anyone have it? anyone have a similar setup with details
seems like a good deal to me - in canada
http://cgi.ebay.ca/55-Up-Small-block...QQcmdZViewItem

 

those headers are prone to cracking and those turbos aren't exactly the greatest, if they will work at all. I'd go elsewhere, real turbo kits that are brand new are over 2k for a reason.

 

You get what you pay for.

 

The ebay turbos aren't that bad, but that kit seems REALLY cheap. My turbo was $170 itself and I built my own pipes etc.

 

1. Where's the intake plumbing? (I don't see any)

2. Where are the turbo's sittin' on a 3rd gen? They seem to sit quite a ways fwd of the engine, are they in the radiator? What about accessories. I would never get anything like this w/o getting under your hood and guestimating where things will be.

 

The kit you are looking at is from SS AutoChrome. You can buy it directly through them if you like. Don't listen to all the naysayers on the headers cracking. Who cares!!! ho much is it to weld them? Not much besides you got a good start for the hot side of your car. Your best bet would be to order just the headers from them and order your own turbos.

There are a lot of guys on the turbo mustang forums bashing these too and the main reason is because they ordered their kit already and over paid and are upset about the money they spent. Look if money is tight and you want to get started this is not a really bad way to go.

 

Agreed, in a way. If you have the ability to weld, just build your own .

I paid $177 for my to4e, dlivered to my house. All other materials cost me less than $1000 (actually less than $1k for everything).

If you can fabricate halfway decent, I would suggest doing your own system. Mine was done in my driveway with no major tools, just a compressor/tools and a $129 Harbor Freight MIG.

Here's some pics (need update pics of finished product)...
http://s158.photobucket.com/albums/t...ojectfirebird/

And here's the story...
https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/powe...under-way.html

 

Well yes being able to fabricate the cold piping and the down pipes yourself is a huge plus. I just meant that even paying to have someone fix the welds isn't a huge deal even if they fail. If your budget warrants doing most of it yourself and paying for the best deals then this might not be a bad way to start.
I personally am not going this route I am most likely going to have HP Performance out of New Mexico fabricate a kit for me. This is several months off and i will see what kind of intrest I can spark on here to see if a gp might be in order(sorry off subject).

 

First off, they say (or at least did say) that everything was covered under warranty.

If worse comes to worse and they wont warranty the header in the event of it cracking, just get it welded for the few bucks it will cost...



If you look around on turbomustang forums they actually have a poll going about the turbos i think... from what i can remember the failure rate wasnt very high on them, and heck, for the money a guy pays for them i wouldnt expect 0 failures...



Edit: OH BTW, just looked at the ad and it appears JNEPOWER is no longer a registered user?!? WTF

 

You can find a thread on here about problems they had with thier turbos. If you want to try thier headers I say go for it but proceed with caution.

 

haha!

i just payed $1700 for my borg warner S-series 80mm turbo. i think it is funny that i gave 10x the amount for a turbo that you did. of course, mine is bigger than yours.
im building my own everything also.

i love seeing home grown turbo installs. mine is going on an ls2 in my 1988 gta.

 

I have heard good things about the Borg Warner units. I picked up a new Garrett 85mm inducer wheel unit for $300 shipped to my door.

The LS2 setup should be a blast with boost. What size turbine housing (T4, T6, A/R) did you go with?

 

You got that **** together yet or is it still sitting in the garage with the Murdercedes?