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Old 05-21-09, 06:19 PM
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Man... it sure would be nice to see a supercharger kit go into production for the GS430...
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Old 05-22-09, 09:17 AM
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Originally Posted by bg_281
Man... it sure would be nice to see a supercharger kit go into production for the GS430...
or better yet, a production turbo kit and not just the remote mount universal kit
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Old 05-22-09, 10:15 AM
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^yep, this would give me something to save my money for.
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The problem is that there isn't much room in the GS4 engine bay on the sides to fit a turbo setup. It's possible though
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Originally Posted by JeffTsai
The problem is that there isn't much room in the GS4 engine bay on the sides to fit a turbo setup. It's possible though
i know it sucks....maybe some very small snails or just maybe one small snail. wanna build me one jeff? hehe
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Old 05-26-09, 10:12 AM
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Originally Posted by JeffTsai
The problem is that there isn't much room in the GS4 engine bay on the sides to fit a turbo setup. It's possible though
I'll be your huckleberry
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Old 05-26-09, 12:31 PM
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http://www.mahdavimotorsports.com/products_v3.htm
has a turbo kit for the GS4.
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Old 05-26-09, 09:31 PM
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went to that site and 'Coming soon" seems to be the slogan of the last while. in other news I talked with rmm and it seems that the reason this isn't more common is that when the sc kits were originally made, people weren't willing to spend 10k on 40k car 2 to 3 years after it came out. hopefully Lalex can get his parts to rmm and they can get copied and added to the rest of the parts he needs.
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The reason the kits aren't available is because even though everyone says they want one, when it comes time to drop the cash no one steps up to the plate. I've talked with Mo at SRT about it and it's just not worth the time to make the kits as only making one or two kits won't keep him in business. If there were say ten people who put down a 50% deposit then it would be a lot more likely to happen. It's not cheap though and 99% of people aren't ready to commit to a PROPERLY done kit.
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Originally Posted by dsouth
i actually emailed them about getting this kit to fit for a gs430 and they said it was possible but they werent for sure. they were supposed to get back to me but i never heard from them. plus for 8k....OUCH
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Originally Posted by bg_281
Man... it sure would be nice to see a supercharger kit go into production for the GS430...
I have a LMS Supercharger in the garage for my GS430. It was a sec gen buy from Chris. Will put it on after warranty is up. Worried will not make the power I want. Chris pulls showed a little over 350whp. Anything over that you will have to open the engine and stenghten your rods.
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sell me your kit brennan, so so serious!!!!!!!!!1
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Originally Posted by Brennan401
I have a LMS Supercharger in the garage for my GS430. It was a sec gen buy from Chris. Will put it on after warranty is up. Worried will not make the power I want. Chris pulls showed a little over 350whp. Anything over that you will have to open the engine and stenghten your rods.
There are several members here with the RMM SC that are pulling over 350 HP that have not touched the internals. The tranny will probably go before the engine. I'm at about 400 HP even for 3 years now and I jump on it every chance I get.

No problems. Knock on wood.
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Originally Posted by Brennan401
I have a LMS Supercharger in the garage for my GS430. It was a sec gen buy from Chris. Will put it on after warranty is up. Worried will not make the power I want. Chris pulls showed a little over 350whp. Anything over that you will have to open the engine and stenghten your rods.
Do you have the i-Manage that comes with the LMS?
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Originally Posted by bg_281
Man... it sure would be nice to see a supercharger kit go into production for the GS430...
Originally Posted by sakataj
i actually emailed them about getting this kit to fit for a gs430 and they said it was possible but they werent for sure. they were supposed to get back to me but i never heard from them. plus for 8k....OUCH
I'm in the process of reverse engineering my RMM kit to make a duplicate, but don't tell anyone.

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