20b Turbo, anyone on here own one?

[rx-dave]

Looking at an FD3S with a  20b single turbo\'d engine on a Jap website that looks amazing!! Are there many like this in the UK and if so are they for sale??
Dave.

[skybusr34]

i dont think there are many about uk  mate.  i know of one turbo`d. the green beasty. one red NA and another with a rotex charger.  i looked into converting a rex to turbo`d 20b and with donor car its still another 15k on top.

[antnicuk]

my cousin has one. its a money pit but a great engine.  A guy called Mir on here has one ,  who will no doubt pop up shortly.

Unless its very well sorted already, you will be looking at a lot of money to get he best out of it,  there is no cheap way to build a proper one.   You will save a lot if you can do your own fab and fitting work.

[rx-dave]

It was up at around 1.9 million yen before shipping and all the usual add on\'s, really do fancy one though, they must be fantastic to drive  :3gears-lh.  
Dave.

[antnicuk]

they are but if its running any sort of decent power, you will soon toast a stock gearbox,  we had a brand new from mazda and its not done a couple of thousand miles but its whining  already.

Whats the spec?  turbo,  injectors, ecu etc,  it will give an idea if its putting out decent power

[rx-dave]

It\'s already sold but it really took my fancy, i\'ll get a link up tomorrow even though it\'s gone .  It got me thinking of what car i\'d like next :Thumbs-up
Dave.

[rx-dave]

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[rx-dave]

That copy & paste didn\'t go too well!! Tired now so will try again in the morning!
Dave.

[Mir]

Hi, it\'s me who own one, but I regret it thou.lolllll if u wanna do a proper job, it will cost u easily over 20k. And I mean it.
But the drive of it is gorgeous... Loved it absolutely... Proper previllege to own except the cost of running it lolllll

[Mir]

If u have arround 50k. I would say u will never regret it, because it never ends .....but as I said, it\'s absolutely fun to own one.

[rx-dave]

I\'ve been waiting for your reply . I can\'t, couldn\'t, wouldn\'t justify having £50k in an RX7 as i\'d prefer to spend £40k on a GTR or £30k on a Porsche Turbo as i loved my last one!
Do you have any pics i can lust over? Did you build her fully or buy her? If they are that problematic i may just follow my mate Andyg and go for a V8 when the mood takes me :Thumbs-up I need to get home from hospital as i\'m going to be skint soon gleaning ideas on the net!!
Dave.

[skybusr34]

drop me a txt dave when your home and fighting fit. i`ll pop down say hello. im in the area quite a bit at the mo ;-)

[rx-dave]

Doing well with the new lady then Marky boy ;o)   Hope i\'m getting home this week as i\'ve got loads to organise with the cars hopefully before the Xmas break. I\'ll give you a text and get some fresh cups, milk & coffee in :Thumbs-up
Dave.

[Mir]

Dav don\'t get me wrong, they are not problemetic, the problem is the tunning side. I must admit I spent some unnecessary money on it as well. I built the car from ground up. I didnt buy her like that.if u really wanna go for 20b, I would say let\'s do this as a joint project. I will help u free of charge and believe me u wud spend peanuts for having one. I know now how to save cost vn building it. I was doing caculation the other day and realized that I cud have saved a lot by doing certain things in certain way. Now my project is 4 rotor rx. See where I go with it. In nutshell they r not problematic. They really good except the fuel cost loll. And if u wanna build one i can help u build one very cheap.
Regards
Syed

[rx-dave]

Dav don\'t get me wrong, they are not problemetic, the problem is the tunning side. I must admit I spent some unnecessary money on it as well. I built the car from ground up. I didnt buy her like that.if u really wanna go for 20b, I would say let\'s do this as a joint project. I will help u free of charge and believe me u wud spend peanuts for having one. I know now how to save cost vn building it. I was doing caculation the other day and realized that I cud have saved a lot by doing certain things in certain way. Now my project is 4 rotor rx. See where I go with it. In nutshell they r not problematic. They really good except the fuel cost loll. And if u wanna build one i can help u build one very cheap.
Regards
Syed

Hi Syed,
Well that\'s very much appreciated and i may take you up on that offer! When will you be starting the 4 rotar, now that\'s something i\'d love to see!
I understand what you mean about the tuning side and it\'s always good to be forewarned by someone who has actually gone through a project. The fuel costs are not so much of a worry as it\'d only be an occasional use car back and fore to my business that\'s 2 miles away :3gears-lh
Dave.