panel filter, TRD side skirts, rear spats, rear spoiler.

2006 Silver SP240 Turbo, red & black seats & red/black steering wheel, hardtop, ac, Halo DRL/Fog lights,

1979scotte

#28
October 29, 2016, 00:08 Last Edit: January 1, 1970, 01:00 by Guest
Manifold can be had much cheaper. See my posts above.
Not heard of that ecu but for that sort of power a piggy back is just the ticket.
Good price for the actual turbo but tbh again if you only want around 200-250 a GT2560R will spool quicker and make the required power.
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andy bird

#29
October 29, 2016, 07:15 Last Edit: January 1, 1970, 01:00 by Guest
Mapping perfectly is pretty hard but if you can find a decent place to do it (private road) and have a wide band you can do it yourself. Have done it before with a piggy back fuel computer and made strong power on my 200sx

There are some great books on mapping cars.

As I said though the experts are the best to do it! Albeit if they blow it up its always your fault!!

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spit

#30
October 29, 2016, 10:20 Last Edit: January 1, 1970, 01:00 by Guest
Quote from: "MR Roadie 2"Would be great to hear from some of our previous DIY turbo'd owners.

I'd encourage folk to put metering considerations nice and high up their priorities on a self-build. It needs to be a part of your plan and your budget rather than a pretty afterthought.

EGT is a really useful complement to wideband and boost, particularly when a piggyback is being used to fool the stock ECU. Worth adding to the OP's think-list.
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Essex2Visuvesi

#31
October 29, 2016, 10:49 Last Edit: January 1, 1970, 01:00 by Guest
Quote from: "spit"
Quote from: "MR Roadie 2"Would be great to hear from some of our previous DIY turbo'd owners.

I'd encourage folk to put metering considerations nice and high up their priorities on a self-build. It needs to be a part of your plan and your budget rather than a pretty afterthought.

EGT is a really useful complement to wideband and boost, particularly when a piggyback is being used to fool the stock ECU. Worth adding to the OP's think-list.

You beat me to it! I was just about to post this one up

1979scotte

#32
October 29, 2016, 11:55 Last Edit: January 1, 1970, 01:00 by Guest
I have boost, afr, oil temp and oil pressure now i need egt too. Not sure where that will fit.  s:( :( s:(

Have we mentioned custom exhaust yet? The stock mr2 and tte dont flow the best.
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jvanzyl

#33
October 29, 2016, 15:24 Last Edit: January 1, 1970, 01:00 by Guest
Thanks for the input!
Please do provide names/ brands to go for or avoid with stuff...

Would be great if a user could look through the list and be able to start sourcing wisely!

Liberty mkiii

#34
October 29, 2016, 16:01 Last Edit: January 1, 1970, 01:00 by Guest
For information sake a fuel return setup is a good idea once around 300 hp or more.  MWR offers a setup for this.  SARD makes a nice piece for the fuel pump hanger.

01' MR2 K20 swap, crazy mods to come

andy bird

#35
January 17, 2017, 08:08 Last Edit: January 1, 1970, 01:00 by Guest
The emanage ultimate does a target afr map to act as a baseman which seemed a good option to help get on the road to a actual mapper or for you to tweak from. The AEM fuel and ignition controller seems good value too at circa £350


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andy bird

#36
January 17, 2017, 08:09 Last Edit: January 1, 1970, 01:00 by Guest
As for all the gauges something like the Defi ZD would be good as you have them all on a LED screen


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Essex2Visuvesi

#37
January 18, 2017, 21:39 Last Edit: January 1, 1970, 01:00 by Guest
Ebook called "Turbocharging N/A Motors on a Budget"
 m https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=hC7 ... &q&f=false m

Has a case study of the MR-S and makes for interesting reading
You do need to pay for it to get the full book, but there is enough there in preview to get you started

jvanzyl

#38
January 18, 2017, 22:02 Last Edit: January 1, 1970, 01:00 by Guest
Thanks guys I'll update the 1st page post on the morning  :-) :-) :-)  and I'm of to buy an ebook!

