I've searched a lot and read a lot on here about turbo kits, but I still have a question and wanted to see what people who have done it before have to say.

I've been considering turboing my car and noticed there a lot more options these days when piecing together your own kit. However with that said, I also noticed you can get the Drag kit for $2600 shipped these days.

I've pieced together several different set ups and have not been able to match what comes in Drag's kit for $2600 or less dollars. I just want to make my car faster by a noticable amount, Im not looking to break any records or go insane or anything, so I really think a Drag kit would suffice.

So I guess my question is, is it worth it to piece together my own kit, spend a few hundred extra dollars, just for making maybe a little bit more power and having a little bit nicer components?

BTW, when I talk about $2600, Im not including injectors, hondata, tuning etc, because that's a given regardless.

 

i did my complete turbo kit for 2,400 including hondata.

 

with quality used part its VERY possible

 

don't forget.. the turbo kits have all the engineering done for you... what mean is that the parts are somewhat guranteed to fit... i.e. if u get a manifold and dp from different sources.. they won't fit. this is just a reason why.. if you're not too savy with all the turbo stuff.

 

well im ordering my kit over the winter months and the place i went is still far under all of the prices listed so far for a street set up! http://estore.websitepros.com/...o=132 i am for the most part getting the complete kit besides the intercooler and the fmu, i already have a intercooler and in place im getting 370cc injectors for a price of 1500 shipped

EDIT Also they will piece anything any way you want, kind of like me great to deal with quick replies!!! from me

 

If you dont have alot of time/fab skills to spend making things fit together then buy a kit

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by tuck’d98 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">well im ordering my kit over the winter months and the place i went is still far under all of the prices listed so far for a street set up! http://estore.websitepros.com/...o=132 i am for the most part getting the complete kit besides the intercooler and the fmu, i already have a intercooler and in place im getting 370cc injectors for a price of 1500 shipped

EDIT Also they will piece anything any way you want, kind of like me great to deal with quick replies!!! from me</TD></TR></TABLE>

looks like an SSAutoChrome kit to me..

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Sick00SiCoupe &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

looks like an SSAutoChrome kit to me..</TD></TR></TABLE>

and..

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by N20civicB18 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">If you dont have alot of time/fab skills to spend making things fit together then buy a kit</TD></TR></TABLE>

 

u can spend less money if u piece together...with some USED parts that is
i spent a little under 2Gs on my whole setup(everything) with only a few used parts

DRAG mani (used)
Turbonetics t3/t4(used)
3in DP w/flex(used)
SpoolinPerformance IC Pipes(new)
Tial 38mm WG(new)
Dumptube(used)
Greddy S BOV(used)
JRC 6in IC(new)
RC 550cc injectors(new)
walbro255hp(new)
oil feed/return lines(new)
all tbolt clamps and couplers(new)
magnaflow 3in turbo muffler(new)
dynomax 3in resonator(new)
welded exhaust at local shop

running the car streettuned on crome

people on here i bought new stuff from:

fast-turbo
camp1320
spoolinperformance
kteller
johnnyracecar

if i had alot of money at the moment though i would probably got a kit instead like peakboost or fabworks. the drag kits are nice and a good deal. last time b16aef9 quoted me 2500 for the whole kit with tial WG upgrade with no fmu and check valves. I never had that much money to spend at one time though. Good thing about piecing together a kit is u buy the parts when u have money and not spend a ton and be broke afterwards.