upgrading 1987 turbo
 

I was wondering what other obvious upgrades I should do during the winter. given that Im doing a bunch of upgrades in the winter already I thought I would ask the question as to what other upgrades I could easily be doing while I have it off the road and her guts on the floor? price isnt a big issue for me. ;)

already have:
3" stainless cat back
K&N air filter
18x9" Stern ST-1 Beast rims
235/40/18 Falken 451's all around


on the way:
Koyo Rad
Brembo drilled rotors and kevlar brake pads
XTD STAGE 3 RACING CLUTCH KIT
Cooleeze turbo inlet, rad and IC pipes ceramic coated and polished
BIC Performance DDP ceramic coated and polished
BIC Performance test pipe ceramic coated and polished
LS400 Air Flow Meter AFM and 550 injectors
Monza SSQV Blow Off Valve
Stainless Steel Brake Lines
Clutch Stainless Hydraulic Line


thanx for your help

Well...
 

Good Ideas: If its been awhile since you last did it, while you have the rotors and all that off, you should repack your wheel bearings, flush your brake and clutch lines since they will be off (I'm sure you already were), and if you want a big job... replace your bushings on all your suspension. Check the torque on all your chassis bolts and adjust the clearence on your valve heads. Depending on your miles an M/T gear oil change and LSD Gear oil change never hurts.Torque all of your seat and safety belt bolts, mine were ridiculously loose when I decided to check them.

Upgrades:

Change out your shocks for some more responsive, not lower(because of TEMS), race shocks... like me =b. You'll appreciate the ride and handling difference if you buy good stuff.

Metal Head Gasket and ARP Head Studs torqued good and high. Safer if you up your boost with the next mod.

Manual or electric boost controller. Pretty obvious what this is for *makes turbo whistling noise*

If you decide to pull the head gasket you might as well have the head polished. More Air flow.

And if your gonna do all that ridiculous shit it might be time for an aftermarket EMS or at least AFR meter so you don't melt your block. But most of that stuff you can do safely without. I assume your going to get an Aftermarket EMS anways with the 550s to take full advantage. There is other stuff you could have done... but it gets more difficult from here.

thanx alot Burn! excellent reply. just what I was looking for.

if anyone else has anything to add (suprra_girl?) plz throw it out there.

how thick should my metal HG be? I see one that is 2mm on ebay for $200. seems pricey.

I have a friend that can get them made out of copper. would that be a good idea?

agreed.... good reply... ppl don't often think of doing all those other little things hehe

there's only one big thing you forgot... you're gonna have the ability to run high boost soon and have the fuel to survive... but i don't think your stock turbo will appreciate all this extra work :p

oh yea... get the 255lph walbro fuel pump
do the jtube mod (drill it out or bypass)
fuel pressure regulator
upgrade that ct26... either to 50-60 trim as you get to 60 or more they become unreliable or get one of the SP (Sound Performance) Turbos, they have bolt ons ;)

or if you wanna get realllllllll fancy get the whole sp turbo kit which runs for bout $3k?? which is ss manifold, sp turbo, downpipe, wastegate etc.. the whole shaboozle ;)

Shaboozle..........is that like a kanuter valve?


:nuts:

Russ

are you picking on me :(




LOL j/k

shaboozle... kaboodle... the whole pretty package :p

ok awesome reply suprra_girl. thanx again.

what oil do you recommend? I have Penzoil 10/30 full synth right now, but my mechanic HATES penzoil. anything else you can recommend? what does toyota use?

Im looking at some things on Ebay right now.

could you maybe give me some feedback on these items, based on what I have for my car already?

thanx alot!


Supra Tubo Kit T4 7M-GTE MKIII Manifold Wastegate HKS:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...RK%3AMEWA%3AIT

JDM HKS Turbo Timer Supra:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...RK%3AMEWA%3AIT

HKS evc, boost controller turbo:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...RK%3AMEWA%3AIT

2MM Multi Layer Steel Head Gasket 7MGTE Supra:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...RK%3AMEWA%3AIT

this is what always gets me,


if you go with that turbo set up, how in the hell do you connect it to your exhaust?
is their any ditial stuff that can change your boost inside your car by clicking a dial?
i thought i saw some thing like thta when i was reading an old off road mag that had sturbo stuff, i think it ran off vacume?

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if you go with that turbo set up, how in the hell do you connect it to your exhaust?

that what I want to know as well. I have a DDP on the way and want to know if it will fit.

anyone?

that turbo kit was interesting.... not a bad price at all


but that manifold.... i don't believe it was 7mgte... i think that's a 1jzgte manifold by the look of it :dunno:

turbo timer is a turbo timer... any of em work lol... just as long as they time the car down it's all good hehe

boost controller doesn't look bad.... i was recently looking at a Hybrid Boost Controller, comes with a 22psi pressure sensor too... $200usd i think, can't remember now

as far as head gaskets go... for the money and quality just get a cometic and make sure that when you place it on (head & block machined properly of course) that there is no rivet on the mating surfaces :)