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Oct 17, 2006 | 02:17 PM

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tmf2004

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I think i would slap a turb on your car but with that many miles it may be more involved than what we think. But i think a 3rd gen may be better.. GL

Tony

Oct 17, 2006 | 10:02 PM

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mvallido

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From: CA

Quote:

Originally Posted by GWELEX

Can it be bought for $16K? That's a great price for a '03 430.

What I'm trying to tell SOCAL VIP is the price of the V8 plus 30K would probably cost him more than buying the M5 he was planning to buy. He told me that he found a nice M5 when he came over me flat(my crib).

Oct 18, 2006 | 11:04 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by mvallido

That was the plan. But after considering what it would cost to up keep the M5

and the way I drive my cars (hard) I don't think that car would do me to well right now. I think I would put more money up keeping it then in upgrades. We'll see what happens though the guy with the m5 still has my refundable deposit

Oct 18, 2006 | 12:44 PM

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HI98GS

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I think that the 20-30k price for a TT setup is on the high side. That is what SRT is charging. I know for a fact that successful TT setups have been done by XS engineering. I have a hard time thinking that it would be more than 15k even with all the good stuff. I think they still even have the jig for the exhaust manifold. Go talk with Eric Hsu. Tell him that Ricky from Hawaii referred you. He is a good guy and is probably the only guy in SoCal that I would trust tuning my GS.

Oct 18, 2006 | 03:37 PM

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BoostAddct

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I regret to inform you that SRT is no longer making the TT kit for the GS400s. I emailed Mo last week and he said they are no longer making those kits.