Forced Induction for Noobs....
01-22-2009, 07:01 AM
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I bought a used kit and thus far have had 2,000 miles of problem free boost. However the road was much longer than most for install. After a replacement turbo, custom oil lines and coolant lines, and sourcing alot of parts myself and fabrication of new parts to allow the kit to fit, I can in about $1000 under what the brand new JWTT would have been however, I feel my setup is better than standard JWT!
01-22-2009, 07:13 AM
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I bought a used kit and thus far have had 2,000 miles of problem free boost. However the road was much longer than most for install. After a replacement turbo, custom oil lines and coolant lines, and sourcing alot of parts myself and fabrication of new parts to allow the kit to fit, I can in about $1000 under what the brand new JWTT would have been however, I feel my setup is better than standard JWT!
I'm not totally opposed to buying used turbo kits. But I would only do so through the person who is doing the install or someone I know fairly well. In my case, Japtrix handles my installs. If I were looking to upgrade and Roger told me he had another customer with a good kit for sale, then I certainly would consider that kit, and have Roger install it. I NEVER would by a used turbo kit off of Ebay or Craig's list.
01-22-2009, 07:37 AM
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my used kit came from tim @ SFR
It was a tuner kit for of the jwt 530 for 2K
oil/coolant line = 1K
Haltech 2K
D-werks 600cc $400
Walbro 255 $85
Plenum $200
Goal Accomplished
It was a tuner kit for of the jwt 530 for 2K
oil/coolant line = 1K
Haltech 2K
D-werks 600cc $400
Walbro 255 $85
Plenum $200
Goal Accomplished
01-23-2009, 12:59 AM
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im having the Greddy TT kitt. and i was thining of having a BOV or a wastegate.
is there a way so i dont need to weld on the piping? should there be some ind of replacement pipe allready dun for a wastegate?
is there a way so i dont need to weld on the piping? should there be some ind of replacement pipe allready dun for a wastegate?
01-26-2009, 08:52 PM
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02-27-2009, 07:07 AM
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Excellent write up. You helped me settle on NOT investing in the Stillen SC. While I fell in love with the 1990-1996 Z back in the day and once drove the Stillen (GTZ) version, it appears that better alternatives are available.
I plan to allocate about $10k-$12k to tune my Z not to be a full-blown race car, but one that I can drive (almost) everyday, maintain without a lot of grief, and of course open up and make the weekend-warrior Honda and Subaru tuner be like, DAYYYYYYYYUM...
I plan to allocate about $10k-$12k to tune my Z not to be a full-blown race car, but one that I can drive (almost) everyday, maintain without a lot of grief, and of course open up and make the weekend-warrior Honda and Subaru tuner be like, DAYYYYYYYYUM...
- Keep up the good work Slide.
03-06-2009, 11:07 AM
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also if the job of the superchagrer is to suck in air and then there is combustion, how is the air getting in if there is nothing on top of that hood? nevermind so it gets its poweer from the crankshaft
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