What made you switch from procharger to turbo?
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And yes some people think the constant noise from a blower gets old, its cool at first but after awhile gets annoying.
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Then all I had to do was retune and turn up the boost and it ran low 10's@141. Now it feels insane and I never would have been this fast with a procharged car because I'm lazy lol.
As far as the sound goes on procharger. I never even heard it going down the highway it was so quiet. I wanted to hear it more and it just was never very loud on any of my cars. Just the broken tensioner noise at idle. I'm not even trying to make the noise sound bad I kinda liked it, but a tensioner going out is the best way I can describe it.
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No, no turbo kit from Huron.
ddnsniper, I have HEARD the same thing. I also ralize that this is the internet so at least half of us a full of ****. Beware!!
But Huron does make a kit for f-bodies and kits are what a lot of us want. I don't want to figure anything out. I just want a big box of **** and instructions. I just specked a single kit out, stayed very conservative with the options and it was $5,400. I was surprised. And I easliy could have added several thousand in options t that price. Which I'll do now......
Over $9,000. Really surprising.
ddnsniper, I have HEARD the same thing. I also ralize that this is the internet so at least half of us a full of ****. Beware!!
But Huron does make a kit for f-bodies and kits are what a lot of us want. I don't want to figure anything out. I just want a big box of **** and instructions. I just specked a single kit out, stayed very conservative with the options and it was $5,400. I was surprised. And I easliy could have added several thousand in options t that price. Which I'll do now......
Over $9,000. Really surprising.
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No, no turbo kit from Huron.
ddnsniper, I have HEARD the same thing. I also ralize that this is the internet so at least half of us a full of ****. Beware!!
But Huron does make a kit for f-bodies and kits are what a lot of us want. I don't want to figure anything out. I just want a big box of **** and instructions. I just specked a single kit out, stayed very conservative with the options and it was $5,400. I was surprised. And I easliy could have added several thousand in options t that price. Which I'll do now......
Over $9,000. Really surprising.
ddnsniper, I have HEARD the same thing. I also ralize that this is the internet so at least half of us a full of ****. Beware!!
But Huron does make a kit for f-bodies and kits are what a lot of us want. I don't want to figure anything out. I just want a big box of **** and instructions. I just specked a single kit out, stayed very conservative with the options and it was $5,400. I was surprised. And I easliy could have added several thousand in options t that price. Which I'll do now......
Over $9,000. Really surprising.
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Yea, somewhat. I don't want to hackup the front of the car for more turbo, no way to go with a big boy turbo as I'm out of room. And I'm convinced that big power can be made with a rear mount. But then I thought, you can't even use what little power you have right now, so what's the use? That lt1 car really changed my position about rear mount setups. I just need someones credit card so I can get tires and finish the suspension!
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Yea, somewhat. I don't want to hackup the front of the car for more turbo, no way to go with a big boy turbo as I'm out of room. And I'm convinced that big power can be made with a rear mount. But then I thought, you can't even use what little power you have right now, so what's the use? That lt1 car really changed my position about rear mount setups. I just need someones credit card so I can get tires and finish the suspension!
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High flo turbo, one of those old vendors like I was mentioning pages ago, put their turbo where the battery was. Maybe look into a custom hotside to put it there so you don't have to stand the radiator up.
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Wow...makes me wonder how procharger is even still in business since they suck so bad.
As far as I know Huron doesn't make a turbo kit for GTO's. I don't think the APS twin turbo kit is being made anymore either. The only decent looking turbo kit I found for the GTO was the UPP kit here...If you can take a break from the pissing match and give an honest opinion of this kit it would be appreciated.
http://uppturbo.com/parts/upp-05-06-gto-twin-turbo-kit/
As far as I know Huron doesn't make a turbo kit for GTO's. I don't think the APS twin turbo kit is being made anymore either. The only decent looking turbo kit I found for the GTO was the UPP kit here...If you can take a break from the pissing match and give an honest opinion of this kit it would be appreciated.
http://uppturbo.com/parts/upp-05-06-gto-twin-turbo-kit/
It needs to be on cars and proven over thousands of miles. I dislike the manifolds, purely from an access point of view, but the rest of it is probably fine.
The Procharger is a simple bolt on, the D1X you refer to will easily meet your goals. I really would be swayed in that direction unless you can speak to a good number of genuine UPP users who can verify it is a good reliable kit.
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As said many posts ago....there is just no way to assess a kit...from a picture.
It needs to be on cars and proven over thousands of miles. I dislike the manifolds, purely from an access point of view, but the rest of it is probably fine.
The Procharger is a simple bolt on, the D1X you refer to will easily meet your goals. I really would be swayed in that direction unless you can speak to a good number of genuine UPP users who can verify it is a good reliable kit.
It needs to be on cars and proven over thousands of miles. I dislike the manifolds, purely from an access point of view, but the rest of it is probably fine.
The Procharger is a simple bolt on, the D1X you refer to will easily meet your goals. I really would be swayed in that direction unless you can speak to a good number of genuine UPP users who can verify it is a good reliable kit.
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If he got the kit with the cast manifolds it would probably be a bit better....but I'd still be siding with the blower here unless he can find good solid evidence about that kit.
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Absolutely nobody still makes a decent looking GTO kit. Anything currently available looks like a hacked up plug change nightmare. The only really "factory" looking kit that was ever made was the $9000 Japanese kit that is now discontinued, and it could only fit small twins that would choke at under 600rwhp. I sold my old STS kit a while back and decided to just build my own front mount because of the lack of available kit options.
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Absolutely nobody still makes a decent looking GTO kit. Anything currently available looks like a hacked up plug change nightmare. The only really "factory" looking kit that was ever made was the $9000 Japanese kit that is now discontinued, and it could only fit small twins that would choke at under 600rwhp. I sold my old STS kit a while back and decided to just build my own front mount because of the lack of available kit options.
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Neither are still made. Also, the APS kits mounted the turbos VERY low, and the GEN TT's definitely had the "kit" look to them. That being said, it would be nice if either were still available. I will admit that either of those options had a better appearance than what I have planned for my build. However, I am planning to use one stock GTO manifold and one flipped and forward truck manifold to maximize plug access while retaining all factory functions such as AC, ABS, etc. I also plan to retain full factory exhaust off-boost, while using a boost activated cutout on the downpipe for "fun times". The only non-factory sort of mods this should require are relocation of the battery and windshield washer tank, along with the requisite plumbing.
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There really has never been much support for the GTO from the after market. It's to small of a market for people to regain their R & D costs and the stuff that is available to us is way over priced for the most part.
There also seems to be the issue of more car to car variance with GTO's than most other cars. This seems to make the GTO much more in need of a custom kit.
I do have a close friend that is a welder fabricator and builds old hot rods. I can have him look at the car and see what he thinks. I also have a friend near by with a 2002 Vette making 1200+ rwhp. Last I knew he was running a 408 with a Vortech blower. Oh and he is also still running an RPM built 4l60e and IRS. There is a Vortech kit for the GTO, but hardly anyone uses it and I'm not sure if their bigger blower can be used with that kit without a lot of fabrication.
So really my best options at this point seem to be a big stroker with spray or a procharger. I've already had a GTO with a 408 and spray and I don't want to do that again.
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