project turbo_z
Originally Posted by slick1851
REPLACE THAT TURBO AND WATE GATE
Ive scene 1st hand them go to **** super fast man.....YES THEY MAKE POWER
Its how long they last, you just dont know
Ive scene 1st hand them go to **** super fast man.....YES THEY MAKE POWER
Its how long they last, you just dont know
my neighbor is running the same turbo i have and has about 100miles on it, ill see how that holds up for now
Few questions.
-Don't these come coated? Why did you send them off to get coated again?
-Can they be wrapped after coating?
-What belt must be used once the alternator is relocated?
Have you noticed any other problems or fitment issues? My understanding is just make sure the plug wires are protected and get a nice turbo blanket and overheating shouldn't be a problem?
Also, does it use stock radiator? What bout the fans?
-Don't these come coated? Why did you send them off to get coated again?
-Can they be wrapped after coating?
-What belt must be used once the alternator is relocated?
Have you noticed any other problems or fitment issues? My understanding is just make sure the plug wires are protected and get a nice turbo blanket and overheating shouldn't be a problem?
Also, does it use stock radiator? What bout the fans?
Last edited by JAvenger007; Sep 26, 2007 at 02:49 PM.
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Few questions.
-Don't these come coated? Why did you send them off to get coated again?
-Can they be wrapped after coating?
-What belt must be used once the alternator is relocated?
Have you noticed any other problems or fitment issues? My understanding is just make sure the plug wires are protected and get a nice turbo blanket and overheating shouldn't be a problem?
Also, does it use stock radiator? What bout the fans?
-Don't these come coated? Why did you send them off to get coated again?
-Can they be wrapped after coating?
-What belt must be used once the alternator is relocated?
Have you noticed any other problems or fitment issues? My understanding is just make sure the plug wires are protected and get a nice turbo blanket and overheating shouldn't be a problem?
Also, does it use stock radiator? What bout the fans?
sry no updates.. other things have came up and i havnt been able to get the rest of the goodies needed...
but to answer a few questions
no they dont come coated, they are shiney because they are stainless steel, im coating them to keep the temps down under the hood, you could wrap them instead but i think coating looks 100x better
yes they can be wrapped after coating..if you choose to do so
and depending on what alternator relocation bracket is used will make the belt size vary.. i have one from smokinghawk, and it uses a 70.5in belt i believe... belts can be picked up by amount of ribs and belt length at discount auto, autozone or any auto parts store... they come in half in increments
I wasn't meaning that in a negative way, I think those things have good looking welds, piping etc., but I'm not sure that I would use the turbo's themselves.
thats why they offer a hot parts only kit.. i wish they had it out when i bought mine, i could have saved a few bones
If this does work you could have a pretty nice quality setup for ~2k, that'd be awesome!
1k for the piping with and IC and turbo to boot, figure in a 1k budget for a turbo and your just about set aside from injectors, tuning etc., Ok, so 3k, but that's still a budget FI build.
Presto, if it's not too nosy please keep track of how much $ you put into this build. I think it will be interesting too see the power you get for the cost of what you have in it.
1k for the piping with and IC and turbo to boot, figure in a 1k budget for a turbo and your just about set aside from injectors, tuning etc., Ok, so 3k, but that's still a budget FI build.
Presto, if it's not too nosy please keep track of how much $ you put into this build. I think it will be interesting too see the power you get for the cost of what you have in it.
Agreed on the turbo. 86 it. I bought a couple of them to compare, they are NOT built like the name brand units, and they WILL NOT last like them either. The welds on those headers look freakin BEAUTIFUL though, I'm really into that kit, looks SO nice.
most of these are really mig welded any competant welder can tell just by looking at them especially inside of the pipes at the spatter marks, the welds you see is after they sand the mig welds flat they then weld a tig bead over the mig weld with really low amperage... anyone can make "fake" welds like that by just moving the tungsten back and forth (not proper)