Gxl to turbo??????
03-08-2002, 02:08 PM
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Originally Posted by RX-7BABE' date='Mar. 08 2002,14:43
My car is a 90', to answer your question 13Bace. 
03-08-2002, 02:46 PM
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Originally Posted by RX-7BABE' date='Mar. 07 2002,11:51
So what is the least expensive way out? If I keep my engine and get turbo and do what I need to do, will it be as good as any other "stock" turbo car? Or would a turbo engine be best? I am going toward just keeping my engine, and go from there. Either way I am probably going to spend a lot of money. But I just want to be sure if I should keep my engine or not. Cuz I don't want to buy a piece of sh*t engine with a million miles on it just cuz it's turbo. So basically I'm confused. Has anyone else kept their engine and got turbo in here? And if so is the list that bigtime made up all I need? Cuz I can always get a new drivetrain and fuel system if that's all that's gonna not keep up with the turbo. Cuz I would want to upgrade those anyway. I'm sorry this is so long, but I am seeking different opinions in the situation. :smilewinkgrin:
03-08-2002, 03:33 PM
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turbo
piping to throttle body
clamps
custom oil and water lines
boost controller
tII injectors
piping to throttle body
clamps
custom oil and water lines
boost controller
tII injectors
front mount intercooler
manifold
new complete exhaust system
bov
TID pipe
some kinda intake kit thing
AFR computer I would think and FCD, or Haltech
external wastegate
probably some other stuff too.
The biggest question is whether or not you think your engine is strong enough to take the extra boost. My T2 engine supposedly has under 20,000 miles, no way to be certain, but it definitely seems in pretty good/new shape. That is why I chose to do the full conversion. If you really want to buy a kit though, I think you can find some at
atkinsrotary.com. I didn't just because I didn't think my engine could take it.
03-08-2002, 10:24 PM
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Originally Posted by bigtime1148' date='Mar. 08 2002,12:46
[quote name='RX-7BABE' date='Mar. 07 2002,11:51']So what is the least expensive way out? If I keep my engine and get turbo and do what I need to do, will it be as good as any other "stock" turbo car? Or would a turbo engine be best? I am going toward just keeping my engine, and go from there. Either way I am probably going to spend a lot of money. But I just want to be sure if I should keep my engine or not. Cuz I don't want to buy a piece of sh*t engine with a million miles on it just cuz it's turbo. So basically I'm confused. Has anyone else kept their engine and got turbo in here? And if so is the list that bigtime made up all I need? Cuz I can always get a new drivetrain and fuel system if that's all that's gonna not keep up with the turbo. Cuz I would want to upgrade those anyway. I'm sorry this is so long, but I am seeking different opinions in the situation. :smilewinkgrin:
It has a higher compression ratio....
S4= NA- 9.4:1 Turbo- 8.5:1
S5= NA- 9.7:1 Turbo- 9.0:1
03-09-2002, 12:43 AM
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Yeah I could buy a t2, but the only thing is that I can never find them from 89-92. And plus I would wanna upgrade the stock turbo anyhow. True it would be easier. But whatever, I might as well upgrade everything while I'm at it. And yes it will cost a lot of money, but I'm in no rush to get it all done at once. But hopefully I'll get some form of turbo soon!
03-09-2002, 02:03 AM
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03-10-2002, 08:36 PM
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Cool, thanks. But another thing I'm wondering is would I be able to use a t2 transmission with my gxl motor, and some turbo, etc. In other words if I just used the t2 transmission and bought some turbo, would that work too?(And of course along with all the other stuff I would have to do). Like obviously I'm gonna have to get a new exhaust system, intercooler, and lines and stuff, but that is the main thing I was wondering about.
03-10-2002, 08:49 PM
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Originally Posted by RX-7BABE' date='Mar. 10 2002,21:36
Cool, thanks. But another thing I'm wondering is would I be able to use a t2 transmission with my gxl motor, and some turbo, etc. In other words if I just used the t2 transmission and bought some turbo, would that work too?(And of course along with all the other stuff I would have to do). Like obviously I'm gonna have to get a new exhaust system, intercooler, and lines and stuff, but that is the main thing I was wondering about.
03-11-2002, 10:26 AM
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Originally Posted by ILUVMY88CABRIO' date='Mar. 08 2002,03:03
