J_A_Trevino

its been about a month since i checked this thread just wondering if anyone has heard of any progress on this kit? thanks

Flipper_style

They blew their engine...no lie

Munch

That sucks. I'm getting a supercharger .

J_A_Trevino

i second that! the superchargers seem to be the most reliable thing going now. another one bites the dust.

showpaojoe

The car was sponsored by a shop in bakersfield for a paint job which turned out excellent (candy tangerine on the bottom and black on top).

Seems like when the shop had the car...they took it for a joy ride and went a little boost crazy thinking the engine was built.

They got a lawyer now so we'll see what happens

JdMBboFSD

all i have to say is "ouch"

tbblizzard

has anyone tried the greddy kit yet?

empleh

no respect...damn.

mikochu

Is that Paul Natividad's car? Oh man..ahaha... poor guy. Isn't the IGN/bBist xA the same Candy Tangerine color?

showpaojoe

Ya, they have the Fabulous kit, he has the Kenstyle...they have a full tangerine color, has the 2 tone. Weird thing is he doesn't use the computer and when the IGN car went to Hot Import Daze...his paint job was finished the day before the show and it was by total chance that it would roughly be the same color.

rotarycolt

The engine blew because someone at the paint shop DISCONNECTED the wastegate actuator hose --- so the wastegate didn't open, nothing limited the boost.

Apparently it was running around 16psi for a brief time before it scattered pieces all over the road.

Keep in mind, this was abnormal circumstances. This does not mean theres something wrong with the kit.


ALSO -- Go with the supercharger, and I guarantee you'll be unhappy with the gains... and theres no way the reliability is any better...

rotarycolt

That's a joke...

KingLou

I'll bet that 16 psi was fun for the couple seconds it lasted. Yeehaw.

KiL

quadoptix

s/c is good but displacement must be a good amount.. ofcourse there are exceptions....s/c on a 4 banger is useless imho. w/ the exception of a few cars.. ie s2000 and a couple others...turbo works fine, just need correct tunning

J_A_Trevino

well, i wouldnt mind a turbo or supercharger i just a bit more power and reliability. i dont want to spend all this money on a kit and then a little thing messes up and kaboom. after reading many many threads on this site about turbocharging xb's the only one that i have seen that seems to running well and going into production is the stafford kit. if a production turbo kit comes out heck ill jump on it in a sec but only if its been tested and coming from a reputable company, i wouldnt buy just any no name kit and risk blowing the engine or worse just to have a turbo.

quadoptix

cool..ill keep u updated w/ how staffords stuff is going as im in contact w/ him.

J_A_Trevino

thanks....

rotarycolt

I turbo'ed my car, it's not on fire yet -- except for the clutch.

J_A_Trevino

do you have any pics? what sort of kit are you running? what sort of fuel management did you use? just curious.thanks

empleh

^^^ well i went to his homepage, and although i didn't find a picture of the turbo, i did find one of a turtle with a huge gillete razor type wing on it.