7mge to 7mgte REBUILD QUESTIONS

[cre]

Originally Posted by ochowdero

@carl - yes i know but the mere beauty of seeing your car rebuilt with your time,money,blood and aggravation is better then buying one already done.

No, it's not... not at all, Trust me on this. It's a LOT more work to convert to a GOOD turbo setup than to start out with a turbo equipped car and build from there... it costs a lot more and even good N/A-T jobs are seldom as reliable as a crappily built up stock turbo car.

Originally Posted by ochowdero

its part of my hobby and soon career.

Careers and hobbies should NEVER meet.

[ochowdero]

@cre - i know the price and pain itll take to do it. the reason ppl are into cars(for the most part) is to rebuild them their selves. my career is my hobby because of one reason, im not in the field yet. i always loved cars and never started to rebuild until i first got my supra, from then on i fell more in love with working on them.. maybe using "hobby" was a bad word, but your career should always be something you love to do.

anyways, im getting a jdm 7mgte, hopefully. swap it in all the other good shiet i need to do and be set..

what are major pieces needed? i assume ecu and turbo components manifold and such(but all that should be on the engiine when i buy) what else?

[Ranma]

It is a lot of work to change a 7mge with automatic to 7mgte with a 5 speed. You would be better off finding the latter and fixing it. It is not a question of if you can do it but of how much you wish to invest into the conversion.
Below is a car for sale, have no interest in selling it
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/toyot...item2c60240983

[ochowdero]

Originally Posted by Ranma

It is a lot of work to change a 7mge with automatic to 7mgte with a 5 speed. You would be better off finding the latter and fixing it. It is not a question of if you can do it but of how much you wish to invest into the conversion.
Below is a car for sale, have no interest in selling it
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/toyot...item2c60240983

thanks but i already have a manual 7mge.. already swapped in.. im getting a 7mgte from driftmotion for around 550$ he said with everything i need to do the swap.
i just cant wait to have a turbo, the ct26 is pretty beafy for how old it is and how small but when the time comes, a beafier turbo is in store lol