NOS Posted July 11, 2010 Share Posted July 11, 2010 Have an offer from a guy with an NA manual Supra to trade with my TT. His car is lower mileage and same colour as mine (white). I ideally want a manual single Turbo - if I bought this NA, what would be the cost (approximate) to convert it to single Turbo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGav Posted July 11, 2010 Share Posted July 11, 2010 An NA manual for auto TT?? Not really a far trade IMHO but hey ho. The cost of doing a single be it NA or TT properly I suspect are roughly the same. However a 5spd manual gearbox won't handle it, so you will end up requiring the gearbox ANYWAY, so you are probably better off keeping your TT as a base. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOS Posted July 11, 2010 Author Share Posted July 11, 2010 Gav, his is 6 speed manual. Additionally, it's not a straight swap we would be doing - he has offered cash to go with his car. Reason I want to know the price (roughly) of the conversion, is so I can get a good deal out of him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGav Posted July 11, 2010 Share Posted July 11, 2010 Gav, his is 6 speed manual. Additionally, it's not a straight swap we would be doing - he has offered cash to go with his car. Reason I want to know the price (roughly) of the conversion, is so I can get a good deal out of him. Hmmm, does potentially change the game slightly.... You would still require an engine plus gubbins for a single BUT potentially the biggest issue of finding a box is sorted. How straight is the rest of the car? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOS Posted July 11, 2010 Author Share Posted July 11, 2010 How straight is the rest of the car? I have not seen it in the flesh. I only got a phone call from the guy 10 minutes ago with the proposition. He gave me the spec and described the car over the phone. He doesn't live too far away so I might arrange to meet. I would be going back one year (his is 1996) but his has almost 25,000 less miles than mine plus a FSH, which mine doesn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HadeS Posted July 11, 2010 Share Posted July 11, 2010 Is 6speed na gearbox much stronger than 5speed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooter Posted July 11, 2010 Share Posted July 11, 2010 Is 6speed na gearbox much stronger than 5speed? yes its the same as the tt 6 speed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOS Posted July 11, 2010 Author Share Posted July 11, 2010 Guys, does anyone have a rough idea of a price for converting NA to single Turbo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian W Posted July 11, 2010 Share Posted July 11, 2010 Ten grand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGav Posted July 11, 2010 Share Posted July 11, 2010 Guys, does anyone have a rough idea of a price for converting NA to single Turbo? Properly? not sure 6-10k possibly more.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Supra-T Posted July 11, 2010 Share Posted July 11, 2010 Not far off 10k for a decent conversion! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOS Posted July 11, 2010 Author Share Posted July 11, 2010 WOW - ok, feck that - I will be keeping my TT!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGav Posted July 11, 2010 Share Posted July 11, 2010 ECU, manifold (probably both intake and exhaust), pistons, injectors, fuel rail, turbo, intercooler, pipework, some sort of method to control ignition electronically rather than use the dizzy... just a few bits to start with Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGav Posted July 11, 2010 Share Posted July 11, 2010 WOW - ok, feck that - I will be keeping my TT!!! Doing the same to a TT costs about the same..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOS Posted July 11, 2010 Author Share Posted July 11, 2010 Doing the same to a TT costs about the same..... But I prefer the TT to an NA. I'm keeping it. Mods: You can lock/delete this thread now. Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Supra-T Posted July 11, 2010 Share Posted July 11, 2010 If you do a search you'll find a lot of this info covered umpteen times before! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted July 11, 2010 Share Posted July 11, 2010 When it comes to a single conversion (if wanting it to be manual) then the base stuff you need is the 6 speed box and the TT lump. It's then ~£10k to go single after that. The cost of changing from auto to manual is probably more than the cost of going NA to TT so it'd be the difference cheaper to do full thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HadeS Posted July 11, 2010 Share Posted July 11, 2010 Do you Fast and the furious biuld mate They used 2jz ge to build Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_jza80 Posted July 11, 2010 Share Posted July 11, 2010 You could probably reduce this amount somewhat by doing the spanner work yourself, and buying cheap (crap) parts off American eBay, or smart second hand buys. However, a term I've seen used on here before is very fitting for this subject. Cheap, fast, reliable Pick two of the above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerous brain Posted July 11, 2010 Share Posted July 11, 2010 As a base you can't go wrong with a 6 speed NA. You wanna go single theres maybe £500 difference in what you need to do to get the donk running the same as a GTE. You want to take an auto single to 6 speed however and you'll be putting your hand very deep into your pocket for £3k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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