Custom turbo kit
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Originally Posted by thendawg
I was able to do it for $1350 using meth inject instead of an intercooler. This included my fic, and im using factory injectors right now. But im helping build the motor for a guys tc so hes going to give me his 440's as payment for helping him since hes going to 550's. So total ill still really only have under $1400 in it 
And this is with a turbonetics t3/t4 that i rebuilt myself, and all parts. Granted you better be willing to do PLENTY of fab work as i bought nothing premade, i fabbed every pipe in my setup except the mani.
**EDIT** So yea it is do-able. But it does require quite a bit of fabrication experience and skill, quite a bit of mechanical skill and a lot of time. vs a kit which requires next to 0 fab skill, shade tree level mechanical skill, and only 5-6 hrs of your saturday if all goes well lol
And this is with a turbonetics t3/t4 that i rebuilt myself, and all parts. Granted you better be willing to do PLENTY of fab work as i bought nothing premade, i fabbed every pipe in my setup except the mani.**EDIT** So yea it is do-able. But it does require quite a bit of fabrication experience and skill, quite a bit of mechanical skill and a lot of time. vs a kit which requires next to 0 fab skill, shade tree level mechanical skill, and only 5-6 hrs of your saturday if all goes well
lolNot really. CXRacing is a great site to purchase universal intercooler kits. All you would need to do is cut them to size if they don't fit the way you want. Kits come with couplers and t-bolt clamps. That's the only thing to consider having to "fabricate", and cutting is not hard work. Everything else involved in a kit is bought and bolted on.
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Originally Posted by koontz946
you can get a bigger turbo, but you can't get a bigger S/C. you can swap the pulley to increase boost, but i think the highest around now is 10 or 10.5psi (that ive read about).
14 PSI pulley is offered from NST I believe.
i dont think the OP realized the supercharger was year specific cause the 05-06 are 2000bucks not the 07-up. i think they were also talking about making the MAF adapter for a 05-06 turbo kit since they were saying buy a used one and most of the used kits i see are older years and those are usually cheaper in the classifieds.
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Originally Posted by B_Real45
There's no such thing as a "safe" kit when you're talking about a turbo kit for a car NOT designed for boost.
You need to be careful with whichever kit you get. Try looking into the Dezod kits. They've been around longer. The only major difference for your '08 would be the MAF adapter.
So you can find a used kit for a '05-'06 and just get a new intake pipe from Dezod.. or TT... whichever kit you get.
You need to be careful with whichever kit you get. Try looking into the Dezod kits. They've been around longer. The only major difference for your '08 would be the MAF adapter.
So you can find a used kit for a '05-'06 and just get a new intake pipe from Dezod.. or TT... whichever kit you get.
Thanks for being a great help guys!
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Originally Posted by jdubb123
Originally Posted by B_Real45
There's no such thing as a "safe" kit when you're talking about a turbo kit for a car NOT designed for boost.
You need to be careful with whichever kit you get. Try looking into the Dezod kits. They've been around longer. The only major difference for your '08 would be the MAF adapter.
So you can find a used kit for a '05-'06 and just get a new intake pipe from Dezod.. or TT... whichever kit you get.
You need to be careful with whichever kit you get. Try looking into the Dezod kits. They've been around longer. The only major difference for your '08 would be the MAF adapter.
So you can find a used kit for a '05-'06 and just get a new intake pipe from Dezod.. or TT... whichever kit you get.
Thanks for being a great help guys!
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Originally Posted by CarbonXe
Originally Posted by jdubb123
Originally Posted by B_Real45
There's no such thing as a "safe" kit when you're talking about a turbo kit for a car NOT designed for boost.
You need to be careful with whichever kit you get. Try looking into the Dezod kits. They've been around longer. The only major difference for your '08 would be the MAF adapter.
So you can find a used kit for a '05-'06 and just get a new intake pipe from Dezod.. or TT... whichever kit you get.
You need to be careful with whichever kit you get. Try looking into the Dezod kits. They've been around longer. The only major difference for your '08 would be the MAF adapter.
So you can find a used kit for a '05-'06 and just get a new intake pipe from Dezod.. or TT... whichever kit you get.
Thanks for being a great help guys!
You could buy a used kit I would just be prepared to buy a new replacement turbo because you do not know how the previous owner treated it. Either way if you buy a new kit or used kit or custom kit you will still need to be prepared to spend more. Because it is never just the kit, it then becomes a new clutch, better brakes tuning, bigger injectors. Once you get into f/i it is very easy to spend $$ to support the new power. But is it worth it I say yes even after all the problems I have had.
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tc702 or 702tc (forget the SL name) I think still has his dezod kit he is selling...I think he only ran it like a month, that woudl be OK...but otherwise, if you get a new kit, may as well rebuild or get a new turbo with it, and that's like 1/4 of the cost...
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Originally Posted by rhythmnsmoke
Originally Posted by koontz946
you can get a bigger turbo, but you can't get a bigger S/C. you can swap the pulley to increase boost, but i think the highest around now is 10 or 10.5psi (that ive read about).
14 PSI pulley is offered from NST I believe.
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Originally Posted by koontz946
Originally Posted by rhythmnsmoke
Originally Posted by koontz946
you can get a bigger turbo, but you can't get a bigger S/C. you can swap the pulley to increase boost, but i think the highest around now is 10 or 10.5psi (that ive read about).
14 PSI pulley is offered from NST I believe.
They offer a 14 PSI as well. I believe you have to ask them for it.
dang 14psi pulley would be small as hell and a small belt too. The 12psi is small already. But i think the 10.5 is nice upgrade cause there is a guy who just got 268whp out of it and of course that is just before redline but look at his dyno and you will see a pretty nice power curve over stock from the mid to high rpm which is nice. of course though the 07 up superchrger is still almost 3k so id go turbo unless the price drops soon. it might too since apparently the 2010 replacement is being announced in October.
