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07-02-2012, 10:11 AM | #1 |
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Price of Boost
Hello, I suppose this is my first post on here but it is an important question because it could make or break my decision to get an FR-S or BRZ.
Once these turbo kits get made and the other kits that follow, S/C and possibly twincharge kits as well, they are going to have a price, obviously. What can we expect it to be? Now I've driven a few different cars and depending on the make of the car and how expensive it was and including vendors thinking how elite the car might be, the price of boosting your vehicle can vary. I had a Cobalt SS a few years ago and the price to boost those, the non boosted ones, was as low as $1500-2500. Reasonable for the type of car. Domestic and a relatively inexpensive car. And people were easily making ~350whp. I also owned a Nismo 370Z and my god every vendor thought that car was god's gift to man. So turbo kits were $6,500-11,000. Supercharged kits were $6,500-8,500. In my opinion those are ridiculous prices and even if it is a JDM vehicle, it shouldn't matter. The turbos were making 450-600whp and the S/C was making 350-475whp. Finally, I currently own a new Camaro SS (same price as a Nismo 370), and I believe the boosted prices are back to being reasonable again. There don't seem to be any vendor issues even though the car has a huge following of people that think it's amazing. The turbo kits are ~$6000. Supercharged kits are ~$4500. Numbers might be off a tad bit but these are almost HALF of the 370Z prices. So what do you all think we will be seeing for the FR-S/BRZ in terms of pricing for boost? Personally if I can hit 300-350whp I will be extremely happy. It would only take 235whp to have the same exact power-weight ratio as my 370 and maybe 245 for the Camaro. Those numbers should be easily obtained by any form of boost. Thanks all! |
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low volume sports car bro. do the math.
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mark up is one thing, but the cost of hardparts is tough to get around. compressor, manifold, intercooler/aftercooler, down pipe, random pipes and couplings are the obvious parts. But unknowns on this car are how much power the clutch will hold, exhaust diameter needed, injectors, engine control. Not to mention oil and water temperature control.
Any time I've ever boosted a car, the costs are way more than the "kit" you buy.
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Basically with what I currently owe I can get up to $10,000 cash if someone buys my Camaro for the reasonable price I'm selling it for. So I'm thinking I'll want to have that money to blow on the turbo kit, tune, upgraded parts, wheels, suspension, and a proper aftermarket body kit. |
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300whp will probably take ~12psi on a properly sized turbo. And it doesn't look like the stock internals will take that much abuse. So save money for a built motor.
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That slightly concerns me but doesn't seem out of reach. That's unfortunate if stock internals can't handle 300whp.
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I sure hope the motor can take the abuse, nobody has any concrete info yet. Or at least info they have shared with the public.
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It's not really about the abuse of 300 whp, it's the sky high compressions ratio, and trying to control detonation. With the direct injection, presumably the detonation threshold is higher, but boosting the FA20 is really unknown territory at this point. If you were willing to add methanol injection, sounds like something in the ballpark of 300 whp could be feasible.
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The price is going to depend alot on the volume of kits they sell and the difficulty of the R/D which i think will end up being quite high.
Still id expect something in the 5-6k range, thats what it cost to get a Quality made kit for the 8th gen si. Alot of people went with the 3k-4k kits but so many ended up selling them for a quality kit from Full race or SSA. |
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i can definitely say from experience you get what you pay for. if you want a quality build that will last years without problems and as a bonus impress other ppl expect to pay. my tC build (in my profile) total costs before built motor (cause i wanted more power) was right around 6K. i have a friend with a tC as well who wanted to go cheaper and payed around 2500-3K and i daily drive my tC spirited an hour each way for a year on stock motor problem free. him, well he is on his 3rd turbo, intercooler piping has been replaced due to poor fitment and hitting the road on dips, piggyback management been replaced twice due to software failures...the list goes on. yea there are ppl who go the cheaper route and do perfectly fine but it comes down to this when you do that..... are you feeling lucky??
end result? im gonna be buying the FRS and selling him my turbo build for his tC...in the long run, although it was cheaper at first, he paid just about the same as i did except i didnt go through the headaches and down time he did |
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