Gearbanger 101 said:$3,800 for a turbo kit (even if it is an STS).....it almost sounds too good to be true. You say he's moving? How well do you know this guy? Make sure he's not just taking your money, and moving to another Country.
Yep, but this is for a single turbo set up. Being rear mounted is bad enough, but it being hindered by having to feed a single turbo over the length of the car makes it even less impressive.fright88 said:BTW the STS kit for the 05 stang is only 3995.
Spreadman said:From what I've read, STS makes a good system. On vettes they're making INSANE power. I say go for it. But ask the guy for some references if you're nervous.
Ok....I'm a little foggy here!?! He's selling the kit to you and installing it for $3,800? Or is $3,800 just what he's charging you for the install, + the $3,995 for the kit itself?fright88 said:Yeah but what are the chances I can pick up the mongoose kit installed for 3500? BTW I am going to check out 2 cars tomorrow with the kit. A GTO and a truck. Pluss he is planning on showing me his dyno results.
Gearbanger 101 said:Ok....I'm a little foggy here!?! He's selling the kit to you and installing it for $3,800? Or is $3,800 just what he's charging you for the install, + the $3,995 for the kit itself?
Ahhh, it a little more involved than you might think. My buddy just built one for his 351W powered '82 GT and it was no picnic. Running all of the inlet and exhaust tubing back and forth throughout the length of the car, while trying to maintain as much ground clearance as possible was a real PITA.....as was the oil return system that feeds the turbo(s). He gave up on the intercooler idea and went strait for Water/Methanol injection. According to him it was by far the easier route. Given, my buddy fabricated most of his own system, and his was a twin set up over the single the poster is thinking about but regardless, there are a lot of pieces and parts used for the STS rear mount turbo install and I can't see it being at all anywhere comparable to a Centrifugal install. The belt routing for your old Novi 2000 set up admittedly looked like kind of a bitch, but the S-Trim install according to most owners is a strait forward snap. The most involved part of it was tapping the oil pan and even then, it's not as difficult as some would lead you to believe. At least with the blower, you don’t need to go back beyond the oil pan......I wish the same could be said for the aft mounted turbo kits.Spreadman said:Keep in mind, with the STS system, there's really isn't much to the install. Just run tubing, mount the cooler and you're good to go. Nowhere near as involved as a centri kit or KB kit.
Well, considering that the S197 is a completely different car from the SN95, all intake and exhaust areas are in different spots, different front suspension, brackets, undercarriage clearances, exhaust location, etc, etc are all different between these two cars. It's goint to take some serious cutting, bending and fabricating to make it work....so yes, I'd say that this kit, has just been turned back into a "one-off" set up, wouldn't you.thomas91169 said:gearbanger, you are comparing a kit to a one-off setup. the kit will at most, have to only be sligtly modified to work for the 04 and older models, whereas a homemade kit is a ****load of work.
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