XS-engineering turbo kit

[hayato kazami]

does anyone using this kit? how is it??

I heard that the manifold is from Rev-hard, and it can hold up to 450hp, but can only use the 35mm wastegate, is it ture??

take a look of the manifold.........

[C-Kwik]

I have it and it works fine. It does use the REV-Hard Mani. Your choice of wastegate is currently limited to a turbonetics deltagate or tial 35m. There may be a slightly larger tial that will fit, but it would be rather pointless considering the opening is only 35mm. 35 mm is pretty big though and should handle plenty of power.

[TrunkMonkey]

but if you feel you just gotta use something bigger than the 35, a tial 38mm should fit.

-demetrius

[klattr1]

i dislike the XS Engineering design for their intercooler kit that comes with the turbo kit. The cold pipe that starts at the throttle body crosses over the heat shroud and runs down where the hotpipe goes into the fenderwell and then runs down the bumper support metal frame and then connects to the intercooler. It just looks very inefficient. It looks like they used an Injen intake pipe and made it a part of their own kit as an intercooler pipe.

[C-Kwik]

To call it "very" inefficient is too strong IMO. It's not the most optimal way, but I doubt you can even tell the difference when driving it. It's negligible.

As far as Injen, you can definitely tell the difference between their pipes. You can see the welds on the XS kit. I think the XS kit was out before the Injen intakes were as well.

[klattr1]

look what i found. Maybe the Injen piping is specific to this car

[hayato kazami]

how's the kit perform?

[C-Kwik]

Yeah, that's definitely not the XS piping. Even the piping from the MAF to the turbo is slightly different. It's pretty clean though.

The XS kit performs well. I'm not sure if that answer's your question though. You weren't very specific.

[hayato kazami]

Well, i would like to know the Hp and PSI. and i am wondering what kind of turbo is it?? because some sites said it come with the T04 turbo, and some sites it come with the T3/T4.

Also, if it is come with T3/T4, is it a T3/T4E or what? is it ballbearing or not??

by the way, when i check on the Xs homepage, it state that the stage 2 of S14 turbo kit coming soon, but i doubt it.....

thanks

[C-Kwik]

It typically makes about 225-230 at the wheels. I dyno'd at 210 when I had some problems. I'm fairly certain I had a boost leak, but I am uncertain as I fixed a varety of small issues at the same time. I am runnin 6.5 psi. XS looks to boost 6-7 psi on their kit with an FMU. I run the e-manage with 370 cc injectors. Feels about the same as it did with the FMU. It feels plenty strong. I have yet to dyno it while in good health and/or take it to the drag strip to see what it's capable of. It hangs well with cars that run 13's and walks away from those that run 15's. So I'm sure it's in the 14's somewhere. I just haven't run against anyone who I know would run 14's. Similar results should be seen at the same boost with the Nsport and F-max kits.

It does use a T04B. They do not use the T3/T4 turbo. The T04B that comes with the kit is nothing special. It wrks well, but if you plan to go with more boost, a T04E would be a better match.

[hayato kazami]

does anyone have problem with the manifold???

[C-Kwik]

I'm on my second one. Out of the box, the rev-hard is rather poor. Some porting helps quite a bit as the ports don't line up to the ports on the motor very well. I had bought my kit used, so when I got it, it was already cracked. I had it repaired, but it ended up cracking again. I didn't prep the first manifold for expansion as I was worried that it cooled down under stress. Either way it failed. My newer manifold, I prepped by cuttung the manifold to head flange so that each runner has it's own flange. I've had no problems since and I don't expect that there will be any in the future. The crank in my first manifold was right between the #2 and #3 runners through the collector portion. Based on the nature of the crack, it seems most liikely that the crack occurred as the manifold to head flange was not expanding as much as the rest of the manifold. Separating the flange should eliminate this problem.