Turbo Setup
09-23-2007 | 06:51 PM
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Turbo Setup
I was wondering if you just use the piping from this kit and upgraded the turbo if this would be a decent setup? I compaired the pics from this to thinjims setup and the bends in the piping look very close. All though his kit is far more superior.
What does everyone think?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Accor...QQcmdZViewItem
What does everyone think?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Accor...QQcmdZViewItem
09-23-2007 | 07:23 PM
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we have a couple of member on V 6 P who used this kit and seems very happy with it. made 350+ i think...
few pictures...
before you say something about the IC, he didn't use the one on the kit cause he didn't like the inlet and outlet on just one side
few pictures...
before you say something about the IC, he didn't use the one on the kit cause he didn't like the inlet and outlet on just one side
09-23-2007 | 07:48 PM
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Originally Posted by NEVERSUMMER
So this HAS worked on our cars... Its a good price to. I would def upgrade turbo.
Does it matter that im 6 speed??
Does it matter that im 6 speed??
09-23-2007 | 09:00 PM
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hell, even with engine management you would still be less than a grand for a turbo? usually, you get what you pay for, so this is weird to me..well, if it is decent and makes that kinda power, everybody on here should buy this kit huh?..gl
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09-23-2007 | 10:53 PM
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Originally Posted by AARONSredTYPE-S
hell, even with engine management you would still be less than a grand for a turbo? usually, you get what you pay for, so this is weird to me..well, if it is decent and makes that kinda power, everybody on here should buy this kit huh?..gl
correct. BUT like you said, you get what you pay for. thats why everybody and their brother doesnt have it. refer to my post above ^^^^^
09-24-2007 | 02:24 AM
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If the turbo manifold and the i/c piping fits the way it does for the accord in those pics, it might be alright. I'm not talking about the way he ran the i/c piping under his i/c either, because that is just dumb.
The welds on the manifold are probably shit, so it'd probably be smart to get those re-welded or something so they don't crack. I wouldn't touch the turbo or the wastegate in that kit. If the manifold, i/c piping, and downpipe are all proven to fit then it might be a good place to start a budget kit.
The welds on the manifold are probably shit, so it'd probably be smart to get those re-welded or something so they don't crack. I wouldn't touch the turbo or the wastegate in that kit. If the manifold, i/c piping, and downpipe are all proven to fit then it might be a good place to start a budget kit.
09-24-2007 | 02:51 AM
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i'd love to have this setup on my CL-S but what kind of engine management would you use? I wonder if this setup would work straight out of the box bolt everything on. Not to mention long term reliability.
09-24-2007 | 06:40 AM
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Originally Posted by gc86
i'd love to have this setup on my CL-S but what kind of engine management would you use? I wonder if this setup would work straight out of the box bolt everything on. Not to mention long term reliability.
09-24-2007 | 02:02 PM
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Originally Posted by NEVERSUMMER
I think im gonna do this but upgrade to the Garrett GT35R Turbo and new intercooler. Im gonna ask the guy a few more questions.
09-24-2007 | 02:50 PM
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I would ask them if they would relist it minus the wastegate, BOV, Turbo, and FPR. and get those elsewhere. probably save $100 off of that kit instead of just not using the stuff.
ALSO: you should know that this piping setup has the downpipe only 3-4" from the ground on a NON-LOWERED car, so if you are lowered, either forget it or expect to do some redesign.
ALSO: you should know that this piping setup has the downpipe only 3-4" from the ground on a NON-LOWERED car, so if you are lowered, either forget it or expect to do some redesign.
09-24-2007 | 03:27 PM
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I was just going to use the piping. And upgrade everything else. But after all the feedback this seems a little sketch.
Would def get new welds, bolts nuts, gaskets, wastegate, turbo, bov etc. Just use the piping.
There was a cl that had it. I wanna try and get a hold of him to see whats up.
^^^ Oh and fixing the height problem would be easy. Just a little work like you said.
Would def get new welds, bolts nuts, gaskets, wastegate, turbo, bov etc. Just use the piping.
There was a cl that had it. I wanna try and get a hold of him to see whats up.
^^^ Oh and fixing the height problem would be easy. Just a little work like you said.
09-24-2007 | 03:47 PM
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Originally Posted by SIRSIG
few pictures...
Anyway. I think with some modification to the whole setup. This might be alright.
SIRSIG--- Is there anything else you know about this???
