Also bought my turbo and a muffler today.
Not sure if I mentioned this before, but I don't want it to be straight piped after the turbo because im concerned about it being too loud and just annoying to drive around. I'm also concerned about having an obnoxious turbo whistle all the time. I live around several large diesel trucks that I can hear coming from a few blocks away because of the whistle, I don't want to be that guy. Maybe when I was 18, but not now, lol.
So, I bought a cheap, small muffler (single chamber, 2 baffles) that should help quiet the exhaust down even more, and should help prevent the turbo whistle.
Amazon.com: AUTOSAVER88 3" Inlet/Outlet Muffler, Single Chamber Universal Stainless Steel, High Performance Exhaust Muffler For Cars: Automotive
For the turbo, I went with the specs of what clownmeat used. He seemed to have decent results. I did go with an internally gated turbo in lieu of buying an external waste gate. I'm sure like all ebay links on threads...it'll die before too long. So run down of specs. Its a T04e, Compressor A/R 0.53, Trim 57, Exhaust A/R 0.63, Trim 58.
T04E T3/T4 .63 TURBO TURBOCHARGER COMPRESSOR 300+HP W/ INTERNAL WASTEGATE V-BAND | eBay
Cost for each
Turbo - 137.75
Muffler - 27.55
Brings my total project cost to
$348 even
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97 4runner SR5 3.4 manual
Tundra/LC Lift with Bilstein 5100's on 285/70/17 BFG KO2
2" "Fat Pats" body lift; 1.25" All Pro wheel spacers
Turbo Build;
Rear Bumper Build;
Front Bumper Build