Total Price: Turbo Upgrade?

RUGBY · 02-14-2006, 10:53 AM

From your own experience what is the total price "out the door" for a larger turbo + supporting mods?

turbo, fmic or tmic, injectors, hoses, tuning, labor, etc...

thanks

***JDM-STI*** · 02-14-2006, 11:12 AM

Mine was around $3500 without tuning and labor. I do my own labor and the tuning is yet to come. If you go all out, probably in the $4000-5000 range.

RSVCHAD · 02-14-2006, 11:25 AM

Too many variables. You could get a nice 20G package that utilizes the stock TMIC with supporting mods and a tune for right around $2,000 or... you could spend $2,000 on a turbo alone (ie DB SZ55.) What are your goals for this upgrade?

RUGBY · 02-14-2006, 11:53 AM

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Originally Posted by RSVCHAD

Too many variables. You could get a nice 20G package that utilizes the stock TMIC with supporting mods and a tune for right around $2,000 or... you could spend $2,000 on a turbo alone (ie DB SZ55.) What are your goals for this upgrade?

Goal:

BA car from 0-150

RSVCHAD · 02-14-2006, 11:57 AM

So you will just be using this car strictly to do sprints from a dead stop to 150 mph all the time? You should budget for a rotated GT35R kit with the largest A/R you can get your hands on.

RUGBY · 02-14-2006, 12:05 PM

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Originally Posted by RSVCHAD

So you will just be using this car strictly to do sprints from a dead stop to 150 mph all the time?

I would definitely not say all the time. From 0-60 the car is very impressive. However, I would like to improve the roll acceleration w/o hurting the 0 to 60 times.

I really like the lifetime rebuilds that Deadbolt offers.

RSVCHAD · 02-14-2006, 12:32 PM

A good top-end rush w/out losing much bottom end, huh? I would personally due a 3" inlet FP Green or a rotated GT30R kit with all the supporting mods. Both of these options offer up pretty quick spool and have a very nice top-end. Add water/alcohol injection for good measure. Either of these set-ups with water/alcy injection should give you enough power to accelerate "briskly" to 150mph.

***JDM-STI*** · 02-14-2006, 03:29 PM

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Originally Posted by RSVCHAD

A good top-end rush w/out losing much bottom end, huh? I would personally due a 3" inlet FP Green or a rotated GT30R kit with all the supporting mods. Both of these options offer up pretty quick spool and have a very nice top-end. Add water/alcohol injection for good measure. Either of these set-ups with water/alcy injection should give you enough power to accelerate "briskly" to 150mph.

I totally agree.

Nixlimited · 02-14-2006, 03:34 PM

Depends on how far you get into it. My GT30R parts by themselves were around $5k.

RSVCHAD · 02-14-2006, 03:49 PM

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Originally Posted by RUGBY

I really like the lifetime rebuilds that Deadbolt offers.

SZ55 is a great turbo as well. A lot of top-end with a small penalty in spool compared to the Green or GT30.

Cost for a standard SZ55 set-up without tuning or install should run about $4,500.

2LTL2L8 · 02-14-2006, 03:58 PM

Perrin GT30R rotated mount kit $2700
Crawford / RPS Clutch $600
APS DR725 FMIC $1500
PE 850cc Injectors $750
Walbro Fuel Pump $100

Install $1,200
Tuning $450

That is what I purchased for my car last month....that's $7,300

But before I could get it installed I blew my motor....so last week I had to add to that:

Cobb Tuning Stage 2 Built Block with options: $4300

So that takes me up to $11,600

But that is doing it without cutting any corners....if you want instant gratification you could go with a Green or SZ49 and use the stock topmount until you save up more....with a setup like that you could get away with $3500 installed.

Snax · 02-14-2006, 04:42 PM

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Originally Posted by 2LTL2L8

Perrin GT30R rotated mount kit $2700
Crawford / RPS Clutch $600
APS DR725 FMIC $1500
PE 850cc Injectors $750
Walbro Fuel Pump $100

Install $1,200
Tuning $450

That is what I purchased for my car last month....that's $7,300

Off-hand, I think the APS intercooler is overkill for the GT30R (but you won't be sorry if you do upgrade from there), so you could knock $400 or so off that cost for a Perrin or TXS FMIC. I've also seen 820cc injectors for under $500. And of course DIY knocks a whopping $1200 off the install cost, so in total if you threw these compromises in, that would knock it down to about $5500 for a pretty kickass setup.

Of course that leaves out any exhaust or intake upgrades, but you already have those.

2fas4u · 02-14-2006, 06:46 PM

your wating your time if you run a GT30R kit and a TMIC.....

2fas4u · 02-14-2006, 06:48 PM

I will tell you unless you are purely after numbers that the 20G upgrade is more than enough to make you smile. I ran that setup before my current and it was a great setup. The difference to go the next step as I did, the guys are telling you correctly. It will cost you roughly $7,000+ to do it right...

