Turbo 5SFE Options

[khanster]

anyone here turbo their 5sfe motor yet. Burien toyota offers one but i dont' know if it's anygood. I'm planning to do one soon any suggestions?

[jayi12-15psi]

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why 3 grand intercooled? Where do you get the extra 500 bucks from if u say urself u got a front mount for 70 bucks? lol. 70 doesn't equal 500...but alright. :-D

most people are not going to go junkyard diving and will spend alot more than $70 on an intercooler, thats before the piping

my total of $3,000 was with $2,500, and about $200 for a cheap intercooler(new to match the rest of the new burien kit parts), piping, and tax(if applicable)

I'm not trying to be a dick to all you guys with the burien kit, I just don't have that kinda cash

but these are all guess-timates you can spend anything from $70 on a FMIC all the way up to over a $1,000 for a nice blitz unit.

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it may be cheaper to go junk yard diving, but where i live there is a better chance of getting hit my lightning while pissing on a electric fence while contracting monkeypox from a viral hedgehog then finding any turbo toyota to get a manifold and a turbo from

like my post said, I bought the turbo and manifold off of e-bay, there are many other places to source parts for a turbo kit besides a junkyard. you are right about how rare a turbo toyota is in a junk yard, but I have found a couple of mk3 supras that you can score an intercooler or injectors off of.

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if you go get parts from a junkyard then you have to go buy new seals/gaskets/grommets/rubber parts etc.

dont think that will be a huge problem

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Does anyone know if there's a good way to install a front mount intercooler on the 6 gen's. I've been looking all over the car and there's really no good spot to plumb it. Any help would be great. Oklahoma doesn't have the strongest toyota following.

I was thinking about going around the side of the radiator on the left, and using a u-pipe to go under the radiator to the right, looks like about the only option, any body have pics of their intercooler pipes?
I'd be interested to see 'em

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Anyone? Just curious as to how much wheelspin happens and how far up the gears. Eg.. do you get the wheels spinning changing into third? Also - did you find it necessary to get wider or better tires just to get some traction happening? as for third gear spinning, it should only happen when you stomp on it, same with second gear, first should be able to handle fine(turbo lag), but this is during normal driving conditions, if your racing, you could benefit from some wider wheels for traction, also suspension mods to compensate for pulling in mid second and mid third.

I'm just going to throw this question out there and look stupid, but is it possible to have a NOS kit installed on a burien turboed 5sfe? If so, any predictions as to what kinda HP that would make?

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don't worry you don't look stupid, but that would be hell on your engine,  I would only recommend doing it on special occasions, unless you really beef up the engine

run 4...put the zex 55shot...might be a good combo and give u a good 200-250 (obviously depending on turbo setup). The engine internals of a 5sfe are for sure good up to 250, as long as they already haven't been damaged...i just wouldn't go runnin around shootin nitrous all the time. You could prolly run closer to 300 if you upgraded internals...rings, pistons, etc.

And yeah, not only bigger injectors but like a MKIV Supra TT fuel pump would help. [QUOTE]

good point, make sure your engine is in tip-top shape, get the compression checked, and a tt supra fuel pump is definately a must for such an application.

This post has been edited by jayi12-15psi: Jun 18, 2003 - 3:36 PM