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$17000 ISF Turbo kit. Really worth it?

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Old 09-17-11, 10:18 PM
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Originally Posted by sksc1105
here states it will add 150whp from the turbo kit and it will be able to run 12 sec quarter mile times.

But I saw many member from here run 11.x to 12flat without turbo kit. How much did they spent?

Which way is the most effiecient way to gain power to measure a good 1/4mile time?

here's the link of the turbo kit.
http://www.turbochargers.com/store/p...07b5a2e86b46fa
Follow what Mr. Slay does and you'll be in the 11's... (if you can shift like him... He double clutches I've seen him at the track)
Old 09-17-11, 11:50 PM
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^^^ Please explain to us how he shifts/double clutches, so I can learn when I get into a race.
Old 09-18-11, 12:32 AM
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If you really want it there is someone who has a used kit in the classified that was asking I think 7,xxx.00 its been listed a long time mainly because the tunning issues with the isf. I believe what is included in the kit will add an easy 150whp and will run "decent".
Old 09-18-11, 08:48 AM
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Originally Posted by pc1990
Headers are only $1300 now? I read that members were paying a lot more for them but idk. If those are the prices, I think that's very reasonable for the amount of gains you get. That is way too much for a turbo though!
Yep Sikky's are 1300.
Old 09-18-11, 09:06 AM
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I heard about it will be loss a little bit low end torque after that headers installed. Is that true?
Old 09-18-11, 10:12 AM
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Originally Posted by SRTGS300
Yep Sikky's are 1300.
and tack on a $600-800 install fee
Old 09-18-11, 12:35 PM
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17,000?? omg -_-
Old 09-18-11, 02:35 PM
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Originally Posted by SRTGS300
Either the system is underrated or its just wack. A members F on here has 535hp with just exhaust, headers, and a intake.
Id like to know who.. theres only a handful of us putting down numbers like that and I know no one has put down 535 without boost or nitrous...

My set up... Injen, Elite manifold, Sikky headers, Joe Z exhaust & zex 100 shot putting down 486hp and 446 tq @ the wheels with juice. Im making 420hp & 360tq @ the wheels without nitrous on.

The intake porting is doing some good down low without nitrous and is hurting me by 50-75 hp with juice on.

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The turbo kit is way to much money... just buy a GTR at that point
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Originally Posted by sksc1105
I heard about it will be loss a little bit low end torque after that headers installed. Is that true?
Nope. Al the dyne charts, including mine show a gain across the board. Although the charts do showe a tiny drop from 0 to 2200 RPM. Something I certainly couldn't feel, but I certainly felt the added power

Lou
Old 09-18-11, 06:20 PM
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Originally Posted by lowrideraz
Nope. Al the dyne charts, including mine show a gain across the board. Although the charts do showe a tiny drop from 0 to 2200 RPM. Something I certainly couldn't feel, but I certainly felt the added power

Lou
Yup yup, Lou is definitely right!

The beauty of a V8 is by letting it breathe more, you will get more gains from something as simple as intake, headers and exhaust, than any motor with less displacement. Generally anything you do that decreases back pressure will cause some loss at the low end, but it makes the mid to high end scream.

$17,000 is a lot of money, but it depends on what you want out of the car and if you have the money for it. Rent and bills come first ahaha
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I have seen all the videos of the car idling, driving, etc. You would think for $17K, you would see a little more information like kit photos, dyno charts, etc.
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LOL, don't buy ANYTHING from Turblowchargers.con.

They are a horrible shady company who do back room under the table deals. They burned the DSM crowd in Houston (where they're located) multiple times, to the point where no one in Houston who knows the company, will touch them. They have been banned from pretty much every local board sponsorship because of this.

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Old 09-19-11, 08:57 AM
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OR you can spend a little over $3k and run 11s.

Get these and some new sticky DR tires
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/is2...y-headers.html
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Yeah so you should do a sick N/A setup OP. The only thing a turbo kit will benefit in is the sound of the spooling.
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I had a turbo set up on the ISF. I raced a tree, beat it off the line and was ahead at the end. I beat him by 1320 ft. Was a good race. Turbo helped a lot.


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