Overblown-Teg

I hear all this talk about it being so much cheaper to put your own kit together than buy one already done. From what I have seen putting prices together for my self I come out a little over the price of drag and revhard. I am using tial wastegate and greddy bov. Is everyone who talks about cheap custom kits just cutting corners or am I just over building my setup? I used all braided steel feed and return lines, stainless downpipe with flex joint, My own kooks stlye 8 gauge manifold, I am coming up at around $3000. Oh I am also counting the price of a pusher fan, and a big front mount intercooler 24x12x3.5 for $550 which I thought was pretty good. Let me know what your running and the total cost to get it going..

PM-Performance

I think mine came up to like $4200 with everything , but i got alot of high quality stuff in there too .
yes you cna cut corners and cmoe up cheaper, but i decided to not get a kti ebcuase i wanted higher quality stuff

mafioso102

it just depends on the kit and your goals. Mine is coming to around $1000-1200. I am using t3 turbo, used SFP manifold, modified/used starion intercooler, afc hack, fpr, and used waste gate and bov. The downpipe will be custom and i will run all the piping myself. Probably throw in a manual boost controller. Then again, I am only gonna boost around 7lbs. It all depends on your goals.

Mase

i spent less on my custom setup then FalconGSR did on his greddy turbo kit

01ITR#700

I have just under $3000 invested in my kit. That includes really good major parts too. I got some deals and shopped around for along time
-Rev Hard Manifold
-Turbonetics 60-1 HIFI turbo
-Tial WG & BOV
-Custom steel braided Fuel and Oil lines
-Jet coated Mani, exhaust housing and WG dumptube
-Spearco IC, 20x7x3.5" core(I think thats the correct size)
-Custom Mandrel bent IC and charge piping
-Custom Mandrel 2.5" DP w/ custom exhaust cutout
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Overblown-Teg

Well so far it sounds like most of you guys who go custom have just as much if not more money invested than if you did a kit. Of coarse you got exactly what you wanted instead of what someone else thought you needed. Thanks for the input.

Type Wah

is anyone here supercharged? if so, do u like it? i'm selling my turbo stuff for a supercharger.. why? I don't know.. I love turbo, but that **** scares me.. lol

I do not wanna blow up my stock b18b

PM-Performance

trust me , you can still blow it up with a supercharger, ive seen it done

autoEXturbo

mine was close to 4k for everything

V3locity

I'd feel safer with a turbo, I've heard too many JRSC horror stories. I never even installed mine.

Apex i ITR

When everything is said and done 3000 (Including a AVC-R and Hondata) minus tuning.

fsp31

It's all about what you're looking for in a turbo kit. Some people prefer to spend $4000+ so they can have a lot of turbo lag and traction problems at 80 mph. I chose to spend <$1000, have very little turbo lag and traction problems at 50 mph.

I am completely satisfied with a "junkyard" setup I put on my own car for $655, including intercooler, fuel management, and every single wire and bolt. It's daily driven at 7psi for 3000 miles and counting. If I nail it in 2nd gear, the tires spin all the way to 60 mph. That's good enough for me.

So the question is: What will it take to satisfy you? Then build accordingly.

silverEH2

a little more than i thought it would, but well worth it

autoEXturbo

Winning is what it comes down to. I spent 4k on my setup. Have moderate lag, but pull hard in the top end. Even a laggy turbo on the street isn't bad, just because your smaller quicker spooling turbo is faster off the line, doesn't mean you'll win. You just won't have it in the top end.

PM-Performance

praise that brotha
i need soemthing with top end for my ITR, i got t3/04e 60trim and 63 hot side and its a little laggy but nothing to complain about. top end is great though. one of my friend has a smaller trim than me on his itr and says his starts not flowing well at like 8k, nothing like still having good spool at 9k

B18Redline

. . . . 1.8 Liter V8 Eater

Nice!!

arjusmc

i just finished getting all of my parts togerther and i have spent 2200, but we will see how much i spend during the installation stage

PM-Performance

, just ate 2 up last week


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rOby

mines is at 5k for the "kit" right now...

fsp31

>>just because your smaller quicker spooling turbo is faster off the line, doesn't mean you'll win.<<

I absolutely agree. However, I use the steering wheel. In the environment I built the car for, the turbo kit I built does a great job. On the strip, it doesn't. That was hardly the point of my post however. I'm trying to make two points:

1) You most certainly can build a great turbo kit for less than the price of a "prepackaged" one.

2) Define your needs before you do anything. And be realistic..

If you start with a "junkyard" setup. Performance gains will be substantial for the amount of $$$ invested. And, more importanly, you'll gain *knowlege*. After that, you have to spend more to gain less. That's how the game is played.

autoEXturbo

ahhh, i see now. Ok you'd beat me when it comes to a road course for sure then. I understand about what you were saying otherwise too. It's just that most people now are building their cars to be ***** out fast. For the track and street, so the greddy kits and so on just don't cut it anymore.