I have always wondered about these kits as well. For example, if you check the Budget or the Street Kits, they say "everything you need to bolt on in one afternoon", or something.
How true is that?? I mean, the kits say they include this:
- Stainless Steel Manifold w/ T3 Flange
- Complete Oil Line Kit
- 62mm Turbocharger w/ 4" inlet
- Stage 3 T3 Turbine .82 AR
- 4" inlet Filter and Intake Kit
- 3" stainless steel downpipe
- 38mm Wastegate
That's the Budget one. The Street one has a different turbo (60-1 Turbocharger or GT35 Comparable Sized Turbo (T3 inlet)), doesn't mention including a Wastegate, but then it's all the same for $100 more.
But again, it also says "everything you need to bolt on in an afternoon". So again I ask, how true is that?
Say I have a stock 1JZ, with stock everything.. what else would I need to get, that's not included in this kits? I don't mean to hijack this thread, but I'm not aiming for huge HP numbers like tyler. Say I want the most possible on a daily driver setup, not on high boost all the time... I imagine one of these two kits would do (??)... I'm thinking maybe a stronger clutch would be needed if I add some more HP? But what else? Do I need to buy fuel management stuff for any of these two kits? Do I need to mess with the ecu? Get bigger injectors? Bigger IC? .... sorry for asking so much.