i just put money down to get a custom turbo installed on my car and i believe i will be boosting between 8 and 9 and i was wondering what peoples boost milage was before your stock engine popped...

i will prolly race it one night a week a few passes and thats about it.

any info will help.
thanks

 

ive been boosted for about a year now, no problems yet. i have the greddy kit with 12lbs ; 306whp. but i drive on 8psi. i rarely go into boost except for those days im in a hurry on the expressway.

 

2 1/2 years now, no problems here. just make sure you have a good tune.

 

happy bday Tcing

 

If you engine goes pop that means something wasn't put together right or management problems. If you have a good tune it will last but the engine will show accelerated wear and not have as much power to the wheels over time.

 

i wil be getting it tuned by turbochargers.com and kenny drives a tc so i assume it will have a good tune. my motor only has 4800 miles on it

 

Kenny is a good tuner but he is a hard person to get a hold of.

 

ya i have noticed, but so far he has returned all of my calls and emails so i guess i cant ask for more. i am just stutter stepping eing that i am going to void my warranty to boost and i jusy dont want it to blow fast.

 

2 1/2 years and still running fine. currently at 60,000 mi first turbo was put on at 35,500 mi. currently on second turbo. 320whp daily driven.

 

I am not turbo but am plaining on it when the time is right. But the main keys are know what your doing, get a good tune, do the needed maintanence and get a turbo timer or sit there and let your engine run down for a minute or 2. These things will allow for a long lasting engine even being turbo. Just be smart and if you have questions ask.

 

pull timing aka safe tune if you want your motor to last

 

i cant believe out of the hundreds of people on here boosting only 7 people or so posted in the thread..

thanks to the people who helped me by responding to the above stated question.

 

Not to sound like a dick but its because this question has been asked 1,000,000,000 times.



Good tune and your good. Stay under 10psi on pump gas.

 

and dont go WOT every single second you drive lol

 

I want to know if anyone is close to 100,000 mile with a turbo tC

 

I put on my turbo at 2500 miles and I now have 30K miles, no problems. Most of that time I was boosting 11 - 14 psi....

 

Scionkidd (i think that's his username) said he's got pretty high mileage on his turbo tC, and from what I gather, he drives this ____ out of that car.

It all comes down to the tune.

 

im on stock clutch
stock exhaust
stock tires
with a TT stage 1 and possibly the worst tune on SL

no problems. its almost my one year anniversary. so far ive put 15000 on the car turbo and its daily driven

 

lol i have 90,000 miles but it was boosted at 85,000 lol 7.5 psi no problems

 

Wait, is this Kenny Strickler, formerly of ZPI? If so, run, run hard, run fast, and run as far away from him as you can. Just search for ZPI here on Scionlife and you will see he has been single-handedly the most damaging person to turbo'd Scion owners. I'm not speaking of his technical ability; his business practices are absolutely criminal. He sweet talks, makes excuses and in the end royally screws over customes.

Here's a 56 page thread on the subject:
What really happend to ZPI - **Update on Pg1**

As a fellow Scion owner, please take heed, I'd hate to see another one burned. Go with ANYONE else, here's a few to start you off.

Greddy - name brand but least value for the money, is reliable. You're paying for the name
Turbonetics - great turbo, a little pricey
Turbotoyotas - another great kit, but with potentially multi-month wait times
PTuning- not quite out yet, but will be high quality and excellent fit
Used ZPI- the kits themselves are solid, and dirt cheap. They will probably need upgrades so find a good shop.