DustinsDuster
02-27-2007, 06:20 PM
i figure i would just start my own thread on this and not get off topic in another thread.
basically im faced with a few options that im looking for opinions on.
1. Buy a turbo talon and get get all the parts i need off of it
this was the original idea. if i bought the whole car, i would have most of what i need all there in one package(and some stuff i probably dont know that i need yet), and a supply of extra nuts, bolts and what not. the downsides include complete cars are usually a bit more than i want to spend. i could part out whats left of the car afterwards, but i would have to store the car until parts sell, and i dont really have space for that. a friend said i could keep the car at his place, but i know hes not going to want a disassembled car sitting at his place for too terribly long.
2.Peice together what i need individually
the plus sides here are that i would have a better idea of what im getting(not making assumptions about what a car will have), i wont have to buy a bunch of stuff i dont need and try to sell it afterwards, and i dont have to store the car.
i was originally leaning towards the first option, but the second is starting to look better and better to me. Colton has a(mostly) complete 4G63 sitting around and an Eprom with spare chips. i could just get a wiring harness from a non-turbo car and plug the turbo ECU into it, couldnt i? i guess the part i worry about doing that is mostly the gauge cluster; im not sure if the wiring harness that uses a non-turbo gauge cluster will plug into a turbo one. i suppose i could just try to find a wiring harness from a turbo car.
the only thing i dont like about trying to peice together a setup is that, in the way i think and like to do stuff, im going look at buying expensive stuff with the mindset of "well, if im going to do this, im going to spend more and do it right the first time". the only problem with that is if i do one thing like that, it'll be a domino effect for all the parts i'll need to buy. like, "well, i need an exhaust manifold, so i might as well look for a 2G one. well if im gonna get that, i better get a turbo that would take better advantage of the better manifold. well if im gonna get that big turbo, i might as well get the biggest intercooler i can possibly fit in my truck. well if im gonna go mod the motor this much, i might as well get DSM Link or some other tuning device, etc......", see where im going with this? if i buy a complete stock motor, i have a good reason to just leave it stock for a while, you know?
i dont know, what do you think?
basically im faced with a few options that im looking for opinions on.
1. Buy a turbo talon and get get all the parts i need off of it
this was the original idea. if i bought the whole car, i would have most of what i need all there in one package(and some stuff i probably dont know that i need yet), and a supply of extra nuts, bolts and what not. the downsides include complete cars are usually a bit more than i want to spend. i could part out whats left of the car afterwards, but i would have to store the car until parts sell, and i dont really have space for that. a friend said i could keep the car at his place, but i know hes not going to want a disassembled car sitting at his place for too terribly long.
2.Peice together what i need individually
the plus sides here are that i would have a better idea of what im getting(not making assumptions about what a car will have), i wont have to buy a bunch of stuff i dont need and try to sell it afterwards, and i dont have to store the car.
i was originally leaning towards the first option, but the second is starting to look better and better to me. Colton has a(mostly) complete 4G63 sitting around and an Eprom with spare chips. i could just get a wiring harness from a non-turbo car and plug the turbo ECU into it, couldnt i? i guess the part i worry about doing that is mostly the gauge cluster; im not sure if the wiring harness that uses a non-turbo gauge cluster will plug into a turbo one. i suppose i could just try to find a wiring harness from a turbo car.
the only thing i dont like about trying to peice together a setup is that, in the way i think and like to do stuff, im going look at buying expensive stuff with the mindset of "well, if im going to do this, im going to spend more and do it right the first time". the only problem with that is if i do one thing like that, it'll be a domino effect for all the parts i'll need to buy. like, "well, i need an exhaust manifold, so i might as well look for a 2G one. well if im gonna get that, i better get a turbo that would take better advantage of the better manifold. well if im gonna get that big turbo, i might as well get the biggest intercooler i can possibly fit in my truck. well if im gonna go mod the motor this much, i might as well get DSM Link or some other tuning device, etc......", see where im going with this? if i buy a complete stock motor, i have a good reason to just leave it stock for a while, you know?
i dont know, what do you think?