What would be a good turbo kit for the lowest price?
 

Looking for good recommendations of kits between 3 to 5k looking for something mainly in the 3k area.

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These three sites have products fitting your criteria. Each product on these sites also has an owners thread with a myriad of experiences typically spanning several years of developmental progress. ALl kits can have the same issues and downsides if you do not understand how forced induction works or how to support it with other modifications ( fuel, clutch, your gas pedal, etc). A $10,000 assortment of parts can have the same reliability as a $3,000 kit. At this stage, as long as it's not ebay, generally anything will have decent quality enough if you can use it appropriately.

I also advise you browse our in house for sale classifieds; forced induction is available frequently at a significant discount from (hopefully) trustworthy members.

3-5k total for everything? Don't boost.

3-5k for the turbo kit and additional for install/tuning/supporting mods? How much power do you want?

I am selling a Maperformance turbo kit due to working on a 2jz swap has less than 10k on it Pm me for more info if your interested.

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Speed by design is about your best option it sounds like.

Still need cash for supporting mods thought

Of course, but that's basically his option.

I spent $3900 for the SBD 400x plus install plus dyno tune. I bought supporting mods like oil cooler/vented hood and catch can later.

SBD and JDL is your best option on the market price wise. Everything else is at least 1k or more expensive.

I have a jdl kit with a 3076gen2 has 1200 miles on it. I will sell

Just be ready to spend at least 1k-1.5k for installation unless you plan on doing it yourself... Also what are your power goals??

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Came here to post this.


Also, don't boost if this is your daily driver and that's the budget.

JDL & SBD proven kits at great prices. It sounds like you're just budgeting for the kit price which is fine - as everyone else mentioned pay for a good installer and good tuner, those are the two most important things. After that, supplemental oil cooling is good depending on where you live and how you drive. Failsafes, while not necessary, are an extra layer of protection... but in general, make sure you can expend an extra 3-4k at any given time for the day if or when your motor goes. If not, stay NA - even then in rare cases your motor can go but FI dramatically increases the load on a motor and accelerates any manufacturing defects that are otherwise 'in tolerance' on an NA motor.

If I were you I would do what I did before going turbo. Even though I spent 3900 for everything installed and tuned I had enough money left over to do the same job 4.5x over. A used engine cost 2.5k so I saved for 2.5 years and enjoyed my stock 200hp until I was ready.

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Yes going turbo on a stock motor can and will most likely be a headache. The money I've spent on mine I could've easily done a swap which I planned from the beginning but 4k for a turbo kit looked alot better than 15k+ but now I've spent over that and am now working on my swap after all that money ahah. Beware boosting on a budget with this platform is not ideal be prepared to spend alot more than what your planning on. You'd be better off using that money and building the block before going fI....

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Well I bought extra mods after that. I spent another 2k for oil cooler/catch can, P3 boost guage and vented hood. Spending 15k is definitely a waste when I have seen guys do it for much less and their cars have been running for 30-60k miles. Also I don't care about more power than 300whp. I'm the kind of guy that doesn't need a whole lot to be impressed especially in a 2800 lb car.