Turbo kit

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TheRussianBull
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Ok so i was browsing ebay after being MIA for a few months and i ran across turbo kit for the versa...Anyone know anything about it? legit?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...ZWDVW


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blindsnyper
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it is a universal kit, it is not designed for the versa. they have them with almost every car name in the title.
ebay item description wrote: YOU ARE BUYING A UNIVERSAL STYLE TURBO KIT

you will need to make your own t3 flanged turbo manifold

and your own 5 bolt exhaust down pipe

this is a universal starter turbo kit to get your turbo project started

includes most vital parts for your use!

PROFESSIONAL INSTALL ONLY - NO INSTRUCTIONS (becuase its not for the versa specificly)

Red Devil
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TheRussianBull wrote:Ok so i was browsing ebay after being MIA for a few months and i ran across turbo kit for the versa...Anyone know anything about it? legit?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...ZWDVW
Did you even read the thing?

First off, "Universal style" turbo kit. How exactly is there a "universal style" turbo kit? Usually there are turbo's and then there are kit's for certain cars.

You've also got to make your own exhaust manifold. I don't know myself, but I don't think there is anyone making turbo manifolds for Versas.

There's also the price. Only $599 for all that? A good ball bearing turbo should cost, at minimum, $1000. A complete turbokit for a KA24DE, I use the KA because the idea is the same (i.e. N/A--->Forced Induction), costs around $3500. That's a kit that includes EVERYTHING except intercooler and piping. Here's a link to the kit I'm talking about.

http://www.240sxmotoring.com/grka95tukit.html

That's what you NEED for a fully functional turbo upgrade. The "kit" they're selling is a sham of what a turbokit should be. The only people they're trying to appeal to are the cheap FATF losers who don't do research and know nothing about upgrading from N/A to Forced induction.

Don't be one of those people! There's also a bunch of issues involving compression ratios when upgrading from N/A to F.I. I don't know what the Versa's compression ratio is, but anything over 11:1 is where I'd draw the line. Even 11:1 is pushing it.

In summary, this is a bad buy.......DON'T DO IT!!!!!

my_new_v
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im sold...ill buy one for my truck since its univeral

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hrdcorpdrummer15
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im buying on for my bicylce.

my_new_v
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hrdcorpdrummer15 wrote:im buying on for my bicylce.
WOOOO make sure you take pictures!!!

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hrdcorpdrummer15
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will do


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