Quote Originally Posted by Mr. KiDD
the best AFFORDABLE kit ive seen and used is the TreadstonePerformance.com kit.

They are $1895 an come with all name brand parts.

Intercooler and IC piping is nice polished aluminum with real silicone couplers and good tbolts an it all fits NICE.

The manifolds are cast iron so they wont break, they come with turbonetics turbos which im not a real big fan of anymore, but they do the job an are better than EBAY turbos.

It comes with Name brand wastegate, oil lines, fittings, etc.

To do a turbo kit RIGHT if you piece it together yourself your still looking at $2000+ IMO.

Name brand Turbo-$600-700 (NEW)
Injectors $80 (DSM 450cc)
Crome Pro ECU -$170 from me
IC and IC piping kit -$450-500
Manifold-$200
Downpipe-$150-200
BOV-$200
Wastegate TIAL -$200
Oil Lines and fittings -$100
Walbro Fuel Pump-$100

thats a good NAME BRAND pieced together kit
dude he's not breakin record or nothin bro lolol

but yeah that $200 manifold you posted above.. the cast iron..... its cast iron... the molds are even the same... what justifies paying over 100 bux more for THE SAME THING? lol warranty? cast iron won't break (unless you soemthing stupidly stupid)
i once got a B and D series cast iron manifold for ~60 bux shipped each on ebay brand new some new seller...(like a year ago)

they run around 100 bux now though.

and also, integraxtr made a good point, ur not going for uber-power, just get an internally gated turbo... like a t25 (what i'd get, but I haven't really seen a t25 cast iron mani- not that I look now) or a mercedes turbodiesel t3 ~100-200 bux... and u DONT NEED A WASTEGATE so 100 bux saved you'll need a wg block plate for like 15 bux shipped tho.

wastegates are different, i agree, I had both on my car... if you take apart a real tial, the rubber seal is a LOT less flimsy... just much much better constructed...

I took apart my ebay bov and its EXACTLY like a real ssqv... if they were so bad, why would mainstream sell/endorse them. .. can't go wrong for 60 bux and don't have to wait for shipping.. Mainstream ftw


ebay is killing local shops tho i'm sure... I bought two chipped p28 ecu' one for 89 shipped(with datalogging port), and the other for 66$ shipped... ebay username:
psv4878 maybe you can message him


but yeah this junk yard boost setup will totally demolish 237whp na records like daily

LOLOL JK MIKe BLAHAHAHAHAH