As you all know the 3000gt is one heavy car is there anyway to lighten it up... alot?

OK if you dont want to answer that then how about whats the biggist and best turbos for the 3000gt so that it can race and be drivin everyday?

heh, 3,800 lbs isnt that heavy... oh wait, that's only if were talking about trucks...

Well, you can start with the easy stuff. Take out the spare tire and the jack. the rear seats can come out, but don't weigh much. Chances are your active areo isn't working if it's an older 3000GT, so there's something you can lose. The all wheel steering can be deleted for some weight savings. There's all sorts of fun stuff that can be replaced with lighter stuff.

Also, remember that from the factory most of the weight is over the front wheels, so moving some of it around to the back wheels for more of a 50/50 weight distribtion is helpful. such as a lighter hood, moving battery to the back, lightening up the engine bay, removing some of the BS parts in there...


Turbos... oh boy. now where having fun.

First, what have you done to your car. Do you still have your pre-cats...? gut them. they're pointless. next you could get a test pipe made to replace the main cat. that will free up some horsepower. next get a down pipe. then we jump to boost control. get a boost controller and turn it up to 13~14 psi. Not more than 14 PSI!

Now, your maybe ready for turbos...

you've got a few choices for stock fitment. this list is by no means all inclusive.

European spec 3000GT's came with a bigger turbo. If you can find two of those they'll bolt right in. I believe they are 13(something-or-others).

Dynamic Racing has

DR500's - (I don't have these, my car is stock :innocent: )
these have pretty standard spool up, and are still in the TD04 housings. Hold 18ish PSI to red line. Great Street turbos.

DR650's
these are slightly bigger as can be seen from the number... More lag, but not bad, it's still a TD04. holds more psi to redline, boost hits hard. you will need race gas, water/alcohol injection, ability to adjust timing to make the most of these turbos.

I believe that there are also turbos from 3sx that fit in the stock location and turbos from GT pro that fit in the stock location. I'm not as familar with them.

I believe that people are also taking the WRX turbos, and boring out the 9B housings to make some hybrid turbos that bolt up stock, or may require minimal machining to the engine mount brackets.

Then we get into non-stock location turbos, and now the door opens to all sorts of fun stuff. TD05s, DR 800s, all sorts of fun stuff, but I'll let you decide if your ready for that, because, and pay attention now, this is important:

TO MAKE FULL USE OF ANY TURBO UPGRADE WILL REQUIRE MORE FUEL.

This means bigger fuel injectors, bigger fuel pump, and some sort of piggyback or aftermarket ECU to control Air Fuel ratio. Minimum.

Hope that helps. :57:

i was on this site all about 3000gts its 3si.org and it sends you to many different sites about the 3000gts and the stealths if anyone would care to know i did check out the dr650s but i may want something bigger. :devil:

you were talking about the dr800 i want them but i would have to get everything else from the dr650 kit from dynamic racing would i have to upgrade futhur from that kit to handle the 800s? :blink:

its hard to believe but the active areo still works so what now i like it but i would like to get a custom carbon fiber on done.

??? 650 kit ??? the turbos bolt right up.

the 800's need new manifolds and I believe precats to get back to the correct spot for the downpipe. I believe that the 800 comes with all the needed exhaust pieces though.

all you need is the fuel to support it, the drivetrain to take the abuse, and the nads to romp on the gas that much.

go to dynamicracing1.com and go to the staged upgrades its a whole kit with everything