Turbo Questions for the BRZ
 

New to the forums and would like to see what people are running on theirs! I'm from Washington and there is a company called steam speed. They finally got their first prototype turbo kit for the BRZ. I will be running it in my car and would like to know what and how you guys installed/tuned/fit everything in the BRZ. What's your guys' set up? It is the STX 67 turbocharger and it's all basically custom saying they never had a kit before I asked them to put one together for me! I would love some help/information about some turbo set ups! It will be a big help! *plus* I'll be keeping the forums updated on the build.


-BRZ_girl

http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=81428

Those will at least give you an idea of how people are running the plumbing.

Hmm.

New member.

One post, touting a particular shop building a turbo. And according to their Facebook page, they're affiliated with John Visconti (see Sept 10 post).

Smells spammy. And if it's not spam, OP should run far, far away from these people. Visconti cars have been known to burn to the ground:

http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/...ofxmy4spng.png

No it's not spam. Yes I'm a real person stationed in Washington. I have a dark grey BRZ and have been wanting some help with the set up. I told steamspeed I would get their name out being they are a newer company. Thanks for the help though. Girls can have an interest in cars too :):)

Link to the Steam Speed site?
Pic of their turbo?

Now I'm absolutely convinced it's spam. Nobody said anything about girls not having an interest in cars. This wouldn't be the first time someone has come onto a board mostly populated by males and pretended to be a girl to get attention for a product.

:popcorn:

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Nice username

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http://www.steamspeed.com/

That's their website. And they should have the pictures on their website!

Here is the whole kit. That's everything it will come with

I'm really just here to learn more about my car and to talk about this car with other owners! Haha sorry got off on the wrong foot! I'm on my phone and still trying to figure out this website. For example putting an avatar up! Lol thank you for your concern though! I'll keep that in mind about the car catching fire and stuff! :thumbup:

Oh. It's a Zage kit.

Yet another name for this turbo kit, wonder how they will justify this one being "different"

It's very similar. This is a prototype. It will be the first BRZ turbo kit they have done.

Now I don't know much about the zage kits but I do know that steamspeeds is a 9 blade turbo that will allow 350whp. I wish I was on my laptop so I could actually upload better pictures!

So many exclamation points. Feels like you're trying to sell me something brz "girl" .

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It's the same damn thing...changing one minor aspect does not make it "their own custom turbo kit". That's if they even changed anything which is doubtful.

Baloney. The more you post, the more clear it becomes that this is spam.

I wouldn't have an issue with it if you had come on here trying to gauge interest in your product legitimately. But I despise spammers making shill profiles trying to drum up support for their products. Usually when that happens they're doing it because their products are garbage not worth having, and they think they need all the help they can get. A company with a decent product doesn't have to resort to this kind of thing.

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w...ps2a9014a5.jpg

http://image.superstreetonline.com/f...-subaru-brz-04

There's nothing all-custom about it. They've attached one of their turbos to an existing kit. I like GTX2867R's as much as the next person, but that's really the only difference. Oh, and filter color.

But! But! But! It's all custom because she's a girl who likes cars!

teeehehehe :):):)

No one cares what color your BRZ is

Well I see how this all works. Because I had a question you all just attack me. Yes I'm really stoked about getting a turbo for my car. I'm sorry if I offend you guys because I'm a girl or because again I'm excited about it! I've looked at greddy and precision. I just wanted advice on people that were running different systems on how they like theirs. To compare and what not to make a final decision. And yes I'm a real person believe it or not. Do you want to see my military ID or something to prove my existence? Ooooo how about you look me up on Facebook! Yeah totally my name is Samantha Edwards. Before you attack a person get your facts straight please. I've meant no harm and even apologizing for coming off too strong.

vroom vroom supercharged better vroom vroom so much hate here :)

I've thought about supercharging it actually! You just can't beat the sound of a turbo! :)

lol @spdbydesign

I'm not going to speak for anyone else here, but I'm just disappointed in the "all-custom" kit that you've been sold on.

I also answered your initial question, and gave you a link to a thread with basically all of the commonly available turbo kits. There's a lot of them, and they've all been discussed in their respective threads. To re-hash them every time someone asks about turbos, would mean every new person's thread would be 50 pages of turbo discussions.

You chose not to read, and chose to hype the kit you've been sold. I have no beef with that, but don't get angry at me when I point out to you that your custom kit is clearly not a custom kit.

