ssautochrome t3/t4 any good?

[Adrians89MR2SC]

well i never said the ssac kit is BETTER than the ko kit, but whatever you want to say to argue ..

and i dont need a turbo kit to race every weekend or crap, i wanted a replacement for my daily driver and im not paying 1/3 of what the car is worth for a damn turbo ..

[mr2gq]

Hmmm if I recall I seen people on here complaining about the oil lines that come with the KO kit leaking. Every kit has there problems. Oh and none said they was wanting this kit to use at the race track and beat the balls off it. As adrian said we was using it just to get the car going and if it works well then great. I dont know about you but I damn sure aint got hte money for has to go the the track every weekend and beat the balls off it everyday. dont know if you noticed but gas it about 4$ a gallon now

[Adrians89MR2SC]

got my kit in this morning ..

unpacked it and it looks amazing ..

even gave me the turbo accessories, even though it didnt say on the website .. so i got all the oil lines,fitting, bolts, extra gaskets (gave me two metal turbo - manifold crush type gaskets and one paper one)

took pics, but im late for school .. so ill post them up around 4-5 ish ..

damn i cant wait to get it on ..

[eckoman_pdx]

Adrain, I posted that because you and your SSAC buddies kept talking about how you'll see if it's "just as good as the $2200 kits." For several pages you've been saying we'll finally see if it's "just as good." Look, buy it, break it...whatever...it's your car, if you want to put that POS kit on it go ahead. I just got sick of hearing you were going to show us it was "just as good." because the fact is it is not. If you want to see if it's "just as good" you have to treat it the same way...and the fact is it won't hold up to the abuse and treatment that the good kits can. If you don't believe that you are just sticking your head in the sand.

mr2gq, no kidding gas is near $4 a gallon...everyone knows that. I drive my car daily also...maybe some of you don't like to have fun with your cars because of that...but some of us still do.

[shimric]

So how did this end up being a sticky?

[Adrians89MR2SC]

b/c its finally gonna prove if the ssac mr2 turbo kit is any good since NO ONE has bought / tested it ..

im about to post the pics in a couple minutes, and as mr2magic requested i am going to post up a step by step install with pictures ..

i believe mekkafire started a similar thread and had a "problems" list, but if i understand correctly he passed away (and possibly never installed the kit)

the only thing on his list was you have to clock the turbo compressor housing around which isnt hard to do ..

one complaint i found about other kits was the flanges on the header being warped, but mine is VERY slightly warped .. not even enough to consider taking it to a machine shop, bolting it up should straighten it up though ..

[eckoman_pdx]

Originally Posted by shimric

So how did this end up being a sticky?

+1...that's a good question...

[eckoman_pdx]

Originally Posted by Adrians89MR2SC

b/c its finally gonna prove if the ssac mr2 turbo kit is any good since NO ONE has bought / tested it ..

im about to post the pics in a couple minutes, and as mr2magic requested i am going to post up a step by step install with pictures ..

i believe mekkafire started a similar thread and had a "problems" list, but if i understand correctly he passed away (and possibly never installed the kit)

the only thing on his list was you have to clock the turbo compressor housing around which isnt hard to do ..

one complaint i found about other kits was the flanges on the header being warped, but mine is VERY slightly warped .. not even enough to consider taking it to a machine shop, bolting it up should straighten it up though ..

I know you are trying to test it...that's why I posted above what I posted. If you are testing it, truly testing it, it needs to see the same abuse on the STREET AND TRACK over the long haul that the other more expensive kits will see...otherwise the variables aren't the same and it's a biased test. If you are really trying to test it, there needs to be a set of guidelines and variables followed, as with any experiment. This might all seem like a lot, but if you are really going for the "once and for all" proof like you claim, this needs to be done.

[hmong337]

awaiting pictures

[eckoman_pdx]

Originally Posted by hmong337

awaiting pictures

Initial pictures don't mean much...it's the durability, fitment, problems and issues over the long haul that count.

[Adrians89MR2SC]

im not a damn scientist, i go to college every day (100+) miles and get on it once in a while .. if it breaks, then its crap and everyone should away from it .. otherwise, im seeing if the kit is any good or not .. end of story ..

heres the pics, they just finished loading up on photobucket .. the one with the manifold and downpipe is crap, so ill try and get a better one later .. they look awsome in person, have no clue why the camera makes them look bad ..

[Version135b]

certainly looks nice!

[shimric]

LOOKS nice.

[shimric]

Originally Posted by Adrians89MR2SC

have no clue why the camera makes them look bad

It only takes pictures what it sees....

[Adrians89MR2SC]

lol, naw .. this is my brothers camera and it has so many stupid features on it that it wouldnt take a clear pic of my turbo shaft last night untill i found you had to set it to "micro" to get the small details without making it blury ..

i added new pics of the manifold and dowpipe that are a little better, the damn flash on the camera is weird ..

neways, they have ground all the welds on the inside of both the manifold and the dowpipe smooth .. ive seen people say on honda forums that you have to do that with there headers but they allready did it on these

[hmong337]

now it's time for you to get baby on and test it out


if you prove all the ney sayers wrong, i'll buy a kit (even though I'm still non-turbo and plan to go turbo). If the thing blows up, I'll never post in another ssac/xspower thread again

GOODLUCK!

[Adrians89MR2SC]

awsome, then we'll have three ssac turbo kit users ..

went out tonight and got new intake connectors to adapt to the 3" inlet on the t3/t4 compressor housing ..

and i went to summit to get an adapter for the 18mm thread in the block for oil to a 4an fitting and the damn guy told me they dont have stuff like that .. but after looking on there website for two minutes i found two fittings that will do the job, so ill go pick them up in the morning ..

then i gotta go to toyota and pick up my gasket and o ring for the two metal waterpump lines that are leaking ..

get my new timing stuff on .. and then the turbo kit will go on ..

tried the manifold earlier, slid on perfectly .. cant wait to bolt it all up and try it out ...

the only think i wont be using is the bov included since my current one is good and dont feel like cutting it off and messing with it for nothing ..

ill get pics up as soon as i start installing it ..

[canadam]

Originally Posted by hmong337

if you prove all the ney sayers wrong, i'll buy a kit (even though I'm still non-turbo and plan to go turbo).

How long are you willing to wait to decide on reliability? At what sort of performance?

[Adrians89MR2SC]

talking about performance and testing there stuff on the track, i somehow ran across this on youtube
(xs power / ssautochrome are the same company by the way)

YouTube - XS Power Drag Supra 8 second 1/4 mile...

[shimric]

I think everyone on planet earth knows they are the same company.

I'd like to tour their "factory" if it wasn't on the edge of NC.