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Wow, free TT upgrade with purchase of an SC?

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Old 02-28-04, 09:46 PM
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You know to be honest I bought my car for the soul purpose of doing the TT swap...I loved the SC style, loved the fact of it being lexus quality.. I wanted something a lot different than the average guy. I also wanted something that would surprise everyone, guess what surprise is out of the bag....
Old 02-29-04, 12:41 AM
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one thing i notice in the pics is that its a twinturbo manifold for a GTE head!!!
Old 02-29-04, 10:11 AM
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Originally posted by lexcoupe
Turbo and High Tech Perf. are doing a article about the SC with the TT motor. I subscribe so i am aware of the publicity. You know what i mean though...

Kevin
That's how I got suckered in. Well, and at some point I ran across Clint Pohler's site on turboimports.com, pure automotive porno. I love the SC body style, te supra really doesn't appeal to me at all, if someone gave me one, I'd trade it in. However the strength of the supra driveline is legendary, so when I found out it was shared in common with the SC, I was sold.

Then I found this site, and realized I had the option of going NA-T. We do this alot on honda's and I'm hoping to be able to leverage some of that experience into this realm. I'm trying to do research on how much it's going to cost, so that I don't over extend myself financially, and fail to be able to complete the project.

Sorry if I'm bandwagonning? I'm dumping my 400whp civic hatch project, does that get me any bonus points
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Originally posted by Vegassc400
I think they look at it as "oh, here's an SC300 for $7000 and here's a turbo kit for it for $4000. Wow, I could have almost a Supra for $11k"
I thought similar but then learned 3 things:
1) A $7000 SC3 will first need a engine overhaul ($1-2K)
2) The turbo setup process is NEVER as smooth as you anticipate ($500-1000)
3) Unless you have the hookup, dyno time = $$$$$$$ $$ $$$$!
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