gmascagni

Hey anyone know where I can get a good price on a Turbo kit? Single Stage intercooled.

lukoi66

Delk Performance in TN has the Hellion single for 4995. Other shops are carrying it, that's just the one I happen to know of.

Powerhouse has their own for around 5400 (from PA).

Hope that helps start ya off. I've looked at both personally.

OxSMSxO

How much install do you know? For some reason I find Turbos funner then SCers.

Skrappy

Cheap might not be the way to go, you might want to wait and do a significant amount of research and then pick out the best designed kit. You could easily premenantly damage your engine.

Skrappy

Tres Wright

If fun is your goal, I doubt you'd be too disappointed with SCs either [8D]

RCT06GT

+1
Im not trying to flame on you but im just letting you know, you get what you pay for. Why get a cheap product (talking about build quality, not price) on your 30k car? That is just IMO. Make sure you do lots of research like skrappy said.

wakebord1999

+1

I turbo'd my 97 Eclipse (non-turbo) and learned about "Cheap" the hard way. I bought one of the best kits out there, ball bearing turbo, oil cooled, 18g ( = to a T3/4 ) and spent every last penny i had on it. Enjoyed it for about 3 months before i spun a bearing on the crank. Well after spending another 4500 for a rebuilt motor, another 600 for a new exhaust (oil was everywhere) i learned part of my lesson. Don't forget that to do a turbo kit that will actually work longer than 3 months you need the following

Kit should include:
- Turbo (duhh )
- Intercooler (don't even concider non-intercooled.. not a place to go cheap)
- intercooler piping
- new injectors
- Fuel pressure regulator
- Fuel pump

Kit doesn't include but you need
- To Live with lesser horsepower than may be possible ( It's too easy to add PSI and drastically increase horsepower. )
- New Clutch
- Full Exhaust system (although you may be able to get away w/out this one)
- Air/ Fuel gauge
- Boost Pressure Gauge
- Fuel Pressure gauge
- EGT gauge
- New wheels and tires (you will burn through the stockers in 1st and 2nd)
- Custom Dyno Tune ( Can cost 600-1000 bux depending on who you know )
- A method of retarding Timing Advacment as boost pressure comes up ( Natural Aspirated increases timing based on vacume and rpm)

You will eventually need
- New Brakes ( stock brakes just won't work above 150 mph too well)
- Engine Rebuilt w/forged internals and lower compression ratio
- New Rear end


Long story short.. Have ATLEAST 10k Set aside to do the job RIGHT !!!

RCT06GT

I think you should re-consider supercharging or maybe even procharging if this is going to be your DD. Supercharing is definately more reliable and safer IMO.

lukoi66

why is SC safer and more reliable than turbo?

QuickShortBus

Yeah, they don't put turbos on semis and expect them to work for 500k+ miles, they use superchargers because they are so much more reliable