I've had the kit on my car for a little over a year now, I do not put many miles on it, however when I do drive the car, I DRIVE it. I make sure I have fun.

I put my car up on jackstands today and did a total under car inspection to see if I had any issues with the powerlab kit.

I checked oil lines, oil pan spacer, all piping, all fittings, fuel lines, pretty much anything that was added, I inspected it.

I noticed that the vac lines going to/from the waste gate were working their way off, I pushed them back on and added some zip ties. I'm not sure if it would have fully came off on its own, but its something I'd rather not find out.

Other then that, I can say that I didn't see a single issue, I put a lot of attention into the piping around the downpipe and up pipes, I was able to see all the way around all the piping where it was the tightest with the trans and can say with out a doubt I have ZERO rubbing issues.

I also noticed that on the top side of the turbo between housings, I have a bit of rust building up where I guess its getting wet from when I wash it then it sits on the turbo once its put in the garage. I need to take a wire brush to it and make sure it has some oil on it from here on out.

Very happy with the kit, if I could redo it, I wouldn't change a thing.

 

Looks great. What is your whp? If you don't mine me asking.

 

Awesome Jeffie!!

 

Now i've seen many guys installed powerlab ST after yours. Congrat. Any plan to upgrade?

 

nope 100% happy with it.

373 on daves dyno.

 

om nom nom nom

you need a garage.

 

sounds good .....looks like i know what kit im getting now did you build the motor or still using a stock block

 

those numbers are kinda low. What dyno is he using? I thought this kit was putting down more than that. I am thinking of switching my TN kit to this kit or the momentum kit if they ever put it out for sale after I build my block.

Are you running the kit bone stock. On their site they claim 400rwhp with this kit on a stock block.

 

Daves dyno always reads low.

Another guy with the kit running almost the same setup as me ran 37x on daves dyno yet at AAM he put down 43x

So yeah, daves dyno is kinda low.

Powerlab kit is nothing but top notch stuff, TN kit is a great turn key kit if you have zero desire to run anything more then what the kit is setup for.

As to the garage, I have one, just not enough room to jack the car up at all 4 corners.

 

I agree about the tn kit, i bought mine before PL came out. I upgraded the bov, wastegate, and computer to tial, and FCON. Plus I put in 550 injectors. I guess I should have worked for PL, they basically did exactly what I did, but used a bigger turbine. I mean everything that the PL kit has I have on my TN kit, spacer, sb oil return line, i bought my kit and 4 months later the PL kit came out and I said to my self F**K, why??? I could have saved hella amounts of money. Oh well, I am happy with my numbers, I hope for much more when I get the PL kit.

Are you planning on upgrading any components?

 

Awesome jeffie!!! I can haz a ride when I get back???

 

Nice bro! Btw thanks for all the help during my install by pm's. And yes PL claim 400rwhp and i got 413rwhp at 8.2psi, stock block, light flywheel and upgrade clutch. This s a great kit.

Any plans to build ur engine or to upgrade anything for better performance?

 

Great Jeffie!

I've really been reading up on the Powerlab ST kit, so thank you for this thread.

You are running it on your stock block, right? How many miles are on the Powerlab kit?

 

sooo good, something positive on a Monday morning. +1000000 on your install mate.

 

The only problem I had installing the PL kit. Is I had to put a dent in the 2nd down pipe and it still touch's the transmition. Also had to cut down the 3rd exhaust to get it to mate with my single. The pipe is only 1/4 inch above the frame support. Just barley got it to clear. They need to add a bracket like the TN kit to take weight off the downpipes and exhaust . And every npt thread had to be retapped. Other then those issues I realy like the kit. I had a blast with the new setup saturday at my local hangout spot if u know what I mean. Putting down 400wph 9psi tuned at injected peformance.

 

how many miles have you been running this kit for?

 

Dude that is great to hear!!! I've had the powerlabs KIT installed for about a week now and love it!! Great to hear that you are not having any problems And car looks great man. Wish I new how to post pics up on hear. And the power is great 7psi and 396WHP and 378TQ!! Anyway good post

 

here is info if you want unbiased data from another shop
http://www.injectedblog.com/2009/01/...haltech-tuned/
Note the guys injected also used DD-dyno numbers so assuming dynojet reads ~10% higher we are talking about ~500whp dynojet @10psi...they used Haltech for ems

 

Thanks for the update Jeffie! This makes me feel comfortable about the reliability of the kit and putting it on my daily driver.

 

Do keep in mind I do not drive the car often, total miles with turbo? not too many, maybe 2000? However, when I do take the car out, RARELY does the car sit at one rpm, I'm always running through the gears. Hitting as many backroads and getting sideways as often as I can.

If I drove my car daily I would watch over the clutch line, it passes right by the downpipe and word on the street is it can heat up and start to cause the clutch pedal to feel soft and in some cases can get so hot that it doesn't want to work unless you let it cool down for awhile. again, nothing but the word on the street, this isn't just a powerlab thing, any time you run an exhaust pipe a few inches from the clutch line.

I have a 100% stock motor, I have zero plans on upgrading it. 1st gear spins at any rpm, 2nd gear spins but grabs enough to make it fun. 3rd gear and on has no traction issues. IMO the perfect street car for someone like myself who stays away from highways.

I spend most of my time in 1st 2nd and 3rd gear.