Can you buy just the turbo piping and everything EXCEPT the turbo, injectors, and tuner? If so any ideas how much?

 

yes, sts has a pretty good parts guy..... i think his name is Chris if i'm not mistaken. I have ordered parts before. Best of luck

 

extremely expensive from STS, you would be much better off going to an exhaust guy that you trust. And having them make custom pipes. Plus, you will get what you want that way.

 

Yeah I figured as much, but we'll see!

 

youll see alright, lol

i wanna say the piping alone is over 1k, IIRC

 

Well I can pick up a turbo elsewhere for cheaper and don't need the injectors or tuner since I have 45# and can have my car tuned for $75

 

what kind of power are you trying to make??

and lets just say you spend 1k for the piping,
600 for a master power, or used turbo
150 for a good used bov
230 for good wastegate
do you have a fuel pump?? 100 bucks
lines and fittings will easily be another 200 bucks. trust me on that.
IC and piping kit, probably another 200, i have 200 in mine.
misc. silicone, probably another 50-100
oil pump 180 i think,
do you have a wideband and FP gauge??

just so you know.

if you are dead set on STS stuff, let me know, one of my best friends is a sts dealer and can likley get you everything cheaper then you can. Also, STS stuff, is way more expensive.

another friend of mine bought stuff for his build from them and easily spent twice as much as buying **** seperatley on his own.

 

Good info Have a few of those things. I'm not dead set on STS, just really don't want to have to relocate things under the hood and all that. And me and custom piping arn't gonna be too good of friends if you know what I mean lol. Absolutely no experience there so I think buying the pipe ready to go on would be best for me. But yeah I know unfortunately all the little stuff adds up.

 

i know, i pieced together a kit of my own, in sig. ive got way more then intended in it, but i had to replace my trans so i went built with a stall. that didnt help the cost at all.

But, if you are going to go rearmount, ditch the longtubes, and recoup some cost, and remember, WRAP THAT **** UP!

 

Haha yeah I saw your build on here pretty nice . What did you piece together and JUST in the turbo setup what did you spend? If you don't wanna tell that's fine too lol

 

I picked up a used sts kit but the fit and finish was not to my liking. I ended up modifying it so much I could have just made my own. Relocating things is just a given, no matter what kit you go with. For example the early sts kits have an air filter where the drivers tail pipe is. The later kits have the air filter up in the drivers wheel well. Depending on the year of your car you might have to relocate the evap canister. Also the charge pipe under the k member gives very little ground clearance so you'll probably want an alternator relocation to put the charge pipe over the k member.

If relocating things is really a problem you could go heads and cam for a decent amount of power and it's cheaper.

 

well, i pretty much pieced everything together, and as far as what i spent, well, i got alot of stuff for free or good deals.

but i can tell you this,

tial wastegate was 235
greddy bov was 165
ic 100
piping kit with clamps 115
shurflo pump was 150-180 i cant remember, its been awhile
charge pipe was 150
injectors 60lb seimesn 300
fuel pump bullshit 150
silicone extras and new clamps 100
lines and fittings easily 150 with the braided stuff
new plugs 25
exhaust was free, and so was my new tail pipe for the turbo
OR pipes 100 bucks
catchcan lines, checkvalve 100
wideband boost and pod 200
trans 800 lol bought a broken rock on stage 4 and rebuilt it
stall yank 3200 single disc 500
drag radials were 350ish (not important)
turbo i traded my hp tuners standard and 400 bucks (if it was pro, i wouldve not done this)

im sure im missing ****, but its nickel dime ****, all the late night runs to advanced, or home depot, etc.

it adds up fast.

i dont have that much in it, more then i intended, but thats due to the stall and trans.

not to mention all the gas used during tuning, lol

and im currently looking to up my turbo size. I have a guy that wants it, but i dont wanna do it until i have a new one lined up. tc76 or 78 will be next.

Thats if i stay turbo. I change my mind like i change my underwear

 

Already have H/C look at sig

 

Haha me too I'm debating finishing my nitrous install or saying forget it and going turbo. Only problem is I have Patriot 5.3's 59cc so they bumped my compression up so I don't know how well that is gonna be

 

what kind of compression are we talking here?? 11:1??

Go E85 man, let her eat

 

Yeah right around there. I'll look into it!

 

From STS the piping is about $1500. I checked about a month back. I'm going to be custom making the cold side piping because the STS pipes hang way to low for my driveway.

 

$1500 for the hotside only? That's only a 6-8ft piece of pipe with a flange on one end. Any competant exhaust shop should be able to do that for 1/3 the cost. Plus the hotside is tiny on STS stuff. You want 2 1/2" to 3" to keep backpressure from being crazy high.

 

This may come as a shock to most, but there is less than $300 worth of pipe, couplers, and clamps in the entire STS charge piping.... Please just go to ebay and buy a decent aluminum intercooler piping kit. The pipes are all mandrel bent and all you have to do is to route them under the car and attach a bracket to the areas you want closest to the body.

It is just way too cheap and easy to buy these parts separate. 1+ on the exhuast flange also... A shop here in memphis would charge $50 to weld that to a turbo as long as you already had the flange.

 

Well I have absolutely no pipe experience such as welding so I was looking at the sts pipe since it's practically just bolt on and I wouldn't need to do anything with it