put it urself? or get done by a shop

[ogkush]

is a turbo kit easy enough to install urself, or is it better off taking it to a shop?

[Lonismos14]

Its not that hard, but its not that easy. I put my own turrbo kit on well im not done yet just make sure you have everything you need to finish the job. Me personally i think the hardest thing is the wiring of the ecu. And vacuum but thats just me...If you dont know what your doing take it to the shop..

[Kouki KAT]

If it's a kit, it should be easy enough to do yourself...

EXCEPT that you'll need to tap the oil pan for the turbo return line, which is a PITA.

What kind of kit were you looking at?

[trackslut240]

even though most of them are bolt on...there is always something hidden about the bolt on part. the pan itself will have u cursing. its not that hard, just time consuming, patience is required. if u are well versed with most of the routine maintenance, u should be ok. if u r broke like me, do it yourself.

[WDRacing]

I wouldn't suggest cutting your teeth on a turbo kit. If you've done other mods before, cam swap, headers and a cat-back, things like that then you should have no problems.

I suggest focusing on one section at a time if you do decide to DIY. Don't take everything apart at once. Take something off, then swap in the replacement part.

If you're going with low boost, say 8 psi or lower then you can use a simple FMU for fuel. The best cars are always pre-planned and as simple as possible. After a year or two and reading/talking to us you'll be ready to step up to higher boost and better tuning options.

Don't buy any eBay kits, they are junk. For every success story there are 300 failures...and that's not an exaggeration.

WD

[ogkush]

Thanks for tha input everyone.. Most of the time I do the maintnence to my cars, iVe never tried installing a kit, but I've worked on cars, so I feel I have the ability to do so.. I was thinking Greddy turbo kit, basic, low boost 250 275hp mark. Not to much money in tha wallet like 'trackslut240' so Im willing to take tha risk. thanks everyone

[Lonismos14]

I have a greddy kit it is an excellent kit. Tapping the oil pan is a b**** though. Get some and beer and take your time.

[upsdude]

speaking of oil pans, when i bought my ka the guy threw in a tapped pan for free. i was just wondering if the bung is in a good spot? the bottom of the pan has a small dent, but other than that just needs a good cleaning.

[Lonismos14]

speaking of oil pans, when i bought my ka the guy threw in a tapped pan for free. i was just wondering if the bung is in a good spot? the bottom of the pan has a small dent, but other than that just needs a good cleaning.

Ill by that pan from you.

[neverlift]

wd wont like this but... My first pan I took a drill bit and SLOWLY drilled almost through the pan, then took a punch to make a hole without bits of metal, systematically made the hole bigger till my rigged return piece fit snugly inside, scuffed around the hole with some 60 grit and kneaded some permabond been holding for two years and 3 diff turbo's.

Currently I have a random piece of pipe I had laying around(looks like it came off an intake mani), cut at an angle and drilled a 3/4 hole in the pan. I made the return as high as possible, so high I almost could not get my hose on On the inside I had great penetration with the flux so I took a burr bit to it to enlarge and smooth it out as much as I could.



so fugly high temp blue and done

[chaosli]

i did mine at my friends shop with a couple friend. hardest part is oilpan which you have to take out and weld a bung

[upsdude]

Ill by that pan from you.

lol well the thing is i need it for my setup...just wanted to know if the bung's in a good spot or not.

[240sx_dad]

Depends usually they are if you've done extensive engine work before. If you're unsure its a good idea to have some experienced hands around to show you the ropes.