P&l turbo kit question.
 

Has any one heard any thing about the p&l stage 1 turbo kit or have any experience with this kit?

@PrimeMotoring

http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=56857
@Hawaiian

What would you like to know?

How reliable the kit is, what comes with the kit, what are the power gains, how easy the installation was how long it took, can this kit be applied to a daily driver?

@PrimeMotoring can answer about the installation time. They have also done several flex fuel installs using their flex fuel kit.

For the stage 1 kit out of the box it makes about 300-320 safely on pump gas. If you are looking for any more you might want to look into getting a new clutch.

With a few $ extra you can get injectors a pump and a clutch, and when combined with E85 (lots of it near me) you can get your car well over 460.

I think that the stage 1 kit is perfect for a DD. You can have your tuner set it up to allow for your preferred driving style, and to my knowledge there have been no known issues with the kit.

P.S. a few of their posted stage 1 installs

http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showt...motoring+tuned
http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showt...motoring+tuned

I am pretty sure there are a few kits in texas as well.

I love how @Hawaiian has become the go to for all things P&L even though he doesn't have their turbo kit. The only member I can think of that currently owns the turbo kit is @GTBZR1 . Here is his thread about the kit:

http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=44152

He bought the kit used off someone on the forum, and I think it was @Supermassive . Here is his thread about the kit:

http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=27176

It wasn't supermassives kit. He had his red coated.

Who says I don't have a kit? I just haven't installed it yet. This winter has been garbage.

If you check the @PrimeMotoring threads there are a few more members there. There will also be 3 more kits local to me installed in the next 6 weeks.

I hadn't seen you say you had the kit, and it was a joke. I consider you the go to guy for all things P&L though. I look forward to your results, and I wasn't meaning to imply those are the only members with the kit, just the ones I could remember that had build threads.

I know you better than that. It seems most P&L owners don't do build threads though.

Yes @Hawaiian will be running our FLex Fuel setup and have Jr tuning the car at P&L so another 400+whp FRS soon to be on the road this March.

IMO the best engineered kit for teh FRS/BRZ...no cutting, no slim fans needed, a downpipe that doesnt sit within and inch of the turbo's hotside or downpipe, best placement of the MAF sensor which wont affect tuning and the range of power from pump to e85 is massive so it is a great kit for all your needs.

All these cars we have done daily their cars:

http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=56333

http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=55316

http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=56857

Let me know what questions you have!

I'd be happy to help.

Sorry for the lack of forum presence, it's been pretty busy around here. I will be replying and searching for unanswered questions right now to ensure everything is taken can of!

Thanks!
Kathy
kathy@pandlmotorsports.com

I still have mine, 20k miles and still purring...loudly ;) Although I finally getting off my ass and putting it up for sale this weekend. Time to get my next project.

It's funny, I've been trying not to drive my car for a while now in an effort to keep the mileage down, but I keep taking it out on the weekends and playing. It's always fun pulling up to the Chevy dealership I'm buying my Vette from and all the sales guys come out to ask about my FR-S.

I know it's frowned upon on this site to give up on the car but time marches on, and it's been almost two years so I need a new toy...and I hate to say it but the Corvette Stingray is on a whole different level than the FR-S. That said, the addition of a turbo kit is definitely a must do mod. Anything between 260-300WHP is all you need for this car, anything more is more for bragging rights than anything, unless you drive around town on drag radials. If i could have done anything at all different with this car, i would have opted for the wastegate exhaust to be routed back into the exhaust as it is honestly a little too loud sometimes...although ripping it through a tunnel is one of the most amazing sounds ever to come out of a boxer 4. It's also fun startling straight pipe harley riders when i pass them because the exhaust is louder than theirs ;)

P&L's system was pretty much perfect when i bought it, everything fit perfect, looked like pure quality parts, and has worked flawlessly so far. The only issue i ran into with my kit was the oil line from the engine to the turbo was rubbing on the intake tube going into the throttle body. This wouldn't be so much of an issue but braided stainless steel rubbing against aluminum for 10,000ish miles actually left a nice little gash in the intake tube. Luckily I caught it before it went through and remedied the issue by wrapping the oil line in zip ties. Probably the best solution would be to wrap the oil line in a rubber hose just in case.