Hi everyone, i'm planning on getting a twin turbo kit, and installing it myself. I've never done an install before, and i just want to know if its going to be ridiculously hard to install a Greddy TT myself. I saw someone installed a TN on their own with just hand tools. Is it possible with the greddy?

 

Hello,

The Greddy twin turbo kit is pretty difficult if you have never done one before. The easiest way we've found when installing them was to just pull the motor with trasmission out and bolt the turbo kit. The biggest problem you'll run into (as most people have found) is the little amount of room you have to work with, so make sure everything is just hand tight and then get all the parts on. After you have eerything bolted together and in place ON THE CAR, then tighten everything on (using loktite and anti-sieze where necessary). The best way to go is to have someone that has done it before, preferably a shop, and pay them to do it. There is ALOT less headaches this way.

Jerry

 

^i agree with him. ALso greddy doesn't come rdy to install out the box. Sharrif is selling a greddykit-kit lol. which has everything u'll need to start it up safely. If you have 2 weeks of time i'm sure u can do it at home (with a few beers and a lot of trips to the tool shop). You also have the alternate of a APS TT, both are good. One sounds better :-D (guurrreedy!)

 

before ripping your car apart where are you getting the turbo kit from? i got mine and it was missing alot of stuff. i had to wait and wait for a down pipe. So be sure everything is there. Even on the paper it said 2 driver side down pipes. weird.. i thought but i had to make them next day air the part. Plumpzz is right sharif @ forged internals is very helpful he buys the kit and makes sure everything is together before he sells it. so i would ask sharif he was very helpful when i got my Greddy TT installed.

 

don't do it! if you never installed one and you're willing to gamble with your car...... it's just not smart....... tt have problems as it is, and when you're not experience, you're just adding on more problems.......

 

if you've never done an install before, a turbo kit isn't the best thing to start on.

don't do it yourself.

 

I had never done a turbo kit before and I did my APS TT install last year in my garage on jack stands with regular tools. It took a long time, but it was well worth it, so rewarding. No problem so far after 12,000 miles on the TT kit. I work in IT, I'm not a mechanics... So, it CAN be done with patience and common sense.

Some pics here: http://www.science.uottawa.ca/~paul/G35/twinturbo/

 

you can do it, itll be a hell of long project(depending on you time you have to work on it).........have fun and have lots of BEER

 

For reference, it took me about 100 hours all together over two weeks, but I did some extra stuff (like replace tranny and gear oil and wrap all lines in tubing and install gauges) and I took my time to do it all right.

 

It is a very complex install for sure. Unless you have a complete and comprehensive tool selection, and are very comfortable complete disassembling your engine bay. Many people have successfully self-installed, but its not a true bolt on affair.

Let me know if I can help. We are checking ALL Greddy kits now, to insure no missing parts.