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Old 03-13-2021, 02:56 PM   #70
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Originally Posted by Irace86.2.0 View Post
A turbo can be done the same and probably easier for more people with just a welder. Used turbos and manifolds and oil lines can all be harvested for cheap from a junk yard. Internal wastegate. No BOV for low boost. Old manifolds for welding up a turbo manifold to the stock header.

This isn’t the reality for the vast majority, but even if it was, turbo is better.
For 99.8% of people would never do a DIY FI kit. For .19% of people a diy turbo kit would be way easier and cheaper than a SC kit. In his unique specific case that applies to almost no one but him a DIY SC I guess can be done cheaper and possibly easier.

Think he was more bragging than giving an actual solution for anyone to consider following.

Like you basically said, piecing a turbo kit together off ebay, or with some minor beginner fab work can be done fairly easily and cheaply at least compared to a make shift sc kit. Proper pulley alignment alone could be challenging not throwing belts all the time.
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