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Originally Posted by conor
Now... How is forced induction cheaper?
Headers:
- ~$800 from Brad Bedell, the Solara guys or eBay crap for lots less if you can find them
- Custom y-pipe
Forced Induction:
- TRD S/C Kit ~$3000 (if you can find one.. and even if you use this, you still benefit from headers!)
- Turbo
- Intercooler
- Hot/Cold piping with silicone couplers/clamps
- Oil lines for turbo
- Exhaust manifold-->turbo pipe construction
- Downpipe
- Fuel injectors
- Uprated fuel pump
- Custom intake manifold (optional? eh?)
- Engine management system
- Dyno tuning for above EMS
- Custom y-pipe
- Intake pipe for turbo
I'd like to see you do all of that for less than $3k using new parts... We all know that people can take shortcuts and cobble stuff together with junkyard parts
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While I don't really want to keep this thread off topic.. as it is supposed to be about exhausts....
I gotta reply.
My full setup including turbo, cooling, wiring, fuel injectors lines and fitttings is currently at $1800 with all new "quality" parts. By quality I mean everything is name brand name except my piping and XS Power IC. Mind you many of these parts would have been necessary for the swap alone. I bet it would have easily been under $1500 even with good parts. $3k for a supercharger is dumb imo. Small gain/dollar. With the same amount of money you could be rollin.
Reliability? Who knows... I haven't seen many issues, but then again everyone is still in the club and nobody is really pushing any boost yet to test the limits of these motors.