Well I got all my hot parts now and the turbos are on their way. I will be putting them on over the weekend and doing some fab work next week. I would say what brand but aparently you cant mention them anymore
So is there anyone with a P** tu*** k** for a C-5 that can give me any pointers or anything to watch out for ? Thanks

 

Sure, give Jose a call at Forcedinductions.com and he can give you some ideas.

 

its gonna be hot when your done

 

I hope so. I have alot of crap to do before its done.

 

How did you come across the kit?

I need manfiolds.

 

I bought it directly from them. I was lucky and they already had the hot parts made. Usually it takes 7 to 13 months to get one of their kits. I have to say these are very nice parts with great tig welds. I will try to post pics some time but I have a ton a **** going on right now. Im pulling the heads and cam out of my SS and pulling the heads and cam out of my vette and swaping them . Then putting the turbos on, and fabbing all of the cold pipes, oil lines and everything else involved.

heres a pic of the car thou.

 

I bought it directly from them. I was lucky and they already had the hot parts made. Usually it takes 7 to 13 months to get one of their kits. I have to say these are very nice parts with great tig welds. I will try to post pics some time but I have a ton a **** going on right now. Im pulling the heads and cam out of my SS and pulling the heads and cam out of my vette and swaping them . Then putting the turbos on, and fabbing all of the cold pipes, oil lines and everything else involved.

heres a pic of the car thou.

 

Dope ride man.

I understand, being busy. When you can....post some pic's.

Thanks man.

J

 

If this is the same kit that I have, which I am pretty sure of, I had many clearence issues with alot of their stuff. DP's would not fit on either side without rubbing something, wastegates would not bolt up to the tubing, tubing from the turbo's would not allow the hood to shut (by 7 inches!), oil lines were too short, alt. bracket had to be cut and ground on, missing hardware and etc....

Much of the kit had to be reworked ( at my expense) , and alot of other parts had to be bought. I really found this unsatisfactory considering the amount of money that I spent on the kit and the time that it took to get it.

I called this company several times and left messages with no replies. The shop that is doing the work said that they (Company that made the kit) wanted me to send the entire kit back so that they could look at it after he had sent them about 30 pics showing them that things simply would not fit. Since they made no attempt to return my calls and implied that it was the shops fault that the kit would not fit I decided that it would not be a good idea to do that. After it taking so long to get it in the first place and my car already being down, there was no way that I was going to send it back.

I am not on here just to bash someones product, I just want to let people know that they should be careful and do alot of research before investing this kind of time and money into something. I did research and the people that I talked with were pleased with what they got and praised their customer service. I, however, was not happy with the product or their customer service.

If anyone has any specific questions about any of this , feel free to contact me.

 

I hope that wont happen on my car ! I understand you feelings about sending the kit back. You probably never would have gotten another kit. I was very lucky on my kit that they already had the hot parts made then someone cancelled the order. It still took about 2 months for them to get them coated and the turbos. I will not bash them unless some **** comes up cause they actually gave me a pretty good deal for this stuff. I hope that everything goes smooth and easy. On that note I only bought the hot parts and turbos. So everything else is my problem and it will be custom made for my car. I am trying to decide if Im going to do jjust heads and cam, or a whole built 366 cid motor. I need some time to save up a bunch of money and dont want my car down. on the other hand it is always better to do thins right and build the whole thing.

I will post up some pics of all the parts tomarrow or the next day. Thanks .