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Originally Posted by mrturrari
Weasly2k, Enthalpy, I agree with pretty much everything you have said. The 5sfte setup puts you in the same boat as guys who put a t3/t4 on their 3sgte and unplug the map sensor to get that extra boost. You are totally relying on the boost controller and waste gate to do their job. If something fails then you have a problem. Is it ghetto? Hell yeah. 
Blackbob makes a good point though that more and more people are trying to turbo their 5sfes. Most I have seen lately are teenagers who have friends who have done it on their cars or have seen others do it on the internet. Most of them can barely afford to buy the turbo kit much less an SMT6 or EMS and pay someone to tune it. They will find a source for information whether it is accurate or not and do it anyway. |
Yeah and last time I checked aren't broke teens how the import thing started ? Guys hwo couldn't afford the high powered muscle cars their friends had. And yes I agree if you can't afford the right way then don't do it. My only problem with that is the "right way" isn't how this whole movement started. That's why you have susyems like megasquirt that work on the broke trail and error types. Me personally I know enough about engine management to swing it. However,something with the ease and affordability of say a SAFC is just,in my book,the way to go. But at the same time I understand from a tuners standpoint how dangerous playing roulete with your engine can be. But there has to be a safe more affordable way then EMS