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Old Nov 20, 2004 | 11:17 PM
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Has anyone turbo'd their gs300s? i don't have one personally but saw one going for cheap and figured that it'd make a nice lil side project down the road. Using the NA 2jz, i know supras and is300s can take a good amount boost with a new hg, was wondering if anyone had an opinion on the gs's capability, what with the weight and all. I figure a good CF hood, some lighter seats and wheels/brakes that would drop some pounds and help it be a contender.

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Old Nov 21, 2004 | 09:40 AM
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I know we had a member a couple of months back with an SRT turbo kit on the car (gs300) and we have a member with a custom kit.
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Old Nov 21, 2004 | 05:14 PM
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Originally posted by Cannonbear
Has anyone turbo'd their gs300s? i don't have one personally but saw one going for cheap and figured that it'd make a nice lil side project down the road. Using the NA 2jz, i know supras and is300s can take a good amount boost with a new hg, was wondering if anyone had an opinion on the gs's capability, what with the weight and all. I figure a good CF hood, some lighter seats and wheels/brakes that would drop some pounds and help it be a contender.

Anyone?
well i have the srt stage 2 turbo on my car...dyno at 337 at the wheel with 8 lb of boost
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Old Nov 21, 2004 | 05:58 PM
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any problems as of yet? hows everything holding up? Also how's the accel on it? sorry for all the questions but i'm trying to weigh ideas about turbo'd 300 or just somewhat built NA gs400.
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Old Nov 22, 2004 | 07:34 AM
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I got some work done by TurboEast for my IS300. They can build kits for the GS300 as well.

www.turboeast.com
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Old Nov 22, 2004 | 08:32 AM
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Originally posted by Cannonbear
any problems as of yet? hows everything holding up? Also how's the accel on it? sorry for all the questions but i'm trying to weigh ideas about turbo'd 300 or just somewhat built NA gs400.
Theres not a whole lot you can do to "buld" a NA GS400, the internal parts just arent available, then you also run into issues with the Computer.
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Old Nov 22, 2004 | 09:04 AM
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Theres not a whole lot you can do to "buld" a NA GS400, the internal parts just arent available, then you also run into issues with the Computer.
Maybe he meant bolt ons like intake, exhaust, TC, LSD, ...
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Old Nov 22, 2004 | 11:33 AM
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Originally posted by Cannonbear
any problems as of yet? hows everything holding up? Also how's the accel on it? sorry for all the questions but i'm trying to weigh ideas about turbo'd 300 or just somewhat built NA gs400.
i have no problem at all.... just a fun time with my turbo gs3
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