I dont know if this subject has already been posted, but I want to see what people think. My budget is some what limited and I really want to get a turbo kit for my car. I have been flipping back and forth between selling the tC and getting something faster or just staying with a tC, and I decided I don't want a car payment. And buying a decent kit is at least 3k, definitely dont have the money for that. So say I were to just buy the manifold, wastegate, turbo, etc. one at a time, what sort of problems would i come across? (Refering to say...the turbonetics kit?)

I would be able slowly get a kit together and not have to just pay such a large amount.

Please let me know your thoughts.

 

Yes it's been posted. You wont' save much money. Might as well just buy one.

 

It's not so much saving money as much as forking it over all at once. I figured it would be able to same, I just cant do it all at once.

 

if you have the knowledge a custom setup can save you a good chunk of cash. knowing where to shop and knowing how to turn a wrench really helps. i'm confident i can do a nice setup for around 2300$

 

So are you saying you think it's a good idea and you're probably going to build your own kit?

 

yea, i'm all for it and it doesn't hurt that i've been building cars for the past 10yrs.. kits are good, but for me i can do it myself.

 

If you were to build your own right now, which kit would you refer to, if any?
What combo would you do?

 

atp turbo manifold..300
atp downpipe...........250
t3 garrett turbo......575
tial 38mm wg........225
semiens 600cc injecotors..200
oil lines..............100
intercooler.........100
piping/couplers...200
aem piggyback....425


that is a rough estimate,, but you get the idea. and the items i listed are not junk and will get the job done

 

actually, you would. if you search correctly

i have all my parts, minus intercooler piping and a downpipe.

even management and injectors and a 60-1 turbo. for 3100

mind you, the ONLY things left that i have to buy are pipes and get a downpipe fabbed.

thats going to put my turbo for sure at under 4k and push out as much power as a 6k Turbo toyotas kit.

or so i hope =P

im kinda reluctant to show you this. but heres a price list of EVERYTHING I BOUGHT FOR MY CAR. turbo and otherwise...only cuz i'm too lazy to take out anything else

 

That's pretty awesome. Thanks

 

oh, the problems you would most likely run into is stuff like...downpipes, if you get a manifold without a downpipe combo.

which if you do, dezod is selling the cheapest. also, make sure you do hte correct kind of research, sure. a large turbo is WOOHOOO but then you have to factor in location and space and all that stuff.

another thing is....depending on what kind of manifold you get, slim fans are a must. don't forget that. couplings and pipes and whatnot can get to be pretty expencive, unless you figure that ebay stuff is just the same. pipes.

shopping aorund correctly can save you quite a bit of money.

 

you got raped on injectors... but yes a custom kit can be done cheaper.

 

ahha, thats what i thought too.

but they are custom fitted to a tc..i tried dropping them in and it fit without problems so s'all good.