09-24-2007 | 04:14 PM
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Originally Posted by SIRSIG
before you say something about the IC, he didn't use the one on the kit cause he didn't like the inlet and outlet on just one side
09-24-2007 | 04:27 PM
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^^^^^^^That isnt the same setup.... I just noticed .... Look at the intercooler on the actuall pic of the auction. The pipings leaves the same side. Not from differant sides so that wouldnt be a problem anymore... Tottally diferant intercooler-maybe even set-up...
09-24-2007 | 04:44 PM
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Originally Posted by NEVERSUMMER
^^^^^^^That isnt the same setup.... I just noticed .... Look at the intercooler on the actuall pic of the auction. The pipings leaves the same side. Not from differant sides so that wouldnt be a problem anymore... Tottally diferant intercooler-maybe even set-up...
Originally Posted by SIRSIG
before you say something about the IC, he didn't use the one on the kit cause he didn't like the inlet and outlet on just one side
09-25-2007 | 12:52 AM
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Originally Posted by NEVERSUMMER
Wait---- Does this look like the guy that claimed he had 528whp? But his turbo was on the bottom right of the front bumper.
Anyway. I think with some modification to the whole setup. This might be alright.
SIRSIG--- Is there anything else you know about this???
Anyway. I think with some modification to the whole setup. This might be alright.
SIRSIG--- Is there anything else you know about this???
imo, If the pipes were to fit the CL... a bigger Turbo, DIY gaskets, and some minor mods (fuel management, fuel pump, fuel pressure reg, Gauges, etc...) are the only thing you need to run 450whp+. That should be around 2k+ for everything. I think we just have to wait for a guy here ballsy enough to have this on their ride.
so, i went to the TL board and here's what i found...
apparently, Speedr73 from the TL board got this piping idea and stolen by SSautochrome as far as i understood it...
Originally Posted by speedr73
I will explain exactly how everything went down just to clarify cause it's all mangled in this thread.
I originally bought a turbo from ss autochrome. The thing went out on me within the first week and I called them to complain, and get a new one because they have a 1 year warranty. I actually got intouch with him on the phone and he sent me a new one by the end of the following week.
While on the phone with ss, he asked me what I was putting the turbo on. I told him and he immediately asked if I would send him my piping so he could copy it. He said he would then let me sell the kit (me being a rep for ss autochrome/xs power). I complied, but explained that my pipes were shitty and that my welding skills suck.
He said he would pay to have the pipes professionally done once I found out how much they would cost. I went to many different shops, and after one hell of a battle with all the shops, Grand Muffler in Marietta made them...they did an awsome job, although they went off of my design which was flawed by the downpipe. I should have let them do it their way.
I then took those pipes off my car. Sent them to ss auto, and waited.
And Waited
And then I found out that he sent them off to England so that Citroen could produce them...WTF? Grand Muffler could have had me a design saved on disk and as many kits as I wanted within a month or two.
I had to wait nearly a year to get those pipes back from him. Also, in the time I waited I found IMO a very good intercooler to include in the kit. The spearco Top to Bottom IC. SS gave me the money to buy it, and then I had to send the IC back to them. He had that copied and back to me within about two months.
Once I finally got all the parts back, I did a test fit. They fit as they should have and I tried to call him to give him the ok to produce the kit, and to get money for IC piping. Never heard back so I just paid for the IC piping myself.
Then he emailed me asking what the deal was. I said lets discuss this over the phone like normal businessmen and set it up right. I wanted everything in writing like a contract. I also wanted multiple kits sitting in my garage so that when someone bought a kit I could have it right out to them instead of waiting till god knows when and never being able to get in touch with ss if there was a problem. I emailed him three more times to find out what was going on and if we had the greenlight on the kit.
I never heard back unitl maybe a month later when he again asked me if I was gonna sell the kit. I told him that he never responded to my emails and never answered the phone, and if that is the way he practices business then I will not conduct business with him. He basically said he never got any emails and fine have it your way.
Now I see that he went ahead with the kit, put it on ebay, without any info from me whatsoever. No body knows how to install this kit. There are little things you have to do and cut that neither ss nor the customer knows. I never got a chance to tell him that the downpipe needs to be redone.
And to top it all off, he steals my pictures right off this thread and arbitrarily makes them his own.
So do I have a problem with SS? You can put me in the pile right above everyone else.
I originally bought a turbo from ss autochrome. The thing went out on me within the first week and I called them to complain, and get a new one because they have a 1 year warranty. I actually got intouch with him on the phone and he sent me a new one by the end of the following week.
While on the phone with ss, he asked me what I was putting the turbo on. I told him and he immediately asked if I would send him my piping so he could copy it. He said he would then let me sell the kit (me being a rep for ss autochrome/xs power). I complied, but explained that my pipes were shitty and that my welding skills suck.
