i am about to own a n/a mk3 supra and of course, wanting to go turbo. I did alot of research and decided that jus swapping in the 7mgte would be the safest way to go but i am a colllege student and work everyday i have off so if i was to do the swap myself it would take at least a month to finish because of my busy schedule. Im located in queens, Ny and wanted to know if anyone knows of a shop that will perform the swap or a person that is looking to make some extra cash on the side that has done the swap before. I can provide the 7mgte and all of the parts. If anyone knows of a shop located in Nyc please post and if anyone that wants to do it themselves on the side please pm me how much you would charge. Thank you all, i would love to do it myslef and learn and save me some money but i just dont have the time. Thank you all
looking for someone, or a shop to work on my supra
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insurance rates I doubt are different. I would be EXTREMELY Supprized if they are. Hell there is no difference on insurance from a mkiv to IS300 to mkiii with my company.
He is a poor college student that is going to buy a car (i'm sure not cheap) and buy a $1k engine + $500 in extra parts to swap into his car, and then pay someone on top of it. Just buy a turbo car and save the work, hassle and probably money.
Looks like chris is living his avartar quote
He is a poor college student that is going to buy a car (i'm sure not cheap) and buy a $1k engine + $500 in extra parts to swap into his car, and then pay someone on top of it. Just buy a turbo car and save the work, hassle and probably money.
Looks like chris is living his avartar quote
It was just an opinion of his he made. Shouldn't have gotten bent out of shape. But I have to agree that IJ has done a great deal for the community and he puts the tsrm to shame! lol
But yes you can do the swap but if you arent really into pulling the motor and what not just use the gte turbo stuff read up on mkIIItech.com and do it man. Plenty of people have went na-t instead of a full blown na-7mgte swap.
But yes you can do the swap but if you arent really into pulling the motor and what not just use the gte turbo stuff read up on mkIIItech.com and do it man. Plenty of people have went na-t instead of a full blown na-7mgte swap.
NA supra = 2 grand for a "ok" condition one
Turbo engine = 1 grand + 600-800 for R154
Labor - A grand AT LEAST
Misc part- 300-500 bucks
There, youve got yourself a large headache, emtpy wallet, and weeks of waiting for shipping and labor
Good condition turob supra - 4000$
TEH END.
Turbo engine = 1 grand + 600-800 for R154
Labor - A grand AT LEAST
Misc part- 300-500 bucks
There, youve got yourself a large headache, emtpy wallet, and weeks of waiting for shipping and labor
Good condition turob supra - 4000$
TEH END.
Well glad to see this post has help out Queenskid so much out of 17 post two actually refer to his question.
You didn't mention the other things you will need to address. I own a n/a swapped turbo and it hasn't scene more then three months of road in two years. You are going to need to up grade the fuel pump . the stock W58 clutch wont last long . Your going to need a down pipe and exhaust . A coolant system flush and possiable upgrade my old n/a rad blew a seam causing a BHG. The N/A tach wont work so you have to think of something their. Long story short me and my wife make a sheet load of money and my supra is on jackstands again. Just save up some more money and get a good turbo supra unless you have a bike to ride around when your supra breaks down . Check out the F/S section here their are a few really good cars for sale . whit the money you would need to spend on the Car,Engine , And all the assc. parts you can get a good one and just bus your self to it. Good Luck which ever way you go .
Matt
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You didn't mention the other things you will need to address. I own a n/a swapped turbo and it hasn't scene more then three months of road in two years. You are going to need to up grade the fuel pump . the stock W58 clutch wont last long . Your going to need a down pipe and exhaust . A coolant system flush and possiable upgrade my old n/a rad blew a seam causing a BHG. The N/A tach wont work so you have to think of something their. Long story short me and my wife make a sheet load of money and my supra is on jackstands again. Just save up some more money and get a good turbo supra unless you have a bike to ride around when your supra breaks down . Check out the F/S section here their are a few really good cars for sale . whit the money you would need to spend on the Car,Engine , And all the assc. parts you can get a good one and just bus your self to it. Good Luck which ever way you go .
Matt
wow ten more worthless post in the time it took to type this.............bell rang time to go back to class
Queens- Is this going to be your only car or do you have a daily driver? I say do it on your own or if you have a buddy to help. It will save money, you will learn a lot of stuff from doing it hands on, and you can stand back and look at it when you are done and have an ear to ear grin. Just work on it when you have time. "Do not rush it, it isn't a race" (great IJ quote). Good luck man and PM me if you have any questions. I'm not to familiar with the 7M (I went 1jz from the start), but I do have mechanical skillz. Not to keen on electrical though. Good luck man.
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Queens: All jokes aside take my first post in this thread to heart if you swap a GTE into an GE car make sure you update your insurance information as they WILL void your policy if you wreck.
(My car is a converted NA)
Chris DO NOT post again unless you have something helpful to add
(My car is a converted NA)
Chris DO NOT post again unless you have something helpful to add
wow this generated alot of response and one or two arguments. im gettin the n/a for cheap, my cousin is going to give it 2 me for dirt cheap because i got good grades, and he is the only owner and has a ton of mods to it already. I was going to go 1/2 na-t with na or gte electronics but it seems for the same price or a few hundred more i can just have the gte in there. An insurance on a turbo car is much more than an n/a with my company. so in the long run it would be cheaper for me to hav an n/a on the insurance and a turbo engine inside. just like how i did with my four cyclinder fox mustang and put a 5.0 in there. Well one person said that the labor would be a grand so thats was really the answer i was lookin for. I might jus do it myself, but thank you all for the response and the help.
yes this will be my only car, i dont really need a daily driver thanks to the wonderfull public transportation of Nyc, i can get anywhere i need to go for $2 lol
the n/a will be here in a few weeks, it is currently located in greensboro, north carolina, then it will be driven to georgia were it will have georgia plates and insurance cause it will be under my fathers name and he is a resident there, then it will be driven here to Ny all with-in a month. i will glady seen u pics chris wen i recieve the car
of course i am, i had an 84 but it had too much cancer. i like the looks of the mk3 anyways i just dont like the added weight.