Decision time comes now

[GotToyota?]

Alright, I'm sure alot of you are in the dilemma that I've been going through regarding our cars, and speed/performance. I've been considering the NA-T conversion route, but when it comes down to it, I don't want a turbo car that will give me problems, or I'll have to replace things left and right. I LOVE how reliable my car is now, and I think it's decently quick. I was thinking of just staying N/A, and getting some BPU mods, so it will be somewhat quicker, but at the sametime, reliable. I dunno about you guys, but reliability > power. Also on the flip side, it will be alot cheaper to get some bolt ons instead of all the turbo parts needs. What do you guys think?

-Matt

 

[s383mmber1]

Well, obviously reliablitly is a major factor in NA-T.

If you have your heart set on non-turbo,

K&N FIPK
Ported intake manifold (upper and lower)
Ported Y pipe and throttle body
AFM sogi mod
Light weight flywheel
OBX headers
Exhaust (i say 3 inch, but many disagree)

I have everything minus the flywheel and headers.

My car moves right along.....

 

[ValgeKotkas]

Yeah really good, I love NA and I love when my car looks nice. So i think reliability+exterior(money left over from repairing the engine:icon_bigg ) > power
:icon_razz Keep it up!

 

[GotToyota?]

Well, obviously reliablitly is a major factor in NA-T.

If you have your heart set on non-turbo,

K&N FIPK
Ported intake manifold (upper and lower)
Ported Y pipe and throttle body
AFM sogi mod
Light weight flywheel
OBX headers
Exhaust (i say 3 inch, but many disagree)

I have everything minus the flywheel and headers.

My car moves right along.....

I wanna do something along the lines of all of those mods as well, and maybe a stage 2 CM clutch just for some better feel. How hard was it to part the intake manifold, as well as the Y pipe and TB?

-Matt

 

[s383mmber1]

If you want to know honestly,

it was very very difficult. But if you want to wait a week or two, i am going to have them for sale. Fully polished exterior and ported and polished inside. Matched to gasket. Definatly a very large improvemnt over stock and a very nice bling factor!

I could possibly need a tester as well

 

[GotToyota?]

If you want to know honestly,

it was very very difficult. But if you want to wait a week or two, i am going to have them for sale. Fully polished exterior and ported and polished inside. Matched to gasket. Definatly a very large improvemnt over stock and a very nice bling factor!

I could possibly need a tester as well

Eh, how much man? I want to do this mods but not sure if I'll have the $ soon. :cry: Why are you selling?

-Matt

 

[OneJoeZee]

JUST PICK WHAT YOU WANT TO DO!!! why ask?

 

[s383mmber1]

Its not liek im getting rid of it! I did my intake manifold and y pipe, and then i bought a few extra's and will be porting and polishing them as a service to us n/a guys!

Money is not quite determind yet though! Its not going to be much though. I am almost fully completed with one entire peice, and ill psot up pictures and get a feeler for what a good price would be. Ive put in probably 10-12 hours of porting, and maybe 5-7 in polishing so far and im not quite finished.

Just to give you and idea of the amount of work goes into these. A price will be set around 150 shipped.

And i removed about three handfulls of metal shavings from the intake manifold alone!

:icon_bigg

 

[OneJoeZee]

Alright, I'm sure alot of you are in the dilemma that I've been going through regarding our cars, and speed/performance. I've been considering the NA-T conversion route, but when it comes down to it, I don't want a turbo car that will give me problems, or I'll have to replace things left and right. I LOVE how reliable my car is now, and I think it's decently quick. I was thinking of just staying N/A, and getting some BPU mods, so it will be somewhat quicker, but at the sametime, reliable. I dunno about you guys, but reliability > power. Also on the flip side, it will be alot cheaper to get some bolt ons instead of all the turbo parts needs. What do you guys think?

-Matt

my car makes power.

and it's reliable. :chicken:

 

[s383mmber1]

JUST PICK WHAT YOU WANT TO DO!!! why ask?

This is the non-turbo section Joe!

He asking us for advice, jeez

 

[GotToyota?]

Its not liek im getting rid of it! I did my intake manifold and y pipe, and then i bought a few extra's and will be porting and polishing them as a service to us n/a guys!

Money is not quite determind yet though! Its not going to be much though. I am almost fully completed with one entire peice, and ill psot up pictures and get a feeler for what a good price would be. Ive put in probably 10-12 hours of porting, and maybe 5-7 in polishing so far and im not quite finished.

Just to give you and idea of the amount of work goes into these. A price will be set around 150 shipped.

And i removed about three handfulls of metal shavings from the intake manifold alone!

:icon_bigg

$150 for TB, Y-pipe, and intake manifold? I'd be down.

-Matt

 

[Silvasoup]

I have been through a lot of the same thoughts of what to do and I do agree that I love the reliabilty factor in our n/a's. You can get a reliable turbo but we are talking large money to get a good setup. Also for myself I would have to have someone do the engine swap or conversion for me and I'm not confident on the shops close to me to do the work.

 

[s383mmber1]

$150 for TB, Y-pipe, and intake manifold? I'd be down.

-Matt

Yeha thats what its looking like right now, maybe 150 plus shipping, they cost about 28 bucks to ship.

No quite 100 percent sure, but i need something to keep me busy this summer! I'd be willign to give you a nice discount to be my "test" unit as well!

 

[GotToyota?]

Yeha thats what its looking like right now, maybe 150 plus shipping, they cost about 28 bucks to ship.

No quite 100 percent sure, but i need something to keep me busy this summer! I'd be willign to give you a nice discount to be my "test" unit as well!

Sweet, let me know. Shoot me a PM when you are ready for me to test. I'd love to.

-Matt

 

[supramacist]

Ya jeeez joe. You are such the non conformist, hell I want 1 as well quite possibley. If they are ready before I get to it.:icon_bigg

 

[s383mmber1]

What about 550's, a lex AFM and SAF-C guys?

 

[GotToyota?]

What about 550's, a lex AFM and SAF-C guys?

I honestly think 550's are too high for the power we're looking for.

-Matt

 

[s383mmber1]

I honestly think 550's are too high for the power we're looking for.

-Matt

Well with me pushing 487 horses in my non-turbo i think 550's are fine.

:naughty:

 

[IJ.]

Matt: Weakest link in an NA/t will be the clutch and this will be the deciding factor for how much power you shoot for.

 

[GotToyota?]

Matt: Weakest link in an NA/t will be the clutch and this will be the deciding factor for how much power you shoot for.

Yeah, I realized this, and I was gonna be getting a CM Stage 4. But, I'm probably just gonna shoot for 250+hp with my N/A, and get a Stage 2 clutch.

-Matt