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Dec 11, 2007 | 06:30 PM

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You will still need ic piping, all electronics, and some other little things but it is a good kit. Lot of people are opting for the xspower kits and are running them with awesome numbes and they're holding up very well. To this date not one turbo manifold has cracked.

Very impressive

Hope this one isn't the first to go!

Dec 11, 2007 | 06:48 PM

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I seriously doubt it will, the first ones produced didnt have any supports and they held up fine. Mine has supports for each tube and for both flanges

Dec 22, 2007 | 11:54 AM

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Ran into some snags.... Not really sure why my exhaust housing hits the tb, maybe because i put the manifold on wrong or something??

Dec 22, 2007 | 01:28 PM

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That hot side is HUGE

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Dec 22, 2007 | 04:59 PM

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That hot side is HUGE

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Agreed

Dec 22, 2007 | 09:53 PM

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Anyone have an exhaust housing they want to sell?!?!?!?

Dec 23, 2007 | 08:41 PM

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Man there right that doesn't look right bro, I have the DaveH PT61 Kit right now un-installed. So what EMS are you planning to run?

you might want to get the 4Runner distributor too man.

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Dec 23, 2007 | 08:58 PM

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Ya, im ditching this turbo and buying a garrett T04B turbo. Im going to run an safc/wideband combo for now. Since im only going to run low boost it'll be alright. Speaking of the 4Runner cap, i did that today

If anyone else is considering doing the cap swap, you dont need to buy another plug wire! Just switch your #1 and #2 plug wires and they will fit just fine.

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Dec 26, 2007 | 09:47 PM

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Glad to see you're makin progress man-- I told ya if you'd just get the wrenches out and get dirty it would all start to make sense--

Good luck -- I wanna hear this sucker run soon--

Dec 30, 2007 | 04:29 PM

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Dec 30, 2007 | 04:29 PM

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We're almost done, just the oil lines and intercooler

Jan 2, 2008 | 06:28 PM

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Isn't the hot-side awful close to the intake pipe?

Jan 2, 2008 | 07:39 PM

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Get some heat wrap + a turbo blanket or say bye bye to that coupler. It won't be fun to melt a coupler on the road.

Jan 2, 2008 | 08:04 PM

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Dec. 30th:

Almost done. Just waiting for the downpipe

Last night:
Ran into some snags when installing the oil line kit. For the oil feed line, the adapter plate doesnt fit into the block without an extension so i have to get one of those today.. Hopefully it will fit.