Gonna start to build up my 89 7m-ge!!! finally Turbo Turbo Turbo

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Shawn
Dec 12, 2009
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ok so i just bought a 89 supra 7m-ge, the kid blew the head gasket runnin a 10 lb tank of NOS ON HIS FIRST SHOT lol so i picked it up for a little over 1k.... 1.1 to be exact and im pretty good at workin on these, been around the block.


Alright im thinking of putting 1 of those turbo kits, they only cost 900$ off ebay its the l6 gt45 *if anyone knows if thats decent* im not gonna be pushing more then 14 psi..i already have a mhg but im probably gonna change it. but to add on to this i wanna build up the bottom end so it can handle it. any suggestions for the bottom end? Should i stick with forged stock pistons or bore it out, i heard maximum bore should be limited to 85.5mm. im not going for INSANE Hp but i want it to be somewhat quick,... quicker then it is already so if you guys got any suggestions or comments , throw em out, ill post some pics tell me what ya think

o yea, so my pop up light motor stopped working on the passenger side so i decided to make em flush with the car, made a sheet metal box with some lexan covering it, i think it looks decent? eh, had to cut into the radiator support so i did reinforce that. P.S. Taking out the headlights and motors and hood popper and installing hood pins dropped ~ 60 Lbs


Yea and i need front and rear strut bars but i dunno where to get em besides ebay and i dont want 10$ low quality shit, i got the targa top and its pretty loose around corners


Heres a pic, need to take some more, and ill be adding more when the process begins, just gotta get all the goods together! Oh and im gonna paint it, should i keep it red or paint it another color? i was thinkin black @_@ since im a mechanic and i get greasy fingerprints all over it all the time without trying lol.
 

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RazoE

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Yeah, heads are the same, but one of the cams are different (can't remember which for the life of me). If you can find a donor MKIII turbo, make sure it's the same year and swap over the harness and ECU, and run the AFM/Injectors, etc. , otherwise you might wanna go stand alone, stock NA electronics suck when going turbo.

the headlights look like they give an awful lot of glare, but if you don't really drive around at night, I guess they're fine as the 60lb reduction (which I feel is a little optimistic, but close) should be well worth it!

p.s. welcome to SM:D
 

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Shawn
Dec 12, 2009
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Fond du Lac
Ok, well one of the valves is starting to tick so instead of fixing the head right away, im just gonna buy a 88 supra 7m-gte w/ a t61 turbo upgrade n a bunch of other mods, ill post pics ect tomorrow when i pick it up wooooeeeeee