I have been researching the currently available off-the-shelf turbo kit options available for the MR2 Spyder for around six months, and in that time, I have accrued quite a bit of information and some pretty detailed spreadsheets about the parts necessary to make the kits work safely. After mentioning it in another thread, I received quite a bit of interest in this information from others who are in a situation similar to mine, so I decided to revise everything in to a series of documents that I could make available to the members here. For those who received my original spreadsheet, these are different and contain more information, so you may want to re-download them.
What this is: I am posting a link to three documents. These are written from the perspective of someone who is considering the purchase of a MR2 Spyder with the intent to eventually turbocharge it. Everything discussed only pertains to someone whose power goals do not exceed the limits of the stock engine internals of a 1ZZ.
The first file, MR2 Spyder Turbo Options.Docx, is a word file containing a write-up of what I have learned during my research. Please note that I am not an expert. I am not even close to being an expert. I am just one step above a total moron, actually, and even that is debatable. This is just what I have found around the Internet and here on Spyderchat. Take it with a grain of salt and do your own research. In the document, I give a brief summary of the issues with turbocharging a Spyder, and then summarize what is known about the two commercially available kits. The document is meant to be an objective look at both kits based solely on Internet research. I hope that some folks who own these kits will chip in their two cents, in which case I will very happily add it.
The second two files, the parts breakdown spreadsheets, contain a detailed list of all the parts I have found might be necessary to successfully and safely turbocharge a Spyder. There are spreadsheets for both the Turbokits.com BLF and the Monkey Wrench Racing turbo kits. I have included vendors and prices. Some of these prices are taken from estimates I received from local shops, so keep in mind that they may vary.
What this is not: This is not a guide to turbocharging. This is not comprehensive or foolproof. This does not contain ANY first-hand information. Once again, it should be taken with a grain of salt, as the information is compiled from the Internet, so it may not all be accurate.
If you find any errors, missing information, or flat-out dead wrong information, please let me know so I can correct it. Also, if I talked to you about this stuff by e-mail or PMs or you see information from one of your threads and I have not credited you, please let me know so I can do so. Also, please note that, while I drew heavily from more experienced minds both here and elsewhere, those individuals did not write this, so if I have bad info in any of these files, it is not their fault.
Thanks again to all of you who in some way have helped me find answers for my project, and I hope this proves helpful to some of you guys and girls who are headed in the same direction. If it is all wrong, then hopefully the mods will delete it :lol:
UPDATED LINK TO V. 1.4 on 5/10
MR2 Spyder Turbo Options, v 1.4
-Wes
What this is: I am posting a link to three documents. These are written from the perspective of someone who is considering the purchase of a MR2 Spyder with the intent to eventually turbocharge it. Everything discussed only pertains to someone whose power goals do not exceed the limits of the stock engine internals of a 1ZZ.
The first file, MR2 Spyder Turbo Options.Docx, is a word file containing a write-up of what I have learned during my research. Please note that I am not an expert. I am not even close to being an expert. I am just one step above a total moron, actually, and even that is debatable. This is just what I have found around the Internet and here on Spyderchat. Take it with a grain of salt and do your own research. In the document, I give a brief summary of the issues with turbocharging a Spyder, and then summarize what is known about the two commercially available kits. The document is meant to be an objective look at both kits based solely on Internet research. I hope that some folks who own these kits will chip in their two cents, in which case I will very happily add it.
The second two files, the parts breakdown spreadsheets, contain a detailed list of all the parts I have found might be necessary to successfully and safely turbocharge a Spyder. There are spreadsheets for both the Turbokits.com BLF and the Monkey Wrench Racing turbo kits. I have included vendors and prices. Some of these prices are taken from estimates I received from local shops, so keep in mind that they may vary.
What this is not: This is not a guide to turbocharging. This is not comprehensive or foolproof. This does not contain ANY first-hand information. Once again, it should be taken with a grain of salt, as the information is compiled from the Internet, so it may not all be accurate.
If you find any errors, missing information, or flat-out dead wrong information, please let me know so I can correct it. Also, if I talked to you about this stuff by e-mail or PMs or you see information from one of your threads and I have not credited you, please let me know so I can do so. Also, please note that, while I drew heavily from more experienced minds both here and elsewhere, those individuals did not write this, so if I have bad info in any of these files, it is not their fault.
Thanks again to all of you who in some way have helped me find answers for my project, and I hope this proves helpful to some of you guys and girls who are headed in the same direction. If it is all wrong, then hopefully the mods will delete it :lol:
UPDATED LINK TO V. 1.4 on 5/10
MR2 Spyder Turbo Options, v 1.4
-Wes
