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Old Nov 16, 2007 | 09:59 PM
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Question 5At turbo Z, worth it?

When I bought my z I didn't have plans to turbo it. I have been thinking about it lately and I was wondering what am I expected to spend on a setup to reach 400HP? And is it worth turboing a auto Z? It seems to me that it cost more to turbo a manual, I can be wrong.

Any input? I'm happy with the power now but I have never owned a turbo car and I think it would be nice to do for a project. If not ill stick with bolt-ons
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Old Nov 16, 2007 | 10:45 PM
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Old Nov 17, 2007 | 07:03 AM
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Greddy TT..well maybe im a little bias
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Old Nov 17, 2007 | 07:11 AM
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What would that run? I was also thinking of supercharger, just because all other auto cars I seen have been supercharged
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Old Nov 17, 2007 | 07:37 AM
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APS TT for me on stock motor....425 rwhp. NO issues to date. 460 rwhp with a little something extra
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Old Nov 17, 2007 | 08:29 AM
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why wouldn't it be worth it to turbo a 5at ask yourself that question.
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Old Nov 17, 2007 | 11:34 AM
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Coach, How many pennies for your setup?
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Old Nov 17, 2007 | 11:58 AM
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Originally Posted by marques1
why wouldn't it be worth it to turbo a 5at ask yourself that question.

+1 you will only come up slightly less on your whp because you have an auto. The kit that I have made 347 to the wheels and the exact same kit tuned by the same guy made 364whp with a 6mt.
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Old Nov 17, 2007 | 12:07 PM
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Here search kitty
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Old Nov 18, 2007 | 02:15 AM
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Originally Posted by turtle503
Coach, How many pennies for your setup?
I honestly don't know and when you go FI its a never ending process of spending $$$$.
Other than tuning and putting the nitrous on, I did all the work myself so its basically the cost of all the mods.Here's a quick list of what I have:

APS TT-Crawford Plenum-Zex N20-Greddy TT Exhaust-APS 3.5 test pipes-UTEC-Edge Racing TC-SGP valvebody and then a bunch of other little stuff.
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Old Nov 18, 2007 | 02:45 AM
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to all you TT auto guys, what have you done to upgrade the tranny?
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Old Nov 18, 2007 | 07:43 AM
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Originally Posted by dj.kickz
to all you TT auto guys, what have you done to upgrade the tranny?

Alot depends on what kind of whp/torq your shooting for. You can start with a VB upgrade and go all the way to a completely rebuilt tranny.
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Old Nov 18, 2007 | 01:09 PM
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If you are looking for a ballpark figure, you can spend between 10-20K installed and tuned on a stock block twin turbo setup, depending on the details.

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Old Nov 18, 2007 | 01:10 PM
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Also we offer a Stage 3 A/T upgrade that has been proven up to 600whp.

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Old Nov 18, 2007 | 01:12 PM
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Riding in my friends Greddy TT G with a valvebody was awesome! Shifts very quick I was VERY impressed...I guarantee with traction he'd go 12's with only 6psi...
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It's to bad that GT Motorsports doesn't have a web site where we can tell what they have. (Like every other company on the planet)

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Old Nov 18, 2007 | 01:23 PM
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Originally Posted by ken350z
It's to bad that GT Motorsports doesn't have a web site where we can tell what they have. (Like every other company on the planet)

Its coming, takes a long time to add over 1000 products ya know

Anyways it will be up by the end of the year. Good things take time

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Old Nov 18, 2007 | 04:06 PM
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Originally Posted by ken350z
It's to bad that GT Motorsports doesn't have a web site where we can tell what they have. (Like every other company on the planet)

I have been waiting on this also.
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Old Nov 19, 2007 | 07:59 AM
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Originally Posted by ken350z
It's to bad that GT Motorsports doesn't have a web site where we can tell what they have. (Like every other company on the planet)

It helps if you search for threads created by Sam and George

George@GTM
https://my350z.com/forum/search.php?...r=George%40GTM

Sam@GTM
https://my350z.com/forum/search.php?do=process&showposts=0&starteronly=1&exactname=1& searchuser=Sam%40GTM

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Old Nov 19, 2007 | 11:41 PM
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George@GTM,
I would love to see you get your website up as well. If you need a few referrals for help in this regard, let me know. If you are doing it already, just let us know when it's done.
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