People with Turbo or SC how long did it take you to install?

Juans_93_MX3 · Post by **Juans_93_MX3** » February 20th, 2006, 7:25 pm

I'm just curious, how many hours/days did it take you guys to install your Super Chargers or Turbos onto your MX3s?
What was the hardest part?

Josh · Post by **Josh** » February 21st, 2006, 4:56 am

depends on how far your going. most with simple bolt ons could do it in a weekend. as long as you have all your parts.

andy · Post by **andy** » February 21st, 2006, 7:41 am

lets see, I started on thursday evening for 3 hours, friday evening 3 hours, saturday 6 hours, sunday 6 hours, monday evening 3 hours = turbo install non intercooled with twmotorsports hot pipes. I would say atleast a full weekend and this includes a lot of time spent running to the nearest home depot for supplies (nuts,bolts,fittings and misc items).
I would say give yourself more time with your car down than this. I had to wait a day for a freind to weld the oil pan return nipple on.
I also slipped with a wrench and pooked a hole in my fairly new radiator. that was another couple of hours to fix.
As of now I have driven it 2 days and so far no leaks be it oil or water.
I think the hardest part will be different for everybody. some of the exhaust bolts had to be snapped off, cutting the crossmember is pain. I still have a bolt on the exhaust side of the t3/t4 that I can not get at to tighten it. thanks to the hot pipes design.

and add a dose of luck

Andy P. 93 GS 1.8T