[s-cars] RS2 hardware requirements...

[Taka Mizutani]

FMIC, eh? Very nice.

The 968 MAF, unless it went way, way up in price, is nowhere near the cost
of
an RS2 turbo.

I got an RS2 on the Dahlback group buy- cost something like $1400+shipping
or
somewhere around there. I sold the turbo for basically what I had into it
(brand new,
never installed, never even had the protective plastic caps off the ends),
although a
bunch of idiots tried to lowball me into selling a brand-new, hard to get
turbo for
$0.50 on the dollar.

If you're looking into an RS2, IMHO either pony up for a new one at $1800 or
whatever
it costs now, or seriously consider something like Javad's "replica" turbo
for 1/2 of that.
I don't believe in buying used turbos, especially in an application that is
likely to be run
hard (it's not a stock turbo, after all) and especially if I don't know the
owner and how the
car was maintained and used with the turbo in question.

The slope that I'm on now costs soooooo much less than the S-car slippery
slope, I'm
happy about that part (Miata parts cost much less). I still would like to
have something
like an A4 3.2 6-speed Avant for a daily driver, though. No way that's going
to happen unless
I buy it new. :-)

Taka