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Originally Posted by df963
Thankyou for your reply. Is there anyway to remove the turbos all together? I read somewhere that I might be able to remove the turbos and install a non-turbo exhaust manifold and downpipe, and non-turbo intake piping.
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The exhaust port pattern is not the same on the non-turbo 2jz-ge head, as the turbo 2jz-gte head. In other words, a non-turbo exhaust manifold won't fit.
In theory, you could do it with the header from a single turbo kit, and then get a custom downpipe made. If you had an exhaust housing with a block-off plate (and I do happen to have one of these handy!), you could use a full single turbo kit (without the turbo) and the downpipe that comes with the kit would fit onto the turbo exhaust housing with the block-off plate.
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Originally Posted by df963
Otherwise, what would I need to do to convert an N/A into a TT, as in getting it to full MKIV TT specs. I don't know if this has been posted (I can't find it) but a link would do. I understand it will be costly, but I think that after two years I would be able to invest that much, especially if I have already done other mods to the car before hand...
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It has been partially posted, but I'll give you some of the important differences here. You'd have to pull out the complete (fully assembled) 2jz-ge (non-turbo) engine, transmission, differential, and suspension and replace them all with TT parts. You'd have to pull out the abs braking system, calipers & rotors, the abs ecu, the primary ecu, ingnitor, resistor pack, and primary wiring harness, and replace all of them with TT parts as well. The rims would have to be changed too (16" to 17"), but of course that's relatively minor. I'm sure there are other items as well, like the fuel pump, the fuel pump ecu, stereo system, etc., but I think that's most of it at a high level. Other forum members please feel free to post additional items that would need to be changed. Generally speaking, almost all of the 'working' parts of the car are different - so although they look the same, they are very different vehicles beneath the surface.