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Well, what can I say. I started putting time and effort into a turbo kit on the 7/9/06, and turned the key on the Wednesday 14/3/07.

I wanted to be on the road the whole time, so I had to collect little by little.

Fast - Cheap - Reliable: Pick any two. This is the formula for modifying a vehicle. I chose cheap and reliable, so I'm never going to be pushing 150rwkW out of this baby, or dragging Skyrines from the lights while both wheels scream with smokey pain...

What I wanted: low down torque, and enough power on tap to be able to overtake when you need to (Hi Stefan That one is a special mention because I have heard you say it time and time again, \"that would be the only reason to go FI.\" Du hast Recht. ).

I started looking for bolt on kits, but nothing anywhere near my price range included an intercooler. A must in Brisbane heat IMO if I want \"reliable\" to be my choice. The more I looked, the more I realised that a lot of those kits were missing essential parts, or contained parts that would need replacing. After finding www.miataturbo.net I decided to build a DIY kit with what the parts I wanted to have, at about the same price as pre-built kit from GReddy. Obviously my power goal was to match the stock GReddy kit, (so, nowhere near \"fast\") but produce that power more safely with an intercooler and a better fuelling system.

The basics:

T25g turbo from an SR20det from a 180SX
GReddy eManage piggyback - fuel and timing control, as well as a very cunning closed loop device for while on boost
EBay intercooler
89 Toyota Supra 305cc Injectors
Heaps of custom stuff (fabbed with the help of several very good mates! )

Here are heaps and heaps of pics (some are of the same thing) that are in no particular order. If you have any pics (PT and Sabretooth, I'm looking in your direction) please post them up!

nice neat job, geoff.....well done

Not tuned yet, so no reports on seat of the pants performance. I'll add updates when they happen.

Boags

congratulations geoff.

seeing those pictures makes me a very happy man. i know how much energy you have put into this mate. so much research and head scratching along the way, and lots of elbow grease, but you finally got there. good job! i'm VERY jealous!

So any luck with the emanage firmware update?

NMX516 wrote:8) So any luck with the emanage firmware update?

Word in the US is that this a common eManage gimmick, and easily fixable, I'll let you know how I go.

Fatty wrote:i'm VERY jealous!

Lara Bingle wrote:So where the bloody hell are you?

Woo, good stuff. I wish I could have stayed when I came and had a looksee at how you were going. I love all of the custom work that's gone into this - Corey did a bangup job of creating all of those fittings.

It's motivated me to get my arse into gear with my setup. Starting with the PCV return, then the hole in the engine bay for the pipework, the mild steel bit that's in the pipework, etc etc... the list goes on, urgh.

Congrats Geoff!!! Look forward to seeing it at QR....watching the PB's fall!!!

Cheers,
Danny

^^ Good to hear

orx626 wrote:Congrats Geoff!!! Look forward to seeing it at QR....watching the PB's fall!!!

Cheers,
Danny

He's going to have to upgrade to buckets of water for that radiator.

come on mate, i'm fat, old and lazy. you know that!!

seriously, well done. i feel proud that i had a small part in this. all those emails and pm's and phone calls. so good to see it installed.

i'll just keep dreaming, maybe one day it'll happen for me too.

sabretooth wrote:

orx626 wrote:Congrats Geoff!!! Look forward to seeing it at QR....watching the PB's fall!!!

Cheers,
Danny

He's going to have to upgrade to buckets of water for that radiator.

Indeed! Cooling Pro Radiator is a must before I get anywhere near the track again.

Looks great Boags. I think I'll still have to tell your Mum though.

Will you have it tuned and going for this Sunday's run?

Sweet. Welcome to the club

Have you thought about running an oil cooler?
If you plan to bring it to the track, you should consider one. A larger radiator can only do so much (especially if you don't do the cooling re-route).

Looks awesome