He said he would pay to have the pipes professionally done once I found out how much they would cost. I went to many different shops, and after one hell of a battle with all the shops, Grand Muffler in Marietta made them...they did an awsome job, although they went off of my design which was flawed by the downpipe. I should have let them do it their way.
I then took those pipes off my car. Sent them to ss auto, and waited.
And Waited
And then I found out that he sent them off to England so that Citroen could produce them...WTF? Grand Muffler could have had me a design saved on disk and as many kits as I wanted within a month or two.
I had to wait nearly a year to get those pipes back from him. Also, in the time I waited I found IMO a very good intercooler to include in the kit. The spearco Top to Bottom IC. SS gave me the money to buy it, and then I had to send the IC back to them. He had that copied and back to me within about two months.
Once I finally got all the parts back, I did a test fit. They fit as they should have and I tried to call him to give him the ok to produce the kit, and to get money for IC piping. Never heard back so I just paid for the IC piping myself.
Then he emailed me asking what the deal was. I said lets discuss this over the phone like normal businessmen and set it up right. I wanted everything in writing like a contract. I also wanted multiple kits sitting in my garage so that when someone bought a kit I could have it right out to them instead of waiting till god knows when and never being able to get in touch with ss if there was a problem. I emailed him three more times to find out what was going on and if we had the greenlight on the kit.
I never heard back unitl maybe a month later when he again asked me if I was gonna sell the kit. I told him that he never responded to my emails and never answered the phone, and if that is the way he practices business then I will not conduct business with him. He basically said he never got any emails and fine have it your way.
Now I see that he went ahead with the kit, put it on ebay, without any info from me whatsoever. No body knows how to install this kit. There are little things you have to do and cut that neither ss nor the customer knows. I never got a chance to tell him that the downpipe needs to be redone.
And to top it all off, he steals my pictures right off this thread and arbitrarily makes them his own.
So do I have a problem with SS? You can put me in the pile right above everyone else.
and his for sale thread
https://acurazine.com/forums/car-parts-sale-361/fs-%2A%2Aturbo-kit-speedr73s%2A%2A-360725/
blk2001tlon19s turbo thread
https://acurazine.com/forums/religion-politics-18/democrats-richochet-left-126566/
what can i say, i'm a speed reader
09-25-2007 | 06:30 PM
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looks like that accord went with this kit: http://orangecounty.craigslist.org/pts/431938721.html
09-25-2007 | 08:38 PM
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how is everyone im new in the forum and i was reading about the turbo kit on ebay so does anyone use it yet or know if it will fit the 01 cls auto ?
im about to buy it but i want to make shure its the right one thks
im about to buy it but i want to make shure its the right one thks
10-01-2007 | 12:39 AM
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Originally Posted by SIRSIG
NO. he got a different set-up. https://acurazine.com/forums/showthr...ighlight=turbo he run his turbo via front bumper.
imo, If the pipes were to fit the CL... a bigger Turbo, DIY gaskets, and some minor mods (fuel management, fuel pump, fuel pressure reg, Gauges, etc...) are the only thing you need to run 450whp+. That should be around 2k+ for everything. I think we just have to wait for a guy here ballsy enough to have this on their ride.
so, i went to the TL board and here's what i found...
apparently, Speedr73 from the TL board got this piping idea and stolen by SSautochrome as far as i understood it...
here's the whole thread https://acurazine.com/forums/showthr...light=Speedr73 some pictures on page 11
and his for sale thread
https://acurazine.com/forums/showthread.php?t=360725
blk2001tlon19s turbo thread
https://acurazine.com/forums/showthread.php?t=126566
what can i say, i'm a speed reader
imo, If the pipes were to fit the CL... a bigger Turbo, DIY gaskets, and some minor mods (fuel management, fuel pump, fuel pressure reg, Gauges, etc...) are the only thing you need to run 450whp+. That should be around 2k+ for everything. I think we just have to wait for a guy here ballsy enough to have this on their ride.
so, i went to the TL board and here's what i found...
apparently, Speedr73 from the TL board got this piping idea and stolen by SSautochrome as far as i understood it...
here's the whole thread https://acurazine.com/forums/showthr...light=Speedr73 some pictures on page 11
and his for sale thread
https://acurazine.com/forums/showthread.php?t=360725
blk2001tlon19s turbo thread
https://acurazine.com/forums/showthread.php?t=126566
what can i say, i'm a speed reader
Forgot all about my turbo thread...
