6A12 Single Turbo

Post by **smorison** » Tue Jun 22, 2004 9:56 pm

salacious wrote:
Anyway who needs a Turbo in a GPX anyway

Brian

Why didn't you mount an intercooler that has in and out on the same side???

that's a lot of extra piping and weight you've got there...

just curious

salacious · Post by **salacious** » Tue Jun 22, 2004 10:26 pm

smorison wrote: Why didn't you mount an intercooler that has in and out on the same side???

that's a lot of extra piping and weight you've got there...

just curious

That would of made sense but I didn't build it, I just bought it that way

Brian

salacious · Post by **salacious** » Tue Jun 22, 2004 10:38 pm

paladin wrote: place in WA do it for 8k and had soem interesting results in finding the stock injectors etc can load another 50% i think it was.... zoom mag did an article and it can be found on the scottish fto club site

http://www.modifiedfto.co.uk/hot_stuff/downloads.php
I personally wouldn't want to be running injectors that close to the maximum

paladin wrote: HKS in jap made one, i have seen lots of referrences to it :/ but no where that sells it!

They didn't, this is a mistake that was reported in an article and GPXXX should know as he has the car

Brian

Post by **Supplanter** » Wed Jun 23, 2004 12:17 am

salacious wrote:
paladin wrote: HKS in jap made one, i have seen lots of referrences to it :/ but no where that sells it!
They didn't, this is a mistake that was reported in an article and GPXXX should know as he has the car

Brian

Err... I think you mean Scracy

salacious · Post by **salacious** » Wed Jun 23, 2004 8:02 am

Supplanter wrote: Err... I think you mean Scracy

Yeah your right, I got confused with all his aliases

Brian

to4garret · Post by **to4garret** » Wed Jun 23, 2004 8:09 am

paladin wrote:
so rims +suspension + a little extra about 7k?

7k!!!!!!

that was tyres, good tyres i ment (1k) and shocks (1k)

2k is all it has cost so far, and thats with all the little things and about $400 worth of tools as well

the only additional expense i can see for an FTO would be the computer, the standard injectors will let you have a bit of fun if you want to go serious though you should upgrade them.

recap, ECU 1.5k fitting and tuning another 1k

paladin · Post by **paladin** » Wed Jun 23, 2004 8:26 am

HOLY crap your joking?????

i thought you ment sothing like a white line kit, 2 and a bit k + rims so 2.5k !

dude.... wtf!!! it cant be that cheap?????

to4garret · Post by **to4garret** » Wed Jun 23, 2004 8:32 am

remember, my car was already turbo'd so it made the job easier.

all i needed was,

N/A exhaust manifolds, $50 from wrecker
Custom Manifold, $380
Turbo, $500
Intercooler (New), $590
Misc Oil, Water Lines, $180
Turbo Down Pipe, $200
Intercooler Piping, $300
Samco Hosing eeekk, $400
BOV, $200
Intercooler mounts etc, $50
POD filter and adpater, $30
Cold air Box, $55

as you see a bit over 2k, probably closer to 3k, but for instance, i actually didnt have to pay for the custom manifold, thats what i would sell i for there abouts

i also got some good deals. This is when it pays to take your time, you save so much more cash

ellusion · Post by **ellusion** » Wed Jun 23, 2004 2:26 pm

hey whose red turbo fto is that in zoom magazine??

to4garret · Post by **to4garret** » Sat Jun 26, 2004 2:40 pm

hey ppl,

i have uploaded some new pictures of the car almost all completed, there's a few things to do... like give her a wash and put the front spolier lip back on, but now you can look at the enginebay etc...

http://groups.msn.com/to4garret/almostfinished.msnw

all comments and criticism welcome

fto12345 · Post by **fto12345** » Mon Jun 28, 2004 2:14 pm

personally I think it's great!
But I guess it's the result that counts..

And i guess it really depends on whether you can mod this setup to put it in to an FTO..

If all goes well and you can setup the turbo on an FTO with a reasonable boost, and still costs around $3K, I think there will be people lining up for that one for sure!

Thanks

paladin · Post by **paladin** » Mon Jun 28, 2004 6:07 pm

i think hell need a seruity team!

RallyMad · Post by **RallyMad** » Tue Jun 29, 2004 8:43 pm

ellusion wrote:hey whose red turbo fto is that in zoom magazine??

I beleive that the red FTO from the zoom build up is a girls from SA now. I believe she used to be EXC but then may have been FLYGIRL or misspsi, not much.

ellusion · Post by **ellusion** » Wed Jun 30, 2004 2:01 am

Thanks, i was getting confused between that red one and the flygirl one.....now i know they're the same one!

MarkFTO · Post by **MarkFTO** » Wed Jun 30, 2004 2:04 am

ellusion wrote:Thanks, i was getting confused between that red one and the flygirl one.....now i know they're the same one!

and the red one in the pics above mine and brians.

RallyMad · Post by **RallyMad** » Wed Jun 30, 2004 7:20 pm

Hey no worries guys, I'm pretty sure they are all the same car, at least that front end looks identical. And I meant I'm not sure not not much.