Basic single setup means a basic single turbo setup, that is the upgrade from stock twins. I misread and quoted for parts on a motor swap and single turbo setup. If you were just buying a motor and having it installed I would say about the same amount including install, at $6000 installed for a swap using stock twins.

Thanks for the clarification, I thought that's what you meant just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing anything.

Your response does bring up a question. Does converting the (USDM or JDM) twin turbo to a big single increase the HP? Is that a better set up?

to have it installed elsewhere though, 6k just for the swap and then another 3-4k for the single.

Yes, a larger single turbo will make more power than the stock twins. You are limited to high 300's/low 400's for the most part on a stock twin car through the auto tranny.

My mechanic and I are looking for a USDM 2JZ-GTE now. Considering I go single big turbo down the road, is there a recommended product or does it really matter at that point, just go big?

I would go with a quality turbo if you were to upgrade to a big single turbo in the future. I am no expert in turbos and I for one am a noob at all this, but imo the parts for the motor is the last thing I would get cheap on.These are not in any order Garrett, Precision, Turbonetics, HKS, Greddy, etc. Look around and you'll should find deals for turbos and parts.

I agree, quailty is the key. I was looking for some personal experience recommendations.

Price wise and quality wise people have been recommending garrett turbos.

Turbonetics, Precision etc... are Garrett turbos, they are the manufacturer.

good one.

a nice single setup wud be a t67..some internal work on a vpc computer wit a 75 shot about 650hp 10.5s at the track...

and my $0.02 i would get a ball bearing turbo

not all turbonetics turbos are garrett based, they do make their own line of turbos. also, less and less turbos from precision are garrett, they had a falling out awhile back with garrett.

Going single turbo allows much more opportunity to increase psi thus gaining more HP. The stock twins can only be ran at so much PSI before they start failing. The USDM stock twins are made of steel blades and can take up to 26psi but not recommended for daily driving. The JDM twins which are ceramic can take up to 20psi before the blades break. But 17-18 psi is recommended for daily.

I personally would stick to Garrett or HKS...

pre 98 jdm gte twins (ct20) were ceramic, the post 98+ (aristo) jdm twins (ct20A) are steel. In fact the turbine shafts found on the aristo are slightly larger than the pre 98 usdm supra twins (ct12b). I think people assume that every JDM 2JZGTE has ceramic turbines, which isn't true.