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Shelton 11-09-2016 07:53 PM

What should I do!!! *Turbo Help*
 
So I am planning to do a turbo build throughout the next few months, I say months because I am not rushing anything and want to take my time with this. I want to know...What type of upgrades, modifications, or tweaking should I do before buying a single turbo part. I've been doing my 'homework' but I am curious to see what other peoples Inputs are. With that In mind could someone put together a list of steps I should take before turbocharging my car, Not sure If its worth mentioning but Its a 93 1.6L
Note: The engine and drive train are all stock.

Anyways, I hope someone can help me out :) Feel free to reach out to me on Instagram @sheltonshilliday or just leave a comment on this thread. Thanks!

18psi 11-09-2016 08:02 PM

the first step is doing research and learning all of these things instead of asking someone to spoonfeed you a summary of research you should be doing on your own.

welcome to the forum. we don't like lazy noobs

Shelton 11-09-2016 08:21 PM

Apparently you did not read my thread

"I've been doing my 'homework' but I am curious to see what other peoples Inputs are"

I have been doing research for quite some time now, but as I said...I would like other peoples suggestions.
Sorry for being a "lazy noob" I'm just curious :)

*Guess I should have been more specific*

Shelton 11-09-2016 08:24 PM

Correction:

Make a list of modifications YOU think I should do before buying a single turbo part.

deezums 11-09-2016 08:26 PM

How about you make us a list of what this "research" has you thinking you should do.

Otherwise, fuck off.

18psi 11-09-2016 08:27 PM

I was literally about to post those exact words in the 1st sentence :laugh:

shuiend 11-09-2016 08:31 PM

I post a 5 step list all the fucking time of what exactly to do. Go search and find it, then read it, then do it. Because it is exactly what the fuck we would say here.

Shelton 11-09-2016 08:32 PM

I see we are to mature for this type of thing, Sorry to bother :)

18psi 11-09-2016 08:33 PM

But wait, you didn't read his thread.

Let me help you understand: make him a list. Here. Now. That would require not effort on his part. You were born yesterday, act accordingly.

Originally Posted by Shelton (Post 1373337)
I see we are to mature for this type of thing, Sorry to bother :)

*too

:eggplant:

Shelton 11-09-2016 08:36 PM

Maybe I should have worded It differently. All i meant to ask was for some suggestions on what to do first.

Shelton 11-09-2016 08:37 PM

Keyword: Suggestions
Guess I got one..."Fuck off"

lol

18psi 11-09-2016 08:41 PM

You should take it :)

But in all seriousness: if you actually stick around long enough to become a regular, you will not only understand why you're getting such responses, but you will yourself provide exactly the same ones.

This place is full of nice guys. Until you try to exploit them thinking they're idiots.

Shelton 11-09-2016 08:49 PM

Thanks for clearing that up, but I never thought anyone hear was idiots. I may have given a faulty description on what I am looking for. Just trying to gather as much Information as possible...That's all :)

Well, I have had enough Internet today. That will conclude today's "research"
Thanks for pointing me In the right direction...LOL

Micztor 11-09-2016 08:52 PM

There are plenty of what to do for turbo posts. People's inputs will be what you read in the threads man. One suggestion I can also give you is attacking the people who you are asking for help is not the way to go, they have been there done that, your still new.... There is a search button on the top right btw...

Shelton 11-09-2016 08:56 PM

Thanks for the response!
If they had made a comment like yours I would have gave them my full respect but I was greeted with fuck off :cjerk:

turbofan 11-09-2016 09:10 PM

That's because you deserved fuck off.

Seriously. You said you've done your homework. So post a summary of what you've done. Post your current plan, and we can critique it and help you. This results in YOU spending a lot of time making a post, and US making small replies to help you, not the other way around.

otherwise, fuck off.

Micztor 11-09-2016 09:13 PM


Originally Posted by Shelton (Post 1373350)
Thanks for the response!
If they had made a comment like yours I would have gave them my full respect but I was greeted with fuck off :cjerk:

I understand. Another thing you can is just see what big vendors sell and do research on those parts. So for example in my build i decided to go with a nice ATI Harmonic Balancer since I plan on going over the 250 hp. I probably wouldnt have found that unless I just clicked on pretty much everything FAB9 sells. People running those businesses know what they are talking about, so I would feel free to email them a question about the parts and stuff, they have knowledgable people there to answer it all. Just a little trick I learned if I cant find the answer online haha.

