How much roughly to convert stock r32gtr to single high mount turbo + ecu and tune

[r32-25t]

Standard GTRs are boring and there plenty of them, do what ever you want to it and just remember nothing about them is cheap anymore and if you’re picky about how you want things done it gets even worse. 
 

if it’s an n1 or something very limited then maybe care more about it’s heritage 

[Kinkstaah]

Buy someone else's modified car. It'll be risky - but so is modifying it yourself.

People with Modified cars are often ready to sell. Find a nice sorted one, pocket the difference.

[silviaz]

On 12/23/2024 at 12:05 PM, GTSBoy said:

It will blow out fast.

$3k for turbo, could easily be a bit more.

$2k for manifold, at the lower end, and therefore likely to be more.

$1k for dump, could easily be more.

$1k for coating these things, really should be done.

$1k for desirable extras, like EGT ports, EMP ports, heat shielding. Hell, probably more like $2k.

You get close to $10k just for the main parts, without pipework fab, gaskets, fasteners, labour.

$15k is rock bottom. If you need intercooler, fuel system, clutch, ECU, you're pushing $30k. It is just too easy to spend money.

Sheesh, isn't that the price of a full engine rebuild almost?

[r32-25t]

1 hour ago, silviaz said:

Sheesh, isn't that the price of a full engine rebuild almost?

It’s almost the price of an engine build, you won’t have anything to bolt onto it though 

[GTSBoy]

It is possible to do this stuff for "cheap". But you need to be able to get deals on all the bigger items, and it really helps if you're fully capable of doing your own work.

As soon as you're paying retail for new parts, or buying "kits" because you can't fabricate necessary bits and pieces, and if you really need someone else to take the reins of doing the work because you don't have the space/time/skills/confidence to  rip deep into the car and put it back together in a working fashions.....then you pay. And these days, pay means a lot of money. You'd think things would get cheaper, but they don't. They just seem to keep getting more and more expensive.