ssautochrome t3/t4 any good?

[shimric]

Where's that famous quote when you need it.....

Pick 2
Fast
Reliable
Cheap

something like that.

[Adrians89MR2SC]

sure when the dynomax dyno comes threw to summit, or when a local dyno has a dyno day ill be happy to throw the #'s up ..

there will be two of us on here with the kit, so we'll see how the $440 t3/t4 hunk of crap kit goes ..

just bought it, so no going back i guess .

[the2ndr]

I won't tell anybody how to spend their money, but if it doesn't work out I have these parts for sale to the OP since he's local to me.

AGP 61mm Turbo $950 new
Autolabonline Tubular 8gauge carbon steel exhaust manifold $700 new
Tial 38mm wg $225 new
V-band adapter for turbo $150 new
Misc Aeroquip fittings for turbo $150-200 new
Downpipe and WG dump tube $100+

This $2200 or so $ kit I have will be sold for $1400 locally. These are the only parts I have bought that seemed worthy of lasting in Atlanta driving conditions. I didn't buy everything at once since I didn't have the money, but bought piece by piece over time and have no regrets paying for it. The only regrets I have is not having an MR2 anymore to use it on.

Mike
404-583-5811

And yes, Ive owned an MR2 since 2001, I have seen XS, SS Autochrome or ebay manifolds that have dam near crumbled apart after normal use. I have seen turbo's crack in half because of glue not holding up to heat, but If you want to try due to lack of funds be my guest. Again my opinion is only my own and hope the best for your future goals.

[Adrians89MR2SC]

aight, well ill see how it goes ..

i just need it to last me for a short while untill i can afford one of the better kits ...

i basically had two options ..

1) a used ct26 turbo (unknown miles) small amount of shaft play $200
2) new t3/t4 turbo with a new manifold / downpipe .. $400 ..

i chose the new kit, even if the manifold ends up breaking beyond repair i can get one of those adapters off of ebay for $50 that bolts up to the stock manifold ..

[Adrians89MR2SC]

could of done that, but it doesnt look as cool as a "crumbling" stainless steel manifold with a "crappy" t3/t4 turbo hanging from it ..

hahahaha ..

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how bout we all be friends and stop the arguing untill i recieve the kit and install it ..

then, we can start arguing again .. haha .

[shimric]

^^^^

[ixtlann]

I believe its....
Common Sense isn't common.

[91_two]

Originally Posted by Adrians89MR2SC

how bout we all be friends and stop the arguing untill i recieve the kit and install it ..

Let us know when it doesnt fit and you sell it.

[ixtlann]

i bought there 3sgte tubular manifold and down pipe, and didnt end up using either but i used the manifold to turbo gasket that came with it, and it didnt last 1000 miles. With that in mind i dont know which came first the chicken or the egg, ie did the nuts come loose and make it destroy the gasket, or did the destroyed gasket make the nuts loose.... who know, but only nubs of the gasket were left around 2 of the studs, lame....

[canadam]

Oh come on, ixtlann, you're just a nay-sayer! This kit is probably the Rosetta Stone of creating reliable high power low budget MR2s

[mr2gq]

Well had to get it going tsome how. and no it wasnt cheap thats why I didnt have the money to go buy a 5K dolllar turbo kit. Hell spendiong that much money on a turbo kit for a car that is already turbo charged is kind of stupid to me. Hell I may as well go turbo my SVT for tha much money and dust the mr2

[baktasht]

Originally Posted by hmong337

not to mention that he sells the dual exhaust that looks IDENTICAL to the ebay one wait, it is the ebay one LMAO

THe exhaust we sell is made by Motoria. XSPower, SSautochrome, and many ebay vendors also sell the same exhaust, thats no secret. So please stop trying to belittle me and my company with your childish remarks. The difference you ask? The difference is that 1/2 the time you get damaged or WRONG items when ordering from those types of companies. And if in some case something does go wrong they won't answer a single email or phone call of yours. I back everything I sell, and I ONLY sell what I know works and fits properly.

These turbo kits DONT WORK WELL! Get it through yoru thick skulls. They are unreliable. They are HORRIBLY laggy. THey make very little power. If they were any good I have plenty of suppliers that push those crappy turbos and I could easily sell them, but do I? No?... the reason? Read above, THEY DONT WORK WELL.

[mr2gq]

How you going to tell me they are laggy and dont work well when I got the kit on my car right now????

[baktasht]

Originally Posted by mr2gq

How you going to tell me they are laggy and dont work well when I got the kit on my car right now????

Huh? Your post makes no sense. I'm telling you from first hand experience.

Put it on a dyno, get some real results other than the seat of your pants. Then if you're still not ashamed enough to post the results, post the dyno up.

[mr2gq]

doesnt make sense, first hand experience??? You said the kit sucks and is laggy. I have the kit on my car right now and am telling you I can look at my boost gauge and see my rpm's and hear the turbo when it kicks in. So I have first hand experience and can tell you its not " laggy ". Let me guess still doesnt make sense to you huh? And yes when my motors broke in and I get a BC and turn it up to 16 psi or so and if something goes wrong, ill post about it. But as of right now everything is perfect

[baktasht]

Put it on a dyno and prove us wrong.

[Adrians89MR2SC]

there talking about my second comment when this started ..

yea, i "thought" like the rest of you that the kit had to be junk .. but after seeing mr2gq's car last night and riding in it ..

its NOT laggy, if anything it spools up faster than stock, the external wastegate is loud as hell .. and it looks like a really nice kit ..

i have ordered one and i ALSO will post up a review of the product, along with mr2gq .. i dont see any reviews of the mr2 kit that ssautochrome sells, so i guess we will be the "testers" ..

[baktasht]

Dyno it when you get it, so that the next people that decide to do "research" can have a reason to say no to that kit.

[Adrians89MR2SC]

WILL DO

[baktasht]

Originally Posted by Adrians89MR2SC

WILL DO

hehe, I gotta say, I admire that you keep your cool and don't blow up about stuff Let us know how it goes