It's in flipping Finnish isn't it???!

andy bird

#39
January 19, 2017, 06:43 Last Edit: January 1, 1970, 01:00 by Guest
It says no e book available?

Essex2Visuvesi

#40
January 19, 2017, 08:43 Last Edit: January 1, 1970, 01:00 by Guest
My mistake. It's a proper book. But still worth a read

I ordered a copy from Amazon and should be here today.
I prefer tangible books anyway

Essex2Visuvesi

#41
January 21, 2017, 17:23 Last Edit: January 1, 1970, 01:00 by Guest
Quote from: "Essex2Visuvesi"My mistake. It's a proper book. But still worth a read

I ordered a copy from Amazon and should be here today.
I prefer tangible books anyway

Have to say this book is well worth the 8 quid and highly recommend anyone thinking of Turbocharging their 2 buy it before making any other purchases.
 m https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/130 ... UTF8&psc=1 m

jvanzyl

#42
January 21, 2017, 23:36 Last Edit: January 1, 1970, 01:00 by Guest
Ok I've ordered it  :-) :-) :-)

Jims

#43
February 20, 2017, 21:30 Last Edit: January 1, 1970, 01:00 by Guest
Has anyone here tried ordering the manifolds from either the danish company or the bulgarian one?

If so what was the verdict and how much was shipping etc?  Looking into it but havent had a reply from the danish company yet

Essex2Visuvesi

#44
February 20, 2017, 21:45 Last Edit: January 1, 1970, 01:00 by Guest
Quote from: "Jims"Has anyone here tried ordering the manifolds from either the danish company or the bulgarian one?

If so what was the verdict and how much was shipping etc?  Looking into it but havent had a reply from the danish company yet

Had a chat with the Danish chap about shipping too the UK.  Happy to ship and it was about 30 quid.  No duty to pay as they are in the EU
His English is not great so try to keep and communications brief, simple and to the point

Jims

#45
February 20, 2017, 21:48 Last Edit: January 1, 1970, 01:00 by Guest
Quote from: "Essex2Visuvesi"
Quote from: "Jims"Has anyone here tried ordering the manifolds from either the danish company or the bulgarian one?

If so what was the verdict and how much was shipping etc?  Looking into it but havent had a reply from the danish company yet

Had a chat with the Danish chap about shipping too the UK.  Happy to ship and it was about 30 quid.  No duty to pay as they are in the EU
His English is not great so try to keep and communications brief, simple and to the point


Just what I wanted to hear   s:D :D s:D    How did you get hold of him if you don't mind me asking?  Tried emailing (in english and an attempt at a danish translation...that probably wasn't too good) but not got any reply yet

Essex2Visuvesi

#46
February 20, 2017, 22:54 Last Edit: January 1, 1970, 01:00 by Guest
I emailed last summer I or there abouts

There's a Manifold for sale in our for sale section.  You'll need a post count of at least 10 before you can view it tho

Jims

#47
February 20, 2017, 23:18 Last Edit: January 1, 1970, 01:00 by Guest
Quote from: "Essex2Visuvesi"I emailed last summer I or there abouts

There's a Manifold for sale in our for sale section.  You'll need a post count of at least 10 before you can view it though

Fair play, will give it a while either way, it wasn't too long ago I emailed. Luckily I'm not in any rush as I haven't sourced anything else yet but would like to get started (other than an emanage I found in the spare bed room   s:lol: :lol: s:lol:  ).

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Took a bit out, wasn't really on topic for sourcing parts I guess
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dan944

#48
April 6, 2018, 19:10
If you don't mind me adding to this. And if you don't mind my awful handwriting, here's every item I used. Only thing I've not put on is engine management and dyno time as I'm using a GB on the ecumaster standalone and getting IAT and wide band from them. That's a total of £1200 on top of the following:

Must have cost £2654.81

Comfort extras £299.98

Total £2954.79
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shnazzle

#49
April 6, 2018, 19:13
Dan that is epic. Good man
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