18psi 11-09-2016 09:21 PM

I love it when they assume we're here to personally hold their hand and spoon feed them info

jimmygs3 11-10-2016 10:22 AM

No mention of a budget? Just start spending money with your choice of forum sponsors and u will end up with bad @ss turboz, much HP.

sixshooter 11-10-2016 10:51 AM

I started with two of the big ones, but they drew quite a premium the week before race wars. And I still owe somebody a ten second car.


Tell us what you have learned. Then ask clarifying questions. You are not sending us money for this help so you have to be someone we are interested in helping out for nothing, don't you know?

ridethecliche 11-11-2016 05:46 PM

Your thread looks like you're asking what everyone else would do for xyz. Which basically reads as your asking other people to do homework for you.

If you're asking what maintenance to do to your car before you install a turbo setup, then the answer is all the routine maintenance. If you're asking what things you should check before you start buying go fast parts, then it's to check your engine and cooling system health.

Your question seems broadly worded so you learn all the stuff that people have done without having to figure them out for yourself. Search for a few things on google and read a few build things to see what people did and what others gave as advice on those build threads to start building your knowledge.

As a noob myself, I'm aware that there's a ton of info on here and searches don't yield the exact answer every time. But what a search should do is let you come up with a fine tuned question which folks might decide is worthy of answering. "Can you tell me everything?" is not one such finely tuned question. I've been reamed out on here before and I'm sure it'll happen ad nauseum, but it's part of the fun.

sparkybean 11-13-2016 05:07 AM

The kid from school who has says he has done his homework, but actually hasn't.

What have you learned op. Ill help you if you help yourself

Alumilo 11-14-2016 01:51 AM


Originally Posted by 18psi (Post 1373342)
Until you try to exploit them thinking they're idiots.

This is funny because who would exploit idiots for their superior knowledge?

Seriously tho, OP if you had done any research you'd find multiple "sticky" threads blueprinting turbo build requirements and what you should focus on.

astral 11-15-2016 04:55 AM

What is your budget?
Goals?
Current mechanical state of your car?

You could end up spending anywhere between $1500 to $15,000, and have power goals between 170whp and 500whp. You could be building a drift car, a road car, a track car.

There are literally millions of ways to build your car, so starting off with such vague questions isn't the best way to go. Maybe if you provide some useful information as to what you want out of your car, that would help with drawing positive response.

I can say one thing I can help with is that I built my car in all the ways that ended up making the car unenjoyable, and I can give recommendations based on experience on what mods to do or not to do based on your goals.
Again, this requires having understanding about your goals.

If you're not scared off forever from the forum overlords, I'll have your thread in my sub'd list.

You did make the classic miataturbo.net mistake of saying you've done your homework and asking vague questions. Literally every noobie does this, that's why you took so much flak.

yank 11-23-2016 11:07 PM

Read and subscribe to these some of these.. (Don't start with aidandj's thread.)
Build Threads - Miata Turbo Forum -Boost cars, acquire cats.

Save money.

Shop here..
949 Racing - Supermiata
and here..
Singular Motorsports

Make a proposal thread with your idea when you have money in hand and a list of parts you're ready to buy.

^^ This is doing your homework (in my book.)

Stay away from this area until you've completed your turbo swap. Then proceed with extreme caution.
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01Romanss 01-28-2017 09:42 PM

As a noob myself, I'll tell you what I did. I had a 2000 base Miata and was prepared to buy a kit from FM. It was on backorder. The kit was around $6K. The I started looking at the need for upgrading cooling system and a 3 inch exhaust from the downpipe back Then I looked at needing better gears in the rearend. I had a 4.3 open differential. Then there was tuning the car after installing the standalone Hydra Nemesis. I concluded it was better for me to buy somebody else's Turbo Miata. One that had been sorted and tuned with all the goodies I would be buying for retail.

If you look at websites and search for them, you can find a sorted NA or NB for a decent price and you can save yourself some time, money and headaches.

Dan

ridethecliche 02-01-2017 01:13 AM


Originally Posted by 01Romanss (Post 1389393)
As a noob myself, I'll tell you what I did. I had a 2000 base Miata and was prepared to buy a kit from FM. It was on backorder. The kit was around $6K. The I started looking at the need for upgrading cooling system and a 3 inch exhaust from the downpipe back Then I looked at needing better gears in the rearend. I had a 4.3 open differential. Then there was tuning the car after installing the standalone Hydra Nemesis. I concluded it was better for me to buy somebody else's Turbo Miata. One that had been sorted and tuned with all the goodies I would be buying for retail.

If you look at websites and search for them, you can find a sorted NA or NB for a decent price and you can save yourself some time, money and headaches.

Dan

Sigh. I kinda regret not doing this. There was a pretty solid car locally that I could have bought if I sold my stock NB1. Would have been so much cheaper...


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