BOXMAN

^^^Very nice input^^^

etsnet

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I've had my Greddy turbo for about a month now and drove about 2K miles. I've done one week of crazy all day driving (stop and go and traffic). I've driven a long trip about 650 miles from south FL to northern AL and another 650 back. I get about 24mpg in everyday driving with going into boost once in a while throughout the day. I got 30mpg on my trip with going into boost a few times and averaged about 28/29mpg for the whole trip. I seem to be shifting between 3000-3500rpm in everyday driving. I'm on the base map from greddy (some know that titan never tuned). I'll be putting on my new exhaust and getting it retuned soon. I'm happy with my kit so far. I did get some miss fires I think it was on a check engine light read but I'll post more about that later. Also no leaks, exhaust or liquid. I did have a pro install and I think it made a lot of difference with leaks. I also went from weather that was 85-90 (in FL) to 29-55 (in AL/GA) when on my trip. In the mornings in AL it was 29 and got warm to about 45-55 but only drove in the 45-55.

DK01

I've had my Greddy Turbo kit for over a month now on my auto tc since I installed it. I get on it once in a while like everyone else because there is no better thrill then feeling the boost build up and you're hauling ___... lol I get 91 octane gas here in cali and run on the stock boost of 8psi. I just recently put on a new exhaust on and boy does the turbo spools up real quick. Can't wait for the dezod black box to hopefully come in this week. Kinda scary to see 5+ psi @ 14's afr.

I also keep the regular maintence going with oil changes at 3k miles and keeping everything in check.

smallblockurs10

been boosted since june 7k miles, 11 lbs, turbonetics kit, works great, only prob is my downpipe cracked really bad at the wastegate, just need the dezod black box!
i drive about 30 miles a day i used to get into it pretty good but i'm trying to conserve gas now, but i still have a little fun with it

hey joe or someone from dezod!?!?!?
do you guys have the carrillo rods and wisco pistons in stock? whats the specs?leaning towards building the motor soon,

rhythmnsmoke

bump, I know we have more boosted people than this....lol. Where yall at?

yamaha16bw

Hey Travis, Any word on the next ZPI shoot out? It would be nice to get all of us boosted guys out at one event!

rhythmnsmoke

I asked Kenny that the other day. He is projecting June. Joe Dezod had mentioned that they were trying to put one on as well, so, two shoot out's would be sweet.

Joe_Dezod

The parts are special order. We can get them in a respectable fashion however.


Wiseco's are 88.5mm bore with a 8.8:1 compression ratio. The skirts are high-temp coated and support over 500 hp.

http://www.dezod.com/pd_dezod_motors...ston_kittc.cfm

Depending on your HP intentions, we have 450max hp A-beam rods, and 500+ hp H-beam rods.

http://www.dezod.com/cat_connecting_rods1.cfm

paul_dezod

A Beam Carrillos are in stock sir.

Our pistons are 2-4 weeks out...we can not keep them on the shelf.

BOXMAN

^^^well we all know great products never stay in stock. I am sure 2-4 weeks is way worth the wait^^^

ALaS

Any of you guys from California? What will you guys do when it comes time to smog?

i20solara02i

just pay someone 150-200 bucks

Joe_Dezod

^Git R done.

retrodrive

Have been running ZPI kit for almost 2 years now. The minor issue was burning out the wastegate gasket and lately I had to rebuild the turbo (which ZPI warranteed). I drive the car hard, untuned, and about 70% of the time it is in boost all the time. I run 7psi and I just installed e-manage and intercooler. The car is a daily driven to work, gym, and for fun on weekends. I really did not expect this engine to last but it did.

ALaS

I'd hate to have to depend on that..

krdshrk

It's been 2 months with the Turbo (GReddy) and it's running great!

Well, maybe a little rich right now but i'm retuning

jrodTc

Great thread! I hope to be putting in my experiences in a few weeks myself.

Ambition760

1.5 weeks until I go in for my Turbo install...will have a review up soon after.....I will be putting up a review for the Treadstone Performance Kit for the tC......Hoping it will be a solid outcome....

caveman

Bump....I would like to see more experiences because I am going to start building my kit, and I want to be like retrodrive and keep the engine runnin for at least 2 yrs....


More experiences....please!

thanks

ROCKET77

I have a turbo daily driver. The kit is from greddy with the emanage ultimate. I installed it july 06. Most of the time my car runs well , but there are some days that my car has problems. When I am driving on the freeway, it sometimes feels like it's choking and I loose acceleration. On the street it feels like it wants to shut off. I have driven the car roundtrip from LA to Las Vegas. Durability is not the issue. Does anyone know where I can find a shop, in the LA area, that can tune my ultimate.