Well guys I have finally pulled the trigger i will be turboing my stock 06 350z.Now the title says ebay kit and that is exactly what i am going with.I do not have 8,000 in my pocket to throw at a greddy kit ect.So this kit will have to do.Now i know some of you are going to flame me for doing this but why not?This kit isnt going to be pushing large amounts of boost so i am fairly optomistic and i will post all the pictures of my build and anything i run into.I just bought my z in november of 2012 and stock the car is fun and is quite quick but it needs a little more pep in her step to be where i want for now.So heres the kit http://www.ebay.com/itm/03-06-350z-Z...735cfa&vxp=mtr What do you guys see in this kit that you suggest me to change out if anything and what do you guys suggest i use for tuning?Up-Rev?Anything i am missing that i will definitely need?Also I am very new to forced induction and z's so any help is appreciated.I am located in east aurora,ny so if any of you huys are willing to lend a helping hand during this build pm me.

 

You're going to get flamed because you're putting poor-quality parts that will destroy your reliability on a car that isn't a Civic.

 

for a couple more bills you could get a used kit.

At least get a better wastegate.

why not get the $1600 kit?

 

You can get a used Vortech supercharger for less… especially when you factor in the install… this is a waste of money IMO.

 

Alright so I called sts performance and Ben one of the sales reps told me if i buy this ebay kit he will personally come to NY all the way from Utah and kick me in the ***** so scrap this thread I am going to look for a used kit on here and hopefully come time to buy a kit (May-June) there will be a good one on here.I put some thought into it and in the car world you pay for what you get and one thing is for sure i do not want some cheap Sh*t in my z.I need good reliable power not some cheap *** kit off ebay.

 

I don't understand Turbo kit after less than 4 months of ownership, regardless of where it's from? I've had my HR for ~3 years and I still feel like there's too much HP for my "driver mods". Unless I came into a Z from a Z06 or something similar, and the Z just didn't cut it HP-wise(why would you get into a car that you werent satisfied with) I would wait until I fully understood the car and its abilities.

Imo, regardless of cost and amount of boost ran, it wont be worth it. There's ALWAYS unforeseen costs. Install fee, dyno/tuning/retuning and that's if everything is good 1st time around. I don't think low boost will put you at "450+ HP" but its your money. Please document the build so we can all eat our words.......or be 100% right.



EDIT: shart, just saw your post. Way to wise up

 

I just dont see the use in blowing $2600 for a kit that has nothing to back itself up.All these other kits have proof that they produce power and are reliable.I am looking into an sts kit brand new from them but hey that $6000 i dont have.I want to be at 380-400hp on stock internals and then when she blows up i will get the cherry picker and motor stand out and start the engine build.I will be installing this kit myself in my shop so all labor costs arent an issue.I have a shop full of tools and my friend that i work with will be able to help me out as well.So if anyone has a turbo kit pm me i am willing to trade a 2003 chevorlette Monte carlo ls for a full kit.

 

I got an idea for ya, sell your car.... But one already supercharger or turbo. There's a guy selling a g35 supercharged around $15000 and it looks sick. Just an idear, if you don't like just give it back lol. I don't know much about FI, but I know my Z is just an 03 DE motor and I love it. Beats or keeps up alot of V8s on strait always, and kills them in the handling dept. just some food fr thought.

 

I love this car even as is.It rips my friends cars apart but i cant keep up with some of the guys and it bothers me a bit.I want to put my own turbo kit on no matter what headaches i run into or problems that will occur.I bought this car to be a project so i could get my hands dirty and when i do install a kit i will truly appreciate it because my sweat and blood went into it.Its easy to go buy a car that has already had worked done to it but how is that satisfying?I have built many snowmobiles from the ground up and there is no greater feeling than when you first start it up and take it for a rip and know that you built this sled,not a dealership,not some guy you know or just going out and buying an already built up snowmobile.I am a newbie to the Z family but these cars have so much potential and unfortunately turbo kits for these babys are quite expensive but soon enough ill be FI and it will be the greatest feeling in the world when i take her for the maiden voyage.

