 7afte Build North Carolina, USA, 7afe turbo build |
 Jul 15, 2010 - 4:06 PM
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Enthusiast  Joined Feb 8, '10 From North Carolina Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%)  |
Ive had my 94 celica for almost 2 years now. Bought it with 184k miles on it and in very good condition. Once i started automotive school my little 1.8l four banger wasnt enough. Found me a totalled 95 celica with a 7afe and only 120k miles on it and swaped that in. Then i found 6gc and read The DCW turbo build, stef's turbo build, and the one made in germany. Started seraching online for parts and then crunched some numbers. Didnt seen too expencive at first. Although i had never worked on a turbo car or known anything about a turbo or the amount of parts and time put into building one from scratch.
Parts Bought: 4afe turbo kit (turbo manifold, .50 ar to .63ar Hybrid t3/t4 turbo, FM Intercooler, piping, Slim fan, turbo timer, and dump pipe) $599.99 BOV RS style $69.99 Oil drain and feed line kit with fittings $89.99 7mge 315cc Line green top injectors (reverse flow cleans, tested) $79.99 Adjustable Fuel Pressure Regulator $49.99 Fuel Management Unit 10:1 ratio $99.99 TRE 255 lph fuel pump (reviews say its quieter and lasts longer then Walboro) $69.99 40mm Wastegate with 10psi spring and 14psi spring adjustable $79.99 I might be missing a few things, but these are the nessecity's i have bought. I know most of it sounds cheep, but i made up for the lack of cost by doing research on the actual item i was buying. Has taken me 4 months to collect all the basic parts i need. Total cost: $1069.93 Which so i hear is very cheep for a turbo setup. This does not include labor(im installing and fabricating everything myself), tuning, or misc. things. I will have pictures up of my swap, and what ive done so far, i will do my best to provide details, hints and tricks. |
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Aug 12, 2010 - 5:22 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Feb 8, '10 From North Carolina Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Well i got some maybe bad, maybe not so bad news. Ive had a vac/boost gauge installed on my car for 2 weeks. For the past week the it was reading 15 in hc and moving rapidly with a very low idle once it was warmed up. Checked my oil today(just changed it) and its black, with a nice smell of gas. Not going to jump to any conclusions but i need to do a leak down test to make sure my rings are still good. For now turbo is on hold.
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celica74 7afte Build North Carolina, USA Jul 15, 2010 - 4:06 PM
Keiri Ooh, a build thread in North Carolina.
Sounds lik... Jul 15, 2010 - 5:51 PM al94st Is that 4afe turbo kit a good product? I've lo... Jul 15, 2010 - 11:21 PM krom8 I'll be watching this. After you get everythin... Jul 16, 2010 - 12:01 AM celica74 I live in Cary, North Carolina, about an hour away... Jul 16, 2010 - 4:30 PM CelicaSTX02 Nice dude, I am located in Durham, NC. I'll h... Jul 21, 2010 - 10:20 AM
rave2n QUOTE (CelicaSTX02 @ Jul 21, 2010 - 11... Jul 21, 2010 - 3:12 PM celica74 wow, and i thought i was the only 6g celi fanatic ... Jul 21, 2010 - 4:35 PM foxcraze Another NC'er here too watching this build as ... Jul 25, 2010 - 12:46 AM celica74 Well i ran into some problems with the manifold. T... Jul 27, 2010 - 9:43 AM Smaay did you see my 7A-FTE thread, i can provide a mani... Jul 27, 2010 - 9:49 AM celica74 dang, no i never saw your thread. That could have ... Jul 27, 2010 - 10:12 AM celica74 custom manifold just arrived today. At work right ... Aug 5, 2010 - 4:41 PM celica74 Just opened the package up, and dang, looks beauti... Aug 5, 2010 - 6:51 PM CelicaSTX02 Dang, can't wait to see you get everything wor... Aug 7, 2010 - 7:52 AM celica74 Thanks, still need to get my manifold welded, and ... Aug 7, 2010 - 11:28 AM CelicaSTX02 QUOTE (celica74 @ Aug 7, 2010 - 10:2... Aug 7, 2010 - 7:53 PM celica74 turboing a 7a seems almost too much trouble, it be... Aug 8, 2010 - 8:26 PM CelicaSTX02 QUOTE (celica74 @ Aug 8, 2010 - 7:26... Aug 8, 2010 - 10:53 PM Nartanian I've heard the 3s is the way to go and has mor... Aug 8, 2010 - 9:44 PM celica74 just the responses i was looking for! motivati... Aug 9, 2010 - 4:38 PM Fr3AkAzOiD I'm in Clayton which is about 25 min east of C... Aug 9, 2010 - 7:23 PM celica74 nice, more and more people are coming forth. Good ... Aug 10, 2010 - 10:09 AM celica74 going to run a compression test tonight after work... Aug 14, 2010 - 10:31 AM celica74 sorry i havent been on in a while. been busy with ... Aug 24, 2010 - 5:53 PM |
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