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Old Aug 27, 2003 | 06:54 AM
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i just offed an old project car for $2000... im wondering if some one makes a turbo kit for my 98 ls1 formula that i can just bolt on and play. i want to keep the car reliable. does any one know of a kit that i can just bolt on for the price?
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Old Aug 27, 2003 | 09:44 AM
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no.

You can buy the parts to fabricate a turbo setup for around 2000, but you cannot get a complete kit, even a tuner kit for anywhere close to that

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Old Aug 27, 2003 | 10:00 AM
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What he said.^^^^^^^
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Old Aug 27, 2003 | 10:15 AM
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No kits for that cheap but if you know people you can get brand new turbos for a WHOLE lot less than that and can fabricate a kit yourself cheap if you have the tools
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Old Aug 27, 2003 | 11:27 AM
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if you can weld and have access to a pipe bender and are a good mechanic and have all the computer tuneing equip. then you could get a used turbo for about 5 bills or 1000 for new, around 200 for a good waste gate, 150 for bov, and figger around 300 in custom made pipeing, this is just a simple estimate, thats 1650 right there, not including the computer equipment,
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Old Aug 27, 2003 | 12:52 PM
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yep kinda what i thought.... i wasent really up to making somthing work... guess im poping the bills on na stuff.
thanx though
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