my new 600$ ride
01-25-2009, 04:01 PM
#21
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Join Date: Dec 2006
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Re: my new 600$ ride
It's a good deal for $600, but I'd be willing to bet you're fixing to have your hands full for a lil while. A friend of mine picked one up last year for $900. Turbonetics manifold and turbo with lots of other aftermarket parts already on the car. We're feeling like he got a steal. BUT it has been one thing right behind the other since he got the car. I wouldn't bother with one unless it's a 1g with a 6 bolt. The 2g's look better, but in my experience they have more problems.
01-25-2009, 04:04 PM
#22
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 2,651
Re: my new 600$ ride
They can be great cars if they are taken care of. Yes they are susceptible to crank walk (the manual trans) and yes they are known for their electrical gremlins. No car is going to go much more than 100,000 miles if it gets beaten like it was starring in an episode of COPS with no maintenance.
01-25-2009, 07:47 PM
#25
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Join Date: Feb 2003
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Re: my new 600$ ride
I had a Mk4 NA to TT car that was still equipped with the stock NA pump, so that the setup went lean. It was really perplexing as the setup pulled hard and the plugs looked good although she registered 14.5:1 AFRs at 15 psi. No pingies on the piston surfaces, etc. 2JZ are ------- awesome, really. I hate the Mk4 chassis, that engine belongs in a Mk3 or is300.
01-25-2009, 10:39 PM
#28
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Join Date: Oct 2004
Posts: 625
Re: my new 600$ ride
got the car from a friend he got it from a guy that through a rod throuh the block and just wanted it gone and now im getting for basiclly outting a turbo kit on a f22 accord so all in all i win and as soon as the motor get out the shop ill be posting more pics
01-26-2009, 02:07 AM
#29
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 1,453
Re: my new 600$ ride
It's not the ECU that's going to limit the power you make. It's the MAF. If it's an Eprom ECU it can be socketed/chipped and is actually pretty easy to manipulate. The wiring harnesses in those cars are hacked from the factory, so stay on your toes with wiring things. Get a metal HG, some ARP stud, and replace the timing belt and you should be fine for 400whp reliably.
