SonicRaT

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I've done it almost every way imaginable. The spacer is a hackjob that's not really good, you smack the turbo against the frame, the damn spacer cracks after time, and etc. It's just not a very good way of doing it (not to mention the shitty location for intercooler piping). And hacking the 4port manifold is really just that, a hack that doesn't flow too good at all. I'm making it pretty much where you can use stock TII components and exhausts and intercoolers without having to modify everything you touch. And with everything included and so forth, I think the price is pretty good at the moment.

For a full stock turbo kit I'm aiming for around $2k, this could be considerably less, but that is what I'm pretty much saying it will be at most.

djmtsu

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I wish everyone would stop calling us N/A FC owners "poor" and "unexperienced"

I know ALOT more FD owners who used to have money, and are now poor, and don't know where the oil goes into their engine.

Perception>Reality

Tessai

While there is a large number of FC owners who don't live up to thier promise "I'll buy it if you make it!" there are still quite a few that do. I try to be one of them. If you notice, I haven't yet pledged to buy one of these kits... mostly because I'm nearing completion (of parts gathering, at least) of my own project, but also because I could not feasibly gather the funds neccessary in a short ammount of time (IE, 2 months would be the minimum before I could save an extra $2k).

However, I'm fairly certain that once I'm used to the power my setup will make, I'll be looking for more. I already plan on saving up for one of the hybrid setups. .

SonicRaT

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Some are, some aren't, *shrug* I'm quite aware that most n/a guys don't have the ammount of money to dump on the useless camden kit, so for about half the price I'm making something that can do a hell of a lot better, and I'm trying to make it affordable to 'most' of us who go about modifying their cars, I can't quite meet 'everybodies' ability of a $600 home depot kit, nor would I want to. Like I said before, when it comes to other people's cars, I'm a perfectionist, so the cheapest I can do while being professional and reliable and easy is what I'll do. I'm trying to make it where the 'average' guy can afford it, but not so cheap and poorly put together that it rivals a civic body kit.

SonicRaT

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For the guy who asked about partial kits, yes, I am still going to offer a partial kit for the people who have gathered most the parts on their own.

vietxdragon

ur turbo kit sounds very interesting- how much will your pricing be on the exhaust manfiold? most ppl will be lookin more for that than anything

SonicRaT

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No they won't. I don't get why people are thinking I'm building an exhaust manifold. I'm not! I'm building INTAKE manifolds that let you use WHATEVER exhaust manifold you want to use! You can use a T3/T4 manifold, a HKS cast manifold, the stock manifold, hell even a 3rd gen manifold if you wanted.

88rxn/a

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i think people dont understand how youre able to use stock manifold and turbo to clear the 6 port actuator.

Tessai

You lose the 6port actuator when you go turbo, typically.

Busted-7

He already said that the custom manifold he's making ditches the port actuators and just flows straight in.

SonicRaT

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That is correct.

staticguitar313

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Yay!!! i already cook the tires if i drop the clutch anywhere above 3500rpm, **** imma need tires so much with that kit

SonicRaT

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Ok, I've pretty much decided on a price for the basic kit (requires your own turbo/dp/intercooler) at $1200. This is currently my active price, meaning, unless I find some bug or issue I need to correct, this is the price it will stay at. I will offer a group pre-order chance for quite a bit off before I start offering everything on the website (1300cc.com), regardless if it's a full kit or partial kit I'll offer a discount to a group of 5 or more at that time (the more, the cheaper). Any feedback on this? (Please, stay on topic to this kit only, we all know the other methods and they really don't serve much purpose in here) I'm looking for feedback on if this is fair, if people think it's to high, and why they think it's too high.

For those of you curious and looking to jump in early (i've gotten a few PM's). If you don't mind the wait and are looking to get an early-bird discount, I am accepting pre-orders, if you're interested or curious about the details of this, feel free to PM me.

Tessai

Sounds fair to me. Maybe more than fair.

If people went with the modified TII intake manifolds, and bought the rest of the stock parts, They would be very close to $1k, and I haven't calculated gaskets and oil/coolant lines yet. For the convienence of buying a kit from one place, one bill, one package (or at least, 1 day for it all to arrive) plus the detailed instructions, $1200 seems VERY fair and is a bit less than what I was expecting.

SonicRaT

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Please note that does not come with turbo, intercooler, or downpipe. Those will be in the staged kits (which I'm still working on pricing). Thanks for the feedback though!

Modified 7

i would be very interested with a complete kit...maybe around 260 hp? But my na tranny has just been rebuilt totaly! could my na tranny hold the power of ur turbo kits?

SonicRaT

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Yes, an N/A tranny will work, if you go doing clutch drops with some sticky tires time and time again eventually something will break, but other than that it will be just fine.

Modified 7

yea i have a racing beat race clutch and light flywheel

SonicRaT

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That setup should hold just fine at ~250.

BlueSteel

this is the first time i've ever heard anyone say the n/a tranny can hold more than 200 hp. not to knock you in any way- i think na-turbo would be cool. but why have people been saying on this forum for the past year that anytime u do a TII swap u need TII tranny?

SonicRaT

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For a TII swap, in most cases, people simply chose to use a TII tranny/driveline instead, yes it's stronger, but have people done it without? The answer is yes. I've been using the n/a tranny in about 10 different cars well over 200hp without a problem in any. If you intentionally abuse it, (such as high rpm clutch drops with some sticky tires), you can expect things to break, but if you're generally mild to it, it'll be just fine.

Nice to see another person in the Boston area! Where are you usually at with your car? I've only seen one FC in the past 2 months here.

88rxn/a

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all i can say is WOW expect a pm shortly from me. were ya able to make it back to youre place to start this project yet? can you give an estimate when they will be ready,like 2 months, mid summer, or end of summer?

SonicRaT

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I can gaurantee them by the begining of August. However, chances are I'll have them finished a LOT sooner (and no, I'm not near my car at the moment, but I've been arranging a guinea pig to help solve some of my last minute issues/document install/etc) Plus since I've done it before most of it's just cleaning things up, adding all the 'streetable' elements on that I think should come with a car standard, and then just test fitting on a car and documenting. Nothing too hard.

Edit, whoops, mixed up my months, begining of August I'll have them 100% done (partial kit at the very least, my biggest problems right now with full kits is making a cheap mandrel IC kit)

bingoboy

the original throttle body will be used with this, correct? how close will it be to the original location. the throttle cable isn't all that stretchy :p

SonicRaT

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I've already stated I'm including a new throttle cable. And at the moment, the stock TB is being ditched, it'd cost me more to reuse that than to simply replace it.