Purchasing a dsm

[m0nny]

Heya. I've been looking over these forums for awhile since my car has been in the shop getting a turbo put. Till I eventually decided to take it off and sell it since my IAC did not act right, and boosting a NA car has to be the worst/most expensive thing I've done in my life and I dont want to go that route. But I have learned alot. Such as, go buy a turbo car.

So I was thinking about geting a GSX. What things should I look for when purchasing one? What size turbo comes in a stock one? Is the te04h (which I had on my focus) is the 14b turbo?

 

[-TunedDSM-]

This should help you out on what to look for:
http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/showthread.php?t=200797

As for the stock turbos: on the 1g (90-94) they came with 14B turbos
The 2G (95-99) came with the T-25 turbos

Hope this helps!

 

[dr1ftx3]

First of all, make sure its a gsx. If you're buying used, some you might find will be debaged, so make sure you're actully buying a turbo vehicle. Take the car out for a test drive, try all the switches and knobs, make sure everything works.

 

[m0nny]

Thanks. How come these DSM's have a suck through maf/mas design instead of a blow through? Blow through would be better because thats what your getting to the engine. The kit on my foci was suck through as well.

 

[gridlyne]

Check to make sure that the ears on the block holding the tranny aren't broken. A good sign that 1 or more is broken is that the tranny will move when u press on the clutch.