melvynray

when is it too late to turbo? im at 20k miles and would like to turbo soon, but is it even worth it? im just curious as to what is too long.

ack154

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In the sense of worrying about your warranty (only if something does go wrong), it's still too early.

But I don't think that it could be "too late" to add a turbo.

DTRUONG_112

never too late to turbo...

toastbox

I think what he is worried about is if there is a point where it would be inadvisable to put a turbo setup on because the engine is "worn" and/or unreliable.

It can *definitely* be too late to add a turbo. If the engine is failing a compression test (or the compression is not well within specs) I most definitely would not implement F/I.

A compression check can be done at any dealer, will probabyl cost you $100 or so. But at 18K miles, I don't think it's likely that you have a compression issue, unless you are having engine troubles.

BlkSandPrlTurbotC

I believe its 3.6 Flat Rate for a CLT on a car. I'll look that up tonight at school on ALLDATA again to be sure.

I did one on my car in lab before my tear down and I passed the CLT and Cylinder Pressure test.

SportCompactOnly

its never too late to turbo, you are about the right mileage that most people put a turbo on their car.

I have the last Greddy kit in stock PM me if you want it.

Stu_Gotti

Never too late man.. probally better you have some miles under your belt anyway Good luck!

Jake_tC

$100 for a compresison check at the dealer? take it to autozone, they'll do a check for free.

tcholic

im installing my turbo right now, and im at 40k, im just gonna get a new stage 2 clutch and flywheel while im at it to.

engifineer

I dont trust autozone to sell me grease rags.. much less touch my car


But aside from that, you can purchase the gauge and do a pretty good compression and leakdown test on your own. The specs should not be hard to find. But at 20k you should be fine.

toastbox

^^ exactly. Lets think abotu this for a second: certitied/trained mechanics who can be held responsible for any damages (dealer) or part time guys who work at a nat'l chain with *no* training/certs.....I'm gonna go with the dealer on this one.

xavier

If the motor aint seized...its time for boost!

melvynray

wow. thats good 2 know. so i can wait it out and still add turbo! .

Rasta

C'mon man I had an SE-R turbo with 120,000 mile still whooping peeps up running 12.9 1/4 mile. Never too late

engifineer

Yeah, not to mention part time guys that dont necessarilly have ANY experience under the hood, and work for probably the worst parts company in the world.. thier parts are cheap for a reason. I know two shops (one in my family) that will not warranty anything if the customer insists on bringing thier own parts from autozone simply because of the number of failures they have had with them.

melvynray

i was always worried that it would b 2 late. im happy now. now i can take my time and get all my info together and do everything right the 1st time. lol

melvynray

i was always worried that it would b 2 late. im happy now. now i can take my time and get all my info together and do everything right the 1st time. lol