How many miles do you have on your "Turbo Kit" + Other's poll questions...
 

Like the title says! Poll away. Thx! I'm interested in these results.


*Update* (I will update once a day around 5:30PM)

1-2k miles 2forme, BRZranger, bulldog11267mad, Gen, killerkid08, kmbkk, Pablitomarrero, Sportsguy83
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3-5k miles Brian@Vortech, F1point4, flippy, Indokid, lexusb3
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6-8k miles hunter3232792
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9-11k miles AVOturboworld, Supermassive
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12-14k miles
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over 15k
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Blown Engine Brimford, shu5892001 <--- both false "0"
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No issues AVOturboworld, Gen, killerkid08, lexusb3, NickFRS, Sportsguy83, TRD_07 <---- really "6"
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Boost issues
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drivetrain issues 2forme
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Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 20.

*Farthest kit gone*
@AVOturboworld @ 10kmiles

*Blown engines*
Unknown

*Issues regarding a kit*
Unknown

*Edit* I voted no issues so I can easily see the results. I do not have a kit yet.

Want S/C kits as well?

I ordered my car and i went about 1500ish miles in stock and then i boosted it and now im at 6,000++ miles no problems!!!!!!!! :) FA20club.com boost kit

Yes please :party0030:

Title change
 

Best you change the title then otherwise the mix of results of 2 types of FI will make the whole thread next to useless

everykit is different. FI is FI. But since this will prob start a flame war quickly I guess only vote if you have a turbo kit.

10,000 miles on the kit, the only issue I've had is the clutch taking a vacation.

Tht just means your power level is over 9000


DatMarineKid

Lol

Good thread.
i am interested to see how is the situation after 15-20k miles.
But i dont think there is a (FI) car with that miles

Whoops. Well, you can take my vote back out! Sorry. I saw S/C OK and then I voted.

It is worth mentioning that I could also have checked "no issues", if it let me.

good thread. I am still deciding if I want to risk FI for my new car. When I see more updates about 15k ~ 20k mile mark, I'd probably decide at that time.

Given the amount of events I've got to go to, that'll be reached in another month or two...

AVO kit, a little over 1k, not a single issue besides my tire treads disappearing on me.

I'm interested in seeing the 20k+ miles results. In my eyes most boosted cars are in the "baby stage."
@2forme

What drive train issues did you have??

I was told by perrin that they've seen cases of DI injector seals going under pressure of boost.

i'm just going for it. i don't mind an excuse to build a motor.

The whole purpose of this thread is to indicate how reliable current kits are and what issues people are having if there are any. Or what issues they did have that were resolved. On the poll you clicked drive train issues. Did you have drivetrain issues? This poll isn't about hearsay. :thanks:

NP! In my eyes it doesn't matter to me if SC or Turbo people include themselves in the pull because it will be added into the first page of what kit they have and what the issue was. So lets include supercharges into this. :thanks:

@shu5892001 doesn't look like you have a turbo kit. Please do not join into the poll unless you have a kit. (false blown engine vote)

AVO FTW

I apologize for not stating clearly, u can disregard what I voted

I know there is at least one case of blown engine on the forum, I think it was FRS300. I don't want people to make the false assumption that no one ever had issues with turbo kit

Yes, but if you vote for him, then he votes, and then somebody else votes for him, then it looks like there is 3 blown engines when there is only one.

This will come and vote ;)

indeed!

can you change the sorting for the amount of mileage done? And also separate into mileage, issues with the most significant at the top of each section?

i e. Higher mileage is more significant but it is current wedged in the middle..

At what boost level were the DI seals failing? How would you know they are leaking and what are the consequences - running lean?
You have to take off the intake manifold to access and replace the DI seals correct?

Whose kit do you have? or did I miss that?

IIRC, the DI seals are just teflon and molded to the injector. I think that might mean the injector would need to be replaced? It could happen during tuning if something is off enough (like getting a base tune). I don't recall what pressure level.

Question: I've never owned a Turbo or supercharged car before (not even from the factory). Is there any extra maintenance over running NA to avoid issues?

Is it really fair for vendors to be voting on this poll?

Im currently at 10k miles on my P&L kit with zero issues, I'm only running 7lbs of boost atm but I certainly dont baby my car. Im waiting to turn up the boost until I finish up some other things on the car so we'll see how she reacts to that one of these days.

stock engine?

Yes. Oil changes have to be done sooner and you will have the check your oil every time you fill your tank. Well you should always check your oil when you fill your tank.

Yes

You really need a poll option that has a square for issue with kit..i.e.fit and finish,..complete,...etc......The Blown engine choice should be thrown out,....as that can be from a bad tune or driver induced,....i.e. not paying attenton to engine vitals.

I can DD my Sti's every day w.o worrying about staring at gauges to make sure my engine isn't going to blow. If the fullblown requires you to watch AFR's and boost maybe there is something wrong with the kit. Driver error can always produce blown engines. But a flawless turbo kit shouldn't require someone to eye ball a gauge 24/7. But if the engine is blown due to shop or w.e it will be discussed. In a month or two i'll make a second post with another poll to see where everyone is at. Hopefully by then someone will be 20k+ and i'll make more options. I do agree with you.

Don't have a Full Blown kit,... but no kit is flawless,...and none of us have a warrantee anymore going FI,....keeping an eye on vitals seems a common sense thing to do , not suggesting 24/7 but most definately more than periodical when running at higher rev ranges,..or,.. any time your seat of the pants gauge tells you something is different .....just my opinion.

That is a ridiculous statement. Any aftermarket turbo kit provider doesn't have multi-million dollar budgets to develop at OEM standards and test in all scenarios all around the world.

If you CHOOSE to modify a car, then due diligence should be done for a) understanding roughly what's going on and b) how to detect a problem early.


Bear in mind that all these turbo kits are just manifolds, turbochargers, intercoolers and some pipework. The main difference is the tune that sits on top, which will either make or break a conversion. The other factor for durability is how the turbocharger lubrication is handled, which differs between the vendors.

This is what some don't understand. These kits are not plug and play and go rev out your car. Also the reason for making this thread. Glad you agree with me good sirs. I'm personally sitting back and letting others be ginny pigs. I do believe that some of these kit's will be solid though. My main concern is in fact the internals. There is no such thing as a high compression engine loving high boost. well for very long at least.

Precisely why I don't have a high compression engine and why I'm running 18psi of boost and looking for more. I have a stage 3 engne forged at 9 to 1,...but the OEM fuel system lacks the volume needed to sustain anything over that with e85 safely....so I'm going to a custum fuel system...

Interesting. Didn't know you had a built block. That changes things good sir! What exactly is lacking in the system? Fuel pump? If thats the case look into radium Eng. They make lots of universal solutions and are also looking for a project car.... You might spark their interests if you have cash to help sway their minds in producing something. It's a local Portland shop that does turbo kits for lotus and BMW and anything looking to go big.... lol