First Mods?

[Peeds]

Hey guys I just bought a 87 turbo-t on saturday. Im really new to these cars. I was wondering what should be the first mods done on these cars? everything is stock besides a webber 206/206 cam 30lb injectors and ram air. Eventualy i'd like to be making 350+ rwhp. thanks
-Paul

 

[V6POWER]

Fuel pump (Walbro 307 or 340) and hot wire kit for it.

 

[denn454]

fuel pump is good, but i'd go scanmaster, or better yet if you have a laptop get turbo link. at the very least get a knock gauge.

also boost gauge, water temp, maybe oil pressure.

and go to gnttype.org and do the sprink cleaning. i know it takes time and doens't sound like it will help, but trust me you'll be VERY glad you did it.

 

[Peeds]

thanks alot guys. first thing will be the hotwired fuel pump. i have a boost gauge so i'll look into getting water temp and oil pressure guages. i've read about getting a scanmaster but where is the best place to get one?
-paul

 

[Jbenn911]

You can do what I did and buy a used one from someone on here, or check out www.ramchargers.com , they sell them new

 

[Peeds]

Originally posted by Jbenn911
You can do what I did and buy a used one from someone on here, or check out www.ramchargers.com , they sell them new

thanks i'll check it out

 

[Dan Thompson]

This is a good recipe for an 11 second build up

http://www.gnttype.org/techarea/recipes/recipe.html

www.casperelectronics.com sells the hot wire kits

www.fullthrottlespeed.com sells the ScanMasters

 

[Peeds]

thanks dan. i was wondering what are the limits on the stock engine internals will the stock pistons hold up in the mid 11's?

 

[XLR8]

Originally posted by Peeds
thanks dan. i was wondering what are the limits on the stock engine internals will the stock pistons hold up in the mid 11's?

There are a lot of cars in the mid 11's with a stock unopened motor (including me) and more yet with a stock bottom end with ported heads. If you use good gas and don't detonate the motor, it will hold up well in the 11 second range.

 

[Peeds]

Originally posted by XLR8
There are a lot of cars in the mid 11's with a stock unopened motor (including me) and more yet with a stock bottom end with ported heads. If you use good gas and don't detonate the motor, it will hold up well in the 11 second range.

awesome. thanks

 

[SpeednV6]

You'll need a fuel pressure gauge to make sure your boost and fuel pressure are proportional, Extremely important! You could buy one from Jegs, etc., but you'll have problems with those gauges.

 

[Peeds]

Originally posted by SpeednV6
You'll need a fuel pressure gauge to make sure your boost and fuel pressure are proportional, Extremely important! You could buy one from Jegs, etc., but you'll have problems with those gauges.

yea im going to defintly get the gauges takin care of. the only one i have is a boost gauge. then the fuel pump and scanmaster will come. thanks
-paul

 

[buzzman]

get the hooker exhaust which includes test pipe. mods in the following order, scanmaster, fuel pump, exhaust......then go from there.

 

[turbo2nr]

Check out the spring cleaning (not sprink cleaning) at gnttype.org. New fuel filter is a must, every 10,000 miles. Fuel guage is good. I like the hood mounted one from kenne bell (it is the only part I recommend from them, maybe their 70mm throttle body/plenum) Stay with the stock headers! A down pipe (Terry Houston) is a good bang for buck, so is the alky kits, a good torque converter/matched for your choice of turbo. A TE-61 will get you into the 10s for about as cheap as you can find. Still great on the street.

 

[Peeds]

Thanks for all the help and suggestions guys.
-paul