Turbo kits?
10-29-12, 08:49 PM
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There's a reason the xs power kits are cheap. Some other brand off the shelf may be higher than it should but headaches do cost a lot. The xs power turbos are generally junk and the bearings will die in pretty short time. The manifolds are pretty thin and made from sub par stainless, so it'll crack, rot, and fall apart over time. It's stuff that is instantly gratifying but heartache down the road and you end up replacing it all later.
Sure, you could do it for $3000. And it will probably run ok for a few months and you'll enjoy it. But there's also a good chance it'll fall apart, toast a motor, and take you from having a decent car to a non functional vehicle that isn't worth much.
Sure, you could do it for $3000. And it will probably run ok for a few months and you'll enjoy it. But there's also a good chance it'll fall apart, toast a motor, and take you from having a decent car to a non functional vehicle that isn't worth much.
10-30-12, 02:20 PM
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There's a reason the xs power kits are cheap. Some other brand off the shelf may be higher than it should but headaches do cost a lot. The xs power turbos are generally junk and the bearings will die in pretty short time. The manifolds are pretty thin and made from sub par stainless, so it'll crack, rot, and fall apart over time. It's stuff that is instantly gratifying but heartache down the road and you end up replacing it all later.
Sure, you could do it for $3000. And it will probably run ok for a few months and you'll enjoy it. But there's also a good chance it'll fall apart, toast a motor, and take you from having a decent car to a non functional vehicle that isn't worth much.
Sure, you could do it for $3000. And it will probably run ok for a few months and you'll enjoy it. But there's also a good chance it'll fall apart, toast a motor, and take you from having a decent car to a non functional vehicle that isn't worth much.
10-30-12, 02:25 PM
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I hear ya
Ive been down that road so many times where i have extra money and dont want to drop it all down right away. In the end I end up spending it on stupid stuff and throw it towards bills to get ahead. But this time its do or die. You only live once and this is one thing in my life I have always wanted to do so Im dropping the hammer, and got the wifes approval on top of that. so its win win here I come lol.
10-30-12, 02:30 PM
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This was in the picture at one time
I thought of doing a motor swap. Was going to go with the twin turbo. My brother in law is a mechanic and we talked for hours about it. He said not a bad idea but going single turbo now a days is the way to go now and plus I have a really nice solid motor and U never know what u r going to end up with so why take the risk when I have a perfectly good motor. Plus I bought this car off my brother in law three yrs ago. It was my sisters car. So I know that the mechanics have been good on it the whole time. But thx for the idea.
10-30-12, 06:27 PM
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I thought of doing a motor swap. Was going to go with the twin turbo. My brother in law is a mechanic and we talked for hours about it. He said not a bad idea but going single turbo now a days is the way to go now and plus I have a really nice solid motor and U never know what u r going to end up with so why take the risk when I have a perfectly good motor. Plus I bought this car off my brother in law three yrs ago. It was my sisters car. So I know that the mechanics have been good on it the whole time. But thx for the idea.
Your bro-in-law is right about the gte swap. You're gonna spend the same amount of $$$ to do the swap and make 200hp less with a stock gte. Good luck with your build.
10-30-12, 07:33 PM
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Well there's always Jeff Tsai's turbo kits that you can't go wrong with... Here's his website..
http://PowerDynamix.com/
http://PowerDynamix.com/
10-31-12, 11:17 AM
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Thx
I had no idea that jeff was selling turbo kits i watch his youtube vids. I love them. I checked out the power dynamics website. This is the way i want to go now. There is a few different kits but there is one for 4250 a little more than i wanted to spend but its everything i want in a package and i know that jeff is legit as far as i know from all of his freinds and there projects to. Plus i know he has good experience with the gs300. This was truly alot of help thx. I emailed about the kit so we will see what happens. I let him know that u guys on clublexus helped me out and recommended the power dynamics site also. Thx again.
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Well there's always Jeff Tsai's turbo kits that you can't go wrong with... Here's his website..
http://PowerDynamix.com/
http://PowerDynamix.com/
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There's a reason the xs power kits are cheap. Some other brand off the shelf may be higher than it should but headaches do cost a lot. The xs power turbos are generally junk and the bearings will die in pretty short time. The manifolds are pretty thin and made from sub par stainless, so it'll crack, rot, and fall apart over time. It's stuff that is instantly gratifying but heartache down the road and you end up replacing it all later.
Sure, you could do it for $3000. And it will probably run ok for a few months and you'll enjoy it. But there's also a good chance it'll fall apart, toast a motor, and take you from having a decent car to a non functional vehicle that isn't worth much.
Sure, you could do it for $3000. And it will probably run ok for a few months and you'll enjoy it. But there's also a good chance it'll fall apart, toast a motor, and take you from having a decent car to a non functional vehicle that isn't worth much.
10-31-12, 11:37 AM
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I don't know who that member is or what his build details are, but you have to have either some serious issues or unrealistic goals to end up spending $12k on a $5k turbo kit.
10-31-12, 08:20 PM
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a few people have told me about this site. r these kits reallt legit. all the parts r not actually real but duplicates. but they say they r good. prices r pretty cheap and just makes me wonder. 1500 i think it was for a kit. do u know anyone with one of these kits?