Turbo Install

[levinboy]

Hey all

Just a quick one replacing my turbos soon as i have a little bearing noise from the stockers (15 yrs old after all) going with -9s, just getting some quotes as i dont have enough room to do them at home.

Best i have had so far is 800 and thats with same day completion and dumps replacement. Basically question is am i paying too much or know anywhere else i could get cheaper??

Thanks

Nick

[madbung]

Sounds about right

[34GeeTeeTee]

Yeah, fiddly job... I don't think i'll be volunteering to do them again =P

[r32-25t]

What area are you from?

[dorifticon]

Assume this is in low mount configuration twins on an rb26?

$800 is a bit of a bargain for that job, it's fiddly and time-consuming. It would work out to be a pretty low hourly rate for a workshop, even assuming they have done it before and nothing goes wrong.

Hell if someone here had offered to do it for $800 I'd have considered it carefully.

In terms of having room - because most people do turbo-swaps in-car, so long as you have a table or similar to stack the inlet pipes, not much room is required because you'll be working in the engine bay and the parts themselves don't take up much space.

A set of $200 ratcheting spanners pay for themselves just on this job alone. So long as you have big 1/2 inch drive sockets (and long extension for removing dumps) as well as good ring spanners, you could just spend the weekend doing it yourself.

But $800 is a good price. INteresting they've committed to doing it in a day...

[pistol-pete]

$800 is cheap as for a workshop.

if youve got the time, patience and small jap sized hands then you can do it easily enough at home.

[bored33]

If you do it yourself, please post it with nice pictures hahaha I can't find a decent thread.

[levinboy]

What area are you from?

Sutherland shire

But $800 is a good price. INteresting they've committed to doing it in a day...

It may be in longer as its my tuner also so they will retune it

$800 is cheap as for a workshop.

if youve got the time, patience and small jap sized hands then you can do it easily enough at home.

hahaha hands arnt the smallest, time is the issue currently with workload

Just for reference got quoted by a friends workshop 1100 and 3days

[Galois]

When you say dump pipe replacement, do you mean new dump pipes? Stock or aftermarket? Is that included in the price?

[levinboy]

When you say dump pipe replacement, do you mean new dump pipes? Stock or aftermarket? Is that included in the price?

Yea new dump pipes, i am supplying them when i decide between HPI and Tomei

price includes there installation

[smithy85]

Hey mate, give JEM in ingleburn a call, I'm pretty sure they do a cheap price on turbo install, plus you get a reputable tuner as well.

[numleg]

I would recommend Jap Link motors Haberfield, they will probably be able to do it cheaper + their Japanese mechanic has got crazy skills with cars.

[levinboy]

Hey mate, give JEM in ingleburn a call, I'm pretty sure they do a cheap price on turbo install, plus you get a reputable tuner as well.

I would recommend Jap Link motors Haberfield, they will probably be able to do it cheaper + their Japanese mechanic has got crazy skills with cars.

Thanks guys

Ill probably stay with Pulse racing as they are my tuner and have helped me immensely already with my car (see this topic tune disappointment )

There workmanship is second to none just look at their time attack winning evo which has been developed more since last year

[rhysc1986]

ive just pulled the front pipe out and was about to try and do the dump pipes and even getting a ratchet in there to get the bolts undo is a shitfight. anyone got a install guide for dump pipes in R32 GTR or know where i can find one?

[r32-25t]

You have to pull the turbos out to replace the dump pipes, done it many times and without the right tools and good quality ones your wasting your time

[smithy85]

search for a 'how to' on remove and install of the turbos, no hope in doing the dumps otherwise