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Old Mar 5, 2010 | 11:35 AM
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Hey guys in new to the forms but I have found lots of useful info on here its a very nice site. Well I have got an 2000 camaro A4 car and just bought a turbo kit from a friend and trying to decide to turbo now or wait??? The car has 165000 on it but it was taken good care of and not beaten up on much. The turbo kit is a pro turbo kit with a 62-1 turbo 42lb ingectors air to air intercooler racetronics pump and all the hp tuner software to tune my car. I want to buy either a tc78 or gt78 from forced inductions but please place your opinions.
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Old Mar 5, 2010 | 12:21 PM
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Uh... what r u waiting for? lol
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if you dont count on it as a daily driver than go for it,if you do you can still do it but make sure you get it done right and tuned properly
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Old Mar 5, 2010 | 12:50 PM
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I decided even with higher mileage it was best to do the kit now, figure out all the little bugs and when its time to put a motor in everything else is already in place. Just my way of thinking. That is quite a bit of miles, but if you keep it safer on the boost level (im thinking stick with the turbo you have now, until you build a motor) then you will prolly be okay, and you will love it. Even if it is only making about 425ish
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yeah put it on there, your gonna need bigger injectors and more fuel pump(s) if you upgrade the turbo and push it at all, keep it around 8 pounds and make sure IATs stay in check and youll be fine.
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Originally Posted by Super Slow SS
I decided even with higher mileage it was best to do the kit now, figure out all the little bugs and when its time to put a motor in everything else is already in place. Just my way of thinking. That is quite a bit of miles, but if you keep it safer on the boost level (im thinking stick with the turbo you have now, until you build a motor) then you will prolly be okay, and you will love it. Even if it is only making about 425ish
good thinking,better to blow the stocker than a fresh built one
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Old Mar 5, 2010 | 05:18 PM
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yea thats a very good point i been playing with the hp tuner to learn it guess it would be best to learn on a junk motor lol
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