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Old Sep 15, 2006 | 02:26 AM
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i wanted to know peoples opinions on both the greddy kit and the zpi stage 0. Which is gunna give me a faster car? how do they compare in terms of spooling time? how do they compare in terms of reliability? i plan on going the greddy route but just wanted some opinions before i make my final choice.
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Old Sep 15, 2006 | 02:32 AM
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Basically the same, but Stage 0 has no FMIC.

You can get the Greddy kit w/Management and Fuel for under $3000

Its a good choice, im sure WDS will pitch his opionion shortly. He is an avid fan.

Also, you can get the greddy kit and have Bill @Extreme Motorsports tune your car for some awesome WHP.
Old Sep 15, 2006 | 02:41 AM
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I would get the greddy because I how the engine bay looks after installed.
Old Sep 15, 2006 | 02:44 AM
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^True, the manifold is very nice to look at. Something differnent besides all the log manifolds out there.
Old Sep 15, 2006 | 02:45 AM
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Should I voice my opnion Zer0?
Old Sep 15, 2006 | 02:47 AM
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Originally Posted by peteyd
Should I voice my opnion Zer0?
it's a fre speech forum!
Old Sep 15, 2006 | 02:51 AM
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I want to hear the differences in actual turbos. Ceramic bearings? Boost limitations.
Old Sep 15, 2006 | 02:53 AM
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Originally Posted by peteyd
Should I voice my opnion Zer0?
Yes, your opinion counts... unleash at will
Old Sep 15, 2006 | 03:41 AM
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yea feel free to give all your opinions, i want to make the best choice
Old Sep 15, 2006 | 10:52 AM
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Get the ZPI! Fast spooling, totally reliable, and awesome service.........!!
Old Sep 15, 2006 | 11:12 AM
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If you can afford it, go with turbonetics. That is my personal opinion. i just finshed the kit and got my car out on the road last night. the spool up is very fast. When driving the farthest i've gotten on the gas is probably half way and the thing still is fast as heck! Plus the kit is very easy to put together. I did it with a buddy of mine,
Old Sep 15, 2006 | 01:00 PM
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Get ZPI. You can get the stage 0. If you need more power down the road (haha, I made a funny), you can always upgrade it to a stage 1. I realize you can do that with pretty much any turbo, but ZPI has the "upgrade" as a package so you know you get everything you need for the upgrade.
Old Sep 15, 2006 | 02:08 PM
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expensive but well worth it, sound performance.




i'm putting mine on this weekend, hopefully. been way too busy to git er done.
Old Sep 15, 2006 | 05:10 PM
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WTF? I thought he asked about GReedy OR ZPI...Not Tnetics and SndPerformance.....hahaaa
Old Sep 16, 2006 | 10:54 AM
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Old Sep 16, 2006 | 11:04 AM
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Get the Greddy kit and have fun.
Old Sep 16, 2006 | 01:57 PM
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Well, I saw a sound performance kit in person not to long ago and I thought it looked like crap. Could have just been this one car but I didnt like it. The thing that I dont like about the Greddy kit is you have to pretty much piece it together yourself. Either way Greddy or ZPI I dont think you could go wrong.
Old Sep 16, 2006 | 03:47 PM
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The only thing you have to piece together on the greddy is $525 for Emanage Blue/440cc Injectors... and a BOV. Your all set, its not as hard as everybody is making it sound.
Old Sep 16, 2006 | 04:09 PM
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I say GReddy kit I love mine
Old Sep 16, 2006 | 05:34 PM
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i would get the greddy kit, but i dont think u can go wrong with the zpi one either, if you could get the zpi stage 0 with FMIC and emanage for the same price as greddy i think i would do that, but for the price of the greddy i dont think you can go wrong



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