tbot, I would be happy to donate $3.71.... thats whats in my piggy bank

You could man-whore your way to a new turbo within a few weeks im sure!

tbot wrote:They have the stage 2 kit available now, they added it yesterday! WooHoo, now i just need $3550....

Wow, only $3,550? That's amazing for a stage two kit. I have been eager to see what the price is going to be.

If i still had my old 3 i would get the Tri-Point kit *drool*

yeah but the tri-point kit isn't made for the 2.0L...

I want a turbo for my 5...

u can do the tri-point kit AIM, its for the 2.3L. And that is a sick kit.

Yeah.. I'm gonna wait for warranty to expire first.

I looked at the F2 web site and I'm considering buying a stage 1 or 2 turbo kit, but i just don't know the difference

idk if you are considering the reactive racing kit. thats the one i have, its more expensive but also comes with the xfc which is better than split second piggyback imo. the reactive kit also comes with all the tubing powder coated, and they welded in a extra o2 bung for me (for my wideband).

stage 2 your gona need to upgrade clutch (would recomend for stage1 due to the stock MZ3 clutch really only being good upto 200whp) and you will need to seriously consider upgrading engine internals if you want to push past 8psi without seriously hurting somthing.

just remember, your boosting a non-turbo engine, which means if you dont somewhat 'build' your engine for boost, your either gona get minimal gains and hurt your engine, or get good gains and hurt your engine fast.

Cesaros wrote:just remember, your boosting a non-turbo engine, which means if you dont somewhat 'build' your engine for boost, your either gona get minimal gains and hurt your engine, or get good gains and hurt your engine fast.

Nicely put!! I know a few people on the 3 forums had to extensivly build up their car to handle the increase of power. The extent to which you build your car depends on the power you epexct to run.