 

i dont think youll get flamed for this. at least not to bad. It's good to see that you know where you want to end up. With that said dont cheap on the turbo kit. like i said im not much of an FI guru but i know you get what you pay for with just NA bolt-ons, and im sure it that saying goes even farther with FI.
Keep saving and get a kit you know is legit and not some jank BS.

with the you get what you pay for i know from experience that if you go cheap you have to spend more in maintenance to even get half as good quality. i just bought an HKS replica exhaust and i had to spend another $100 to upgrade the resonators because the replica ones are junk.
but like i said, you know where you want to end up, so dont take shortcuts to get there. you will be satisfied with a legit turbo kit.

 

Good points. The thing is the Z is inspiring and can instill confidence. Once you get past or survive fishtales and the associated scares one can encounter with RWD then the car can feel slow leaving the driver wanting more. This can happen fairly quick. For some they'll notice this on the first drive. While it may take some a long time.

 

^^ bought wrong car if it feels slow on the first time driving! I know what you're saying. And a year or so ago I said "when I get done paying the Z off I'm going to collect parts for full build with TT for the Z". Enter receipts from previous owner's TT builds..... Literally could buy another car, possibly already FI from factory and spend less than a """reliable""" powerful TT Z.

Not saying I don't have dreams about it, but it doesn't make financial sense to me.

C5/C6 Z06 out of the box no mods is a handful compared to the $$ spent on some built/FI Zs....

and at buying my Z for nearly 25k a few years back.... + MINIMUM 15k in parts for TT + what I have in it already in it= Less than C5/C6 Z06 with low miles. Plus it handles like it's on rails....

BRB, going to buy a C6 Z06

 

went ahead and bolded why your an idiot if you dont know what your doing you shouldnt be doing it yourself regardless of kit, especially since you could have gotten a used supercharger for the same price or less

its been said a billion times if you dont have another car to drive then dont fi your z plain and simple more power you make the less reliable it is theres tons that can go wrong with even the best builds(funny cars blow all the time and they are 50k+ just for the longblock)
even the sts kit has its own issues and sasha is still a little cheaper then them with a better turbo and oil pump.

 

Ponder this, a lot of cars come from the factory now with more power than the z. To play catch up/stay ahead boosting seems to be the best option. Boosting these motors can be russian roulette, so it is better to be prepared. Advice given is to go with a simple setup with reliable parts, or spend more money and do a short block engine build. The prices for these setups deter quite a few from "doing it the right way" so shopping on the net is the highly considered option. Ebay kit is within most people's pondering price so they consider it. "Been there, done that, read about that" members warn them not to do it because of inferior main parts. Ebay kits can be done if you discard everything except pipes. For the price of the ebay kit+proper main parts you could get a quality used kit. In the end it is your money and your ability to keep your car running.

 

morbid curiosity has me subed... i still disagree, i can just imagine the fitment issues.

 

In for when it goes boom

 

Godspeed kit..you've got to be kidding me!

This may help you.

https://my350z.com/forum/forced-indu...t-started.html

 

then you obviously dont have any FI kit...

 

I know you said you decided against this but for any other newbies that might think of this I'll tell you what is wrong with this thought process.

Everyone that wants to buy a crappy kit keeps saying 'I'm not going to boost it for high hp, only a few psi for small horsepower". The problem with that thinking is it's not the horsepower that will cause these kits to be junk. It's the quality of parts. It does'nt matter if you are 300hp or 1000hp, when the turbo journals lock up or the impeller blades fly apart and are sucked into the engine then the car is toast. If the wastegate fails and it overboosts then boom goes the engine. So the crappy parts WILL FAIL because they are cheap. It has nothing to do with horsepower.

 

^yup

Waste gate failure will nade an engine ASAP.



My greddy kit fits perfect. Sfr,pe,gtm and powerlab seem to have figment issues. My vortech also fit great. Stillen should too.