Same here

 

i made my own turbo kit....my first and only turbo kit so far.....and i'll do it again and again....


KITS ARE TEH GAYnEss

 

So nake sure you get ALL the parts and pieces you will need. Then when you are sure you have everything, take a long weekend, invite a fried or two over, buy them some beer, and work from dawn till dusk.

 

Another reason is that many rich daddys will buy there kids a turbo kit. This gives them the illusion that they are heavily into modding there cars and there ***** is 3 feet long. Hmting is a way to prove your not the average ricer and are more mechanically inclined than someone who puts ngk sparkplugs in and thinks there a mechanic or some ----.

 

Same with about 95% of the people on here!!! Now if you want to hit 175hp go with Greddy or Edelbrock kit. If you want to show you manliness and that you can work on a car....HMT FOREVER!

 

I'll play Devil's Advocate.

2nd option. Buy the kit and swap out parts for better versions later. The kit will be faster, so if you have the $$ and want it quick, that's a good option. I would definately do it with modifications in the future in mind though.

OTOH, Since you do have the $$, you could piece together your own kit with better quality parts with just a little bit more time and it will be better suited to your goals. The primary reason everyone here is doing the HMT thing is lack of funds. It's the whole cheap, fast and reliable pick 2 deal.

 

I would never turbo my only car. That's retarded. :P

P.S. If you have to ask then you should just buy a sweet Greddy kit. I hear they now come with extra JDM Vtak in every box!

 

Kit = Fast install, everything is pre made and depending on the $$$ it costs its either a good kit or complete ----.

HMT = the $$$ you put in results in the tipe of "KIT" you have, if you piece it yourself out of quality parts then you'll have a good kit, the best part is it dosnt have to be expensive at all, you can find some really good stuff for cheap.

In the end though weather its with an HMT kit or a pre assembled kit, it all comes down to one thing, tuning, if you cant get this part right then no matter what your setup is your engine will blow up and you'll be left with a turbo kit and no engine.

In most cases if you look at how much a good kit costs, for the same price you can have a good HMT setup and forged internals.

A good turbo kit costs between $2000-$3000 this is not your shitty SSAutocock kit either. ok so remember this is just the kit. now lets break down an HMT setup with forged internals.

Remember these are roughly estimated prices based on what I know is out there.

Tuner toys rods = $250
SRP pistons = $400
Custom manifold = $100-500
Turbo = $100 - 300
Intercooler = $150
wastegate = $150
charge pipes = $100 if even that
BOV = $25 - 100 depending on what you want.

Total = $1275(standard mani and cheaper turbo) - $1950 (ramhorn and better turbo)

Remember that this is with forged internals.
Sure they are the cheapest ones you can find but you can run 300-400 hp on this setup with a good tune, ok so now we get the basics out of the way you've got yourself a kit

so here is all the stuff you'll need to build a good kit, now you need fuel management, if youre like me and know someone that can tune then this part is even cheaper.

Fuel management breakdown is

Injectors 50-100(DSM)
Chipped ECU 25-150 depending on if you do it yourself or not.
Guages 100-200

there are also options like a wideband controller and such, but on a basic setup you dont need it.

so now your total is $1450 - $2400 about the price of lower end kit by a name brand company, need I remind you the kit gives you the basic crap some of which you'll upgrade anyway, and there is no way that you will get forged internals with your kit for that price, so you see for under $3000 you can have a very strong and reliable setup.