Here's the thing though even if you aren't a spammer account you are spreading misinformation like never before:
-you say it's a Full custom kit (It's not custom, it the same shit kit that's been rebadged over and over again once people start to figure out it's crap)

-Steamspeed website doesn't even have any names associated with it or any address or phone number or geolocation (In fact it looks like a site that was thrown together in an hour and looks far from legit, if it is the design does nothing to drum up business, who is the owner, where are they based out of, how many years have they been in business, etc.)

-Like another said the fact that they are associated with Visconti raises several red flags (possibly some small fires :offtopic:)

-If you truly do have questions about what people are running then: (surprised no one has done this yet :search::search:)

- you keep saying it's because i'm a girl when no one even mentioned anything about it they are wary because the no post history and promoting of a product that is known to be sub par claiming it is new and custom when in fact it is old, off the shelf and crappy

-Lastly you say you have looked at greddy and other name brands kits? why then are you not going with any of these brands as opposed to the 3rd rate turbo kit that is untested/tested to be crap? Why not go with one of those reputable brands?

If you are not a spammer then I expect to received an answer to my question. (yes that is only there so u answer my question)

No hate towards you. I'm more leaning towards the people that called me out for being spam. I appreciate you're help and I've actually been looking at the different kits! I've never heard of zage kits before so when they told me it was customized for my car of course I believed them! Haha thank you for the input though I'm definitely going to look more into other kits. Sorry for the misunderstanding in the beginning. In the end we are all either trying to go faster lower or louder. Haha or all three.

-in accordance to the other turbo kits and why I didn't go with them. It's a little bit cheaper than the other brands.

-yeah I apologize for coming off strong as I've said previously stated but I'm just super excited about making my car faster lol i was more seeing if anyone else has tried the company or whatnot.

Meh you say that but have you ever heard how awesome supercharger whining sounds, also sound is beefier all around

That is very true! It's probably way easier to install and more reliable! Everyone always tells me I should supercharge it. I've been stuck on turbo for so long! Might as well just go with a 2jz single turbo! Like Ryan tuercks car!

That's fine, also shaky gets a little out there sometimes (also doesn't know what "nominal" means that's right shaky I went back lol at least I think that was shaky I was arguing with).

At the end of the day the choice is yours to make and yours only but my advice for forced induction is you get what you pay for, not saying a cheaper kit is going to blow but you are opening the door for more things to go wrong and as anyone who has had a turbo system will tell you, things will go wrong (might be minor or major but something eventually fucks up).

I for one am of the opinion that turbo's add a lot of possible failure points so you shouldn't skimp out on parts that move (because it adds more possible failure points) (bov, wastegate, etc.) and unfortunately, that is where most of these cheaper kits cut their price so make sure that the parts that move are well made and free from any defects.(That is also why I love Superchargers less possible points for failure, so more reliable, but you get less out of them due to the parasitic loss).

Anyways good luck with your project and hope that all goes well for you

Thank you. I'm probably just gonna lay low on here after all this. Thank you for the help. I'm definitely going to look more into superchargers now.

Check out the Edelbrock & JRSC kits (superchargers), very reputable companies. Conservative and emissions legal.

Still havent heard of any engine failures on the JRSC kit.

Don't get upset by all the keyboard warriors and angry people overcompensating for whatever reason no need to go into hiding :scared0016: Just brush em off and tell yourself they are trying to make others miserable because they themselves are miserable.

Jackson Racing kit does indeed seem to be bulletproof. I for one have a Kraftwerks C38 kit on mine and it performs flawlessly at this point (yes people are snapping belts but that's just user error).

I normally don't wade into the FI board, but this was originally posted on the main BRZ board.

Here's how I know this is spam: "Girl" posts a spammy sounding message about a no-name speed shop making turbos. She gets a response that mentions that this speed shop is associated with a known problem tuner whose work is so bad he actually catches people's cars on fire.

Now, what would the first reaction for most people be? Most normal people would say, "Holy shit! Tell me more about this guy! Maybe I should rethink this before burning my car to the ground!"

But not this person. Instead she tries to incite the white knights by claiming she's getting picked on because she's a girl (which is utter bullshit and she knows it), then goes right back into selling the product. To me, that seems like a completely unreasonable reaction, unless this person already knows about the Visconti connection because she IS the vendor or works for him.

Claiming to be a girl doesn't change it. Claiming to be military doesn't change it. Even giving a name doesn't change it. Spammers do all those same things when they create these online personas, but they usually out themselves with their overly enthusiastic selling of the product. Because this is the internet, and you can say you're just about anybody.

After all, I'm a French model. Bon jour.

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