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06njsti · 10-17-2009, 08:55 AM

If you THINK you cant afford to put the turbo on your car in reality theres no way you can, well maybe you can afford to put the parts on but maintaing the car, NO. If you can barely afford to put parts on what makes you think when **** blows up your gonna be able to fix it. Your gonna spend probably 3x more then what the turbo cost in supporting mods. Do you have $500 for an ewg setup, $1000 for a fuel system (injectors and rails), some kind of ebcs or what ever your tuner wants to run, an upgraded tmic or fmic. Theres sooo many other things you need to throw into the equasion. I also love how some people talk about how they have this done and that done to there but their car is still on jack stands because they blew it up and cant afford to fix it. 350-375whp is right where rings start to go, its usually a little bit more power then that but are you willing to take a roll of the dice and test your luck? When your clutch goes do you have atleast $1,000 for a stronger aftermarket one? it makes no sense to install another oem one, you need to look at ALL the little things when starting to mod an already expensive car to maintain. When i get tuned at the end of the month and tell my tuner to go balls to the wall and see what he can do I can safely sleep at night. I know my 30r wont be able to blow up my Rallispec built longblock and I will be able to run my race tune all day and not worry about a thing. I also have a car that gets me to work and school and makes sure my bills are paid. In your case since its your dd if you blow the car up your screwed, you cant even get to work to pay your bills.

Sell the dom3 and get tuned on the vf39 and supporting mods, you can have MORE then enough fun with 300ish whp on the street, thats all you need. And get some other parts so you can effectively put that power to the ground. I did all my suspension parts before really going overboard with the motor and turbo and dont regret it at all. You need to think as suspension parts as a building block for being able to handle all this power. Ive driven in and drove both dom3, 30/35r'ed wrx's and sti's on mostly stock suspension, it makes no sense. Ive never been so scared in my life when getting behind the wheel of those cars also. What good is all that power if you cant control it? Get some coilovers or springs/struts, then some sway bars and endlinks, from there you can go with little other parts maybe a set of wheels. (my advans are for sale http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/show....php?t=1853890)
Im really looking forward to being able to chirp my 275's soon.

I hate to come off like a complete ass if you feel that way but just look at the whole big picture, I met you before and im pretty sure you bought my blue floormats from me. The last thing I want to hear is that you blew your **** up and cant afford to fix it. Another big thing that I dont understand is when people dump TONS of money into a car the bank still owns. Blowing a car up is one thing when you own it, but when your still making payments on that car its just plain stupid. I probably shouldnt be telling you or anyone else on here but at one time I could barely afford to put new brakes and rotors on my sti, now the car has a built longblock and way to much money into the body. Now 18 months later i just turned 20 and I own the sti and am about to get an 05/06 Denali this month, its amazing how things change so fast.

-Gary

10-17-2009, 08:55 AM	#30
06njsti Tri-State Addict Join Date: Jul 2007 Member #5392 My Ride: 06 LSB STI awdm'd iTrader: (1)	If you THINK you cant afford to put the turbo on your car in reality theres no way you can, well maybe you can afford to put the parts on but maintaing the car, NO. If you can barely afford to put parts on what makes you think when ** blows up your gonna be able to fix it. Your gonna spend probably 3x more then what the turbo cost in supporting mods. Do you have $500 for an ewg setup, $1000 for a fuel system (injectors and rails), some kind of ebcs or what ever your tuner wants to run, an upgraded tmic or fmic. Theres sooo many other things you need to throw into the equasion. I also love how some people talk about how they have this done and that done to there but their car is still on jack stands because they blew it up and cant afford to fix it. 350-375whp is right where rings start to go, its usually a little bit more power then that but are you willing to take a roll of the dice and test your luck? When your clutch goes do you have atleast $1,000 for a stronger aftermarket one? it makes no sense to install another oem one, you need to look at ALL the little things when starting to mod an already expensive car to maintain. When i get tuned at the end of the month and tell my tuner to go balls to the wall and see what he can do I can safely sleep at night. I know my 30r wont be able to blow up my Rallispec built longblock and I will be able to run my race tune all day and not worry about a thing. I also have a car that gets me to work and school and makes sure my bills are paid. In your case since its your dd if you blow the car up your screwed, you cant even get to work to pay your bills. Sell the dom3 and get tuned on the vf39 and supporting mods, you can have MORE then enough fun with 300ish whp on the street, thats all you need. And get some other parts so you can effectively put that power to the ground. I did all my suspension parts before really going overboard with the motor and turbo and dont regret it at all. You need to think as suspension parts as a building block for being able to handle all this power. Ive driven in and drove both dom3, 30/35r'ed wrx's and sti's on mostly stock suspension, it makes no sense. Ive never been so scared in my life when getting behind the wheel of those cars also. What good is all that power if you cant control it? Get some coilovers or springs/struts, then some sway bars and endlinks, from there you can go with little other parts maybe a set of wheels. (my advans are for sale http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/show....php?t=1853890) Im really looking forward to being able to chirp my 275's soon. I hate to come off like a complete ass if you feel that way but just look at the whole big picture, I met you before and im pretty sure you bought my blue floormats from me. The last thing I want to hear is that you blew your ** up and cant afford to fix it. Another big thing that I dont understand is when people dump TONS of money into a car the bank still owns. Blowing a car up is one thing when you own it, but when your still making payments on that car its just plain stupid. I probably shouldnt be telling you or anyone else on here but at one time I could barely afford to put new brakes and rotors on my sti, now the car has a built longblock and way to much money into the body. Now 18 months later i just turned 20 and I own the sti and am about to get an 05/06 Denali this month, its amazing how things change so fast. -Gary __________________ 94 Toyota Tercel...85hp-Gas Sipper!!- 06 Yukon Denali 6.0l on 4's!-Daily Grind- 97 Jeep Grand Cherokee LTD 5.2l -Sold- 06 WRX STi -Weekend Street Monster- 02 Jeep Grand Cherokee LTD 4.7l -Sold- Last edited by 06njsti; 10-17-2009 at 09:14 AM.