20B Conversions
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20B fit in TII hood without cutting much bracing, only cutting bottom front of IC scoop. Scott uses custom thermostat housing with 20B water pump - no hood cutting. Electric water pump also option to 13B water pump.
Sorry, no 20B turbo manifolds from Nopi yet, must custom build.
20B conversion process here:
http://www.se-rx7.com/20b/
Sorry, no 20B turbo manifolds from Nopi yet, must custom build.
20B conversion process here:
http://www.se-rx7.com/20b/
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From: St. Paul, MN
Can you ask him if he could possibly make another custom thermostat housing. I only need one thermostat anyhow which is what I believe he did. That would solve most of the issue but the alternator bracing would still be up too high and in the way for the stock scoop, maybe with a little modding I could clip it down but still keep it functional...
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Can you ask him if he could possibly make another custom thermostat housing. I only need one thermostat anyhow which is what I believe he did. That would solve most of the issue but the alternator bracing would still be up too high and in the way for the stock scoop, maybe with a little modding I could clip it down but still keep it functional...
Not spoken to Scott, however I believe he has not enough time to make another custom thermostat housing out of hand tools, and maybe he must price too much for many hours work. When he can afford mill, then no problem. Scott need mill, you need thermostat, maybe you make a trade deal?
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Well, I got the motor mounts from K2RD and they seem to fit perfectly as does the motor...? Got me. The alternator itself fits fine, it's the adjustment bracket on the right side that pokes up through where the scoop is. I'll just make my own single thermo housing this winter...how hard can it be? 
If nothing else, I just won't run one at all...what's the difference, there's no emissions or cold start stuff on it anyway and it's a summer only car, just let it warm up for another minute before driving. Whatever, I still want a cool hood scoop to cool down the engine bay and to make the car look unique.
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Well, I got the motor mounts from K2RD and they seem to fit perfectly as does the motor...? Got me. The alternator itself fits fine, it's the adjustment bracket on the right side that pokes up through where the scoop is. I'll just make my own single thermo housing this winter...how hard can it be? If nothing else, I just won't run one at all...what's the difference, there's no emissions or cold start stuff on it anyway and it's a summer only car, just let it warm up for another minute before driving. Whatever, I still want a cool hood scoop to cool down the engine bay and to make the car look unique.
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Well, I got the motor mounts from K2RD and they seem to fit perfectly as does the motor...? Got me. The alternator itself fits fine, it's the adjustment bracket on the right side that pokes up through where the scoop is. I'll just make my own single thermo housing this winter...how hard can it be? If nothing else, I just won't run one at all...what's the difference, there's no emissions or cold start stuff on it anyway and it's a summer only car, just let it warm up for another minute before driving. Whatever, I still want a cool hood scoop to cool down the engine bay and to make the car look unique.
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Originally Posted by Turbo III' date='Nov. 05 2001,16:37
I'm also interested in purchasing the FMIC/turbo setup from him as well if it's "reasonable", which in my case would mean no more than $3500 for all of it...I'll do my own piping IC fabrication.
How long did it take for K2RD to get the motor mounts to you?
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I'm still not sure yet about the turbo but I was looking at the Hitman's website and now he's going with a T-76...hmm...so then I emailed Chuck at Rotary Extreme about putting on a HKS T51R Kai instead...he thinks it's way too big, he says to go with the T51R spi or something like that which is about the same size as the T-76. I can't stand turbonetics so I'll probbly go with that one although it's a little more pricey.
It took a couple days to get the motor mounts from K2RD, however, that was their last pair at the time which was in June/July and they were supposed to be making another batch a month or two after that.
It took a couple days to get the motor mounts from K2RD, however, that was their last pair at the time which was in June/July and they were supposed to be making another batch a month or two after that.
