Pepperidge Farm remembers.

But, the MK kit comes with a 3 inch exhaust, and a non-ricey muffler. I think my 3 inch cost me around $400-500 if I'm not mistaken. Im sure (I hope with the quality he does) Abe charges more now.

Also, I have to say no to the ebay wastegate. I have good luck with ebay parts, so do my friends, but his ebay EWG took a dump, and he had to buy a real TIAL one, so drop a little more money there. Your wastegate isn't something you want screwing up anyways. I have a TIAL knock off BOV, and while it sounds nothing like the real one, works flawlessly once I added a 1/4 inch hose barb at the top. Also, since you are welding your own IC pipes, I would just buy mandrel bends off summit and paint them, and skip the ebay hellachromez things.

You want a full 3" exhaust mine was in the 700ish range in just materials and i did all the cutting fitting and welding. If this isnt your daily thats more reason to build it good and not cut corners. Buy once cry once. And i have a turbo 1.6 now and its fun by all means and the only reason i have a turbo 1.6 with a gt2860 is because it was free (see build thread to see why) But if i did it over again i would have gone with way better components and had a faster spooling more powerful car.

@kmo25 has the only budget build that I've seen that has been both successful in keeping costs low and maintaining reliability


https://www.miataturbo.net/diy-turbo...t-build-89969/

Double post.

But you're just burning money learning the hard way. Ask me how I know. I had a 1.6L that needed a new timing belt, and ended up going a little overboard.

Overall your list is not horrible, just a bit underpriced in some things.

You will spend more the $40 on oil lines. The 2 flanges for the turbo inlet and outlet are $15 a piece on ATP turbo. Plan on spending $25 on the TSE oil adapter feed. For actual AN lines, please do not shop on eBay for those. When they leak and your engine bay goes up in flames you will be upset. Oil lines are one of the places you should not cheap out on. If you want to roll your own I suggest Mocal fittings from Bat INC, or look in your phone book for a local hydraulic shop and go there and have them make you lines.

Your IC pipes and couplers budget of $100 is underpriced. If you have AC and PS expect to spend a good bit more then that. As routing around those on the hot side is a pita. If you can't weld aluminum, then your costs will go up even more. I would budget close to $150-$200 for all those pipes and couplers and clamps. Siliconeintakes.com is your friend for all of those pieces. I also source my BOV from there.

Your downpipe price is probably a bit low. I would expect any shop to charge between $400-700 for a custom DP, especially one with an EWG that needs to be routed back into the exhaust.

Go with a FM or 949 clutch and a 1.8 flywheel. Both those hold more torque then the ACT clutches, have better pedal feel, and cost less.

Plan on a bit more then $30 for the intake. A good K&N filter alone will be that much, then you will have a coupler, pipes, and clamps. $50 is a much closer value.

For the ECU you want a MS3 of some sort. Don't waste time or energy going with anything older. It will just make you hate the tuning process.

:bowrofl::dealwithit:

1000 churbo? You walking funny?

Only walk funny sometimes. He could easily find a turbo for 100 or less from a quality flavor. I found a efr6258 for 1200 never been mounted just need to save some pennies to get it