turbo kit recommendations?
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turbo kit recommendations?
hi,
pretty new to the forums and was looking to boost my is300.. its an 01 with a stock motor.. lookin for an easy setup nothin too aggressive.. its a show car.. probably drive it once a week. help?
thanks
charles
pretty new to the forums and was looking to boost my is300.. its an 01 with a stock motor.. lookin for an easy setup nothin too aggressive.. its a show car.. probably drive it once a week. help?
thanks
charles
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From everything I've read, there is no "easy setup" or "turbo kit". You have to build your own and it takes time and money, probably just as much money as you paid for your entire car...no joke.
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boostlogic still has their kit:
http://www.boostlogic.com/catalog/p1...duct_info.html
pfs also will build you one according to your power goals.
or you could piece your own kit. if i had to choose a kit as an alternative to piecing together a kit, i would choose the boostlogic kit....only down side is that it doesnt come with an emu.
http://www.boostlogic.com/catalog/p1...duct_info.html
pfs also will build you one according to your power goals.
or you could piece your own kit. if i had to choose a kit as an alternative to piecing together a kit, i would choose the boostlogic kit....only down side is that it doesnt come with an emu.
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wrong wrong wrong... though yes SRT has a NEARLY complete kit.. it is not without its faults... MAINLY THE PRICE. driftmotion.com has a budget well built turbo kit. you will need the other parts,,, electronics and head gasket and what not, but when added all up you will get the same benefits as the SRT and save about $3k.
boost logic is a fairly decent kit but again cost is high and it needs other parts not supplied.
piece your kit together: main things needed::
turbo duh
manifold
head gasket probably do ARP head studs at the same time
bit larger injectors
fuel return line
some sort of ecm
intercooler and piping duh
waste gate and BOV
low temp thermostat
oil lines
the stock auto tranny CAN hold about 350-375 daily driven and not romped on... dont try to drag race it but you can boost fairly well in nice rolling pulls.
Dont get caught up on name brands and stuff--- Mishimoto makes a great i.c. and it is very inexpensive. turbo XS RFL BOV is awesome and only like 175, check out THmotorsports too (for some stuff put the car as IS and other stuff leave it blank)
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boost logic is a fairly decent kit but again cost is high and it needs other parts not supplied.
piece your kit together: main things needed::
turbo duh
manifold
head gasket probably do ARP head studs at the same time
bit larger injectors
fuel return line
some sort of ecm
intercooler and piping duh
waste gate and BOV
low temp thermostat
oil lines
the stock auto tranny CAN hold about 350-375 daily driven and not romped on... dont try to drag race it but you can boost fairly well in nice rolling pulls.
Dont get caught up on name brands and stuff--- Mishimoto makes a great i.c. and it is very inexpensive. turbo XS RFL BOV is awesome and only like 175, check out THmotorsports too (for some stuff put the car as IS and other stuff leave it blank)
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wrong wrong wrong... though yes SRT has a NEARLY complete kit.. it is not without its faults... MAINLY THE PRICE. driftmotion.com has a budget well built turbo kit. you will need the other parts,,, electronics and head gasket and what not, but when added all up you will get the same benefits as the SRT and save about $3k.
boost logic is a fairly decent kit but again cost is high and it needs other parts not supplied.
piece your kit together: main things needed::
turbo duh
manifold
head gasket probably do ARP head studs at the same time
bit larger injectors
fuel return line
some sort of ecm
intercooler and piping duh
waste gate and BOV
low temp thermostat
oil lines
the stock auto tranny CAN hold about 350-375 daily driven and not romped on... dont try to drag race it but you can boost fairly well in nice rolling pulls.
Dont get caught up on name brands and stuff--- Mishimoto makes a great i.c. and it is very inexpensive. turbo XS RFL BOV is awesome and only like 175, check out THmotorsports too (for some stuff put the car as IS and other stuff leave it blank)
RESEARCH RESEARCH RESEARCH
boost logic is a fairly decent kit but again cost is high and it needs other parts not supplied.
piece your kit together: main things needed::
turbo duh
manifold
head gasket probably do ARP head studs at the same time
bit larger injectors
fuel return line
some sort of ecm
intercooler and piping duh
waste gate and BOV
low temp thermostat
oil lines
the stock auto tranny CAN hold about 350-375 daily driven and not romped on... dont try to drag race it but you can boost fairly well in nice rolling pulls.
Dont get caught up on name brands and stuff--- Mishimoto makes a great i.c. and it is very inexpensive. turbo XS RFL BOV is awesome and only like 175, check out THmotorsports too (for some stuff put the car as IS and other stuff leave it blank)
RESEARCH RESEARCH RESEARCH
BoostLogic's kit is of higher quality, but it doesn't come with an engine management (i stated this in my last post).
DriftMotion is a good quality kit, but like you stated, your missing bunch of hardware, especially if you want more power.
i agree, that the best way is to piece your own kit together, but it takes time and a ton of research. brand names arent everything, but you want to make sure what you put in your car is quality and will do the job well. some people don't want to take the time to do the research, and that's fine. this is why guys like SRT, BoostLogic, PFS, DriftMotion, etc...make kits.
im not promoting them in anyway as i had the time to get my pieces together, but saying the only option is a custom kit is wrong. its really up to the person doing the build to determine whether or not they want to put in the time to collect everything or just go one-stop-shop and grab everything in one place.
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