i know this is a lot but can anyone give me a list of everything needed to make a homemade turbo kit for a zetec focus?
homemade turbo
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what are your goals with the car? what is your budget?
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You cant make a reliable turbo kit tuned for 2000 , and I dont think 3000
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Buy Toms DIY kit. I would have if i needed to start over. I did a custom kit, and it gets expensive.
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I've never done work with turbo's my general rule of thumb with stuff like this is...If it's gonna break your bank, get something very reliable that's gonna work 100% Something like that, that could cause a lot of problems with your car, isnt something that I'd go cheap on. Just my 2 cents.
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If you want a "cheaper" set up start watching the Buy/Sell section on here and you might be able to get a good used kit. But for now start reading up on it. Read all the stickies here and Google is your friend. The more you read the more you'll learn.
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Truth. Very expensive. One thing in particular that would have made life easier is an I/C pipe kit. Still working out fitment issues...
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like everyone has mentioned, it does get pricey to build your own, even if you fabricate your own DP & IC piping and do all your own installing!
I bought what i could used & built my dp and fitted my own piping and Still hit about $3200 ish after tuning. and now i'm saving for a Bigger turbo lol the small stuff adds up fast, but boost is sooo worth it!!
tom's diy kit would be an excellent way to get started.[thumb]..save you a lot of head achs.
I bought what i could used & built my dp and fitted my own piping and Still hit about $3200 ish after tuning. and now i'm saving for a Bigger turbo lol the small stuff adds up fast, but boost is sooo worth it!!
tom's diy kit would be an excellent way to get started.[thumb]..save you a lot of head achs.
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Custom turbo kit *can* be cheap as hell if you buy good used parts or eBay parts. I am *not* recommending eBay parts, but John made over 300whp on an eBay turbo, I believe. SPA manifold isn't much...then try to find a good deal on injectors, Xcal3, etc.
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i believe it can be done for under 2k on a zetec. look for deals in the marketplace and ebay last year i got the piping, used re-built turbo, injectors, and BOV for under $500. this might help also http://hondaswap.com/turbo-information/building-homemade-turbo-kit-81384/
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Almost all of the parts on my car are used, i bought from members on here. And i am well over 2k in parts. Like everyone says the small things add up fast.
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it would be very simple to do the mechanical parts for under 2k. but when you start adding gauges that are needed (wideband, boost, etc), injectors, bap, mafia, j&s, sct flasher and/or prp, tunning, clutch, diff, plus any other misc stuff that will add up big time.
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