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Originally Posted by RUGBY

From your own experience what is the total price "out the door" for a larger turbo + supporting mods?

turbo, fmic or tmic, injectors, hoses, tuning, labor, etc...

thanks

1FastSTi · 02-15-2006, 03:47 AM

Heres my list:

SZ55 - $1,995
Cobb AccessPORT - $640
Cobb StreetTUNER - $400
Perrin FMIC - $1,100
Perrin Turbo Inlet - $200
Perrin BigMAF Intake - $200
PE 850's - $650
Perrin EBCS - $75
Walbro FP - $80
TBE - $1000
Tuning so far - $550
Install - FREE

TOTAL - $6,890 <--- Holy F!!! Thats the first time I added it up. Shouldn't have done that. Im an idiot.

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02-15-2006, 03:47 AM	#15
1FastSTi Junior STI Driver Car: 04 STi Location: Mohnton (Berks County) Pa Posts: 131 Join Date: Apr 2004 Trader Rating: (0)	Heres my list: SZ55 - $1,995 Cobb AccessPORT - $640 Cobb StreetTUNER - $400 Perrin FMIC - $1,100 Perrin Turbo Inlet - $200 Perrin BigMAF Intake - $200 PE 850's - $650 Perrin EBCS - $75 Walbro FP - $80 TBE - $1000 Tuning so far - $550 Install - FREE TOTAL - $6,890 <--- Holy F!!! Thats the first time I added it up. Shouldn't have done that. Im an idiot. This ad is not endorsed by this member. Please register or login to hide this ad.

02-14-2006, 11:12 AM	#2
*JDM-STI* Platinum Member Car: 2005 & 2008 STI Fav Mod: UR 35R and Hydra tune by Scott Siegel :) Location: Columbus, GA Posts: 1,884 Join Date: Mar 2005 Trader Rating: (11)	Mine was around $3500 without tuning and labor. I do my own labor and the tuning is yet to come. If you go all out, probably in the $4000-5000 range.

02-14-2006, 11:25 AM	#3
RSVCHAD Senior STI Driver Car: Was: 05 Aspen White Location: Spokane, WA Posts: 334 Join Date: Jan 2005 Trader Rating: (0)	Too many variables. You could get a nice 20G package that utilizes the stock TMIC with supporting mods and a tune for right around $2,000 or... you could spend $2,000 on a turbo alone (ie DB SZ55.) What are your goals for this upgrade?

02-14-2006, 11:57 AM	#5
RSVCHAD Senior STI Driver Car: Was: 05 Aspen White Location: Spokane, WA Posts: 334 Join Date: Jan 2005 Trader Rating: (0)	So you will just be using this car strictly to do sprints from a dead stop to 150 mph all the time? You should budget for a rotated GT35R kit with the largest A/R you can get your hands on.

02-14-2006, 12:32 PM	#7
RSVCHAD Senior STI Driver Car: Was: 05 Aspen White Location: Spokane, WA Posts: 334 Join Date: Jan 2005 Trader Rating: (0)	A good top-end rush w/out losing much bottom end, huh? I would personally due a 3" inlet FP Green or a rotated GT30R kit with all the supporting mods. Both of these options offer up pretty quick spool and have a very nice top-end. Add water/alcohol injection for good measure. Either of these set-ups with water/alcy injection should give you enough power to accelerate "briskly" to 150mph.

02-14-2006, 03:34 PM	#9
Nixlimited Professional STI Racer Car: 05 STi CGM Fav Mod: Tuning... Location: San Diego Posts: 811 Join Date: Feb 2005 Trader Rating: (0)	Depends on how far you get into it. My GT30R parts by themselves were around $5k.

02-14-2006, 03:58 PM	#11
2LTL2L8 Junior STI Driver Posts: 167 Join Date: Dec 2003 Trader Rating: (1)	Perrin GT30R rotated mount kit $2700 Crawford / RPS Clutch $600 APS DR725 FMIC $1500 PE 850cc Injectors $750 Walbro Fuel Pump $100 Install $1,200 Tuning $450 That is what I purchased for my car last month....that's $7,300 But before I could get it installed I blew my motor....so last week I had to add to that: Cobb Tuning Stage 2 Built Block with options: $4300 So that takes me up to $11,600 But that is doing it without cutting any corners....if you want instant gratification you could go with a Green or SZ49 and use the stock topmount until you save up more....with a setup like that you could get away with $3500 installed.

02-14-2006, 06:46 PM	#13
2fas4u Silver Member Car: 05 STI Location: Manchester, Maryland Posts: 1,864 Join Date: Aug 2005 Trader Rating: (3)	your wating your time if you run a GT30R kit and a TMIC.....