$5000 turbo kit worth it?

[Rufes1]

Hey guys
I got a price on a turbo to day and I was wondering if it worth the price. The dude said he could do the kit for 5k

Here is what I get.
GT28RS
stainless log style turbo manifold
turbo lines
Blow off valve
cooler piping
gaskets
injectors
dump pipe
intercooler
emanage
vacuum hoses

I dunno if its good or bad, its def convenient to get everything u need in one kit.

Thanks

[grncvc]

thats sounds about right, pending on the brand of things

[EGB16A]

Hey guys
I got a price on a turbo to day and I was wondering if it worth the price. The dude said he could do the kit for 5k

Here is what I get.
GT28RS
stainless log style turbo manifold
turbo lines
Blow off valve
cooler piping
gaskets
injectors
dump pipe
intercooler
emanage
vacuum hoses

I dunno if its good or bad, its def convenient to get everything u need in one kit.

Thanks

did he tell you what brands everything is?

[Rufes1]

yeh he did, couldnt remember, ill get them tho

[superR]

thats sounds pretty awesome to me.....butthe ecu may let it down......it will work though and its pretty cheap for what your getting

[hotboxcivic]

name that price tag on any US based forum and they'll go ape shit at you! :thumbdwn:

is that $5k for install too? if not well.. let's just say that that guy is a very good business man ;)

the GT28RS is a good turbo, but make sure your mani and d-pipes are of good design and suit your application, judging by the turbo you'll be making big power.

pm jimmeh, he'll fix you up with a turbo package.

[Slow96GSR]

name that price tag on any US based forum and they'll go ape shit at you! ...

I have to agree with that partly. My U.S. forum would more likely go ape shit if you bought a cheap kit vs. the 5k kit, unless it was a cheap Ebay kit that was a rip off! Remember you get what you pay for. Look for name brands and I hope that includes install. But 5k AUD isn't much compared to USD so I wouldn't complain as long as it wasn’t a cheap kit.

[saxman]

in the us, a gt28rs with a log manifold for $5k is horribly overpriced

a $5k turbo kit in the states is somethign like this

http://www.full-race.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=305


something with the gt28rs would be something like this... which will be much higher quality than what you're looking at

http://www.full-race.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=24_143_44&products_id=469


also, keep in mind that before you do anything, you're going to want to ditch that emanage for a real ems, so factor in the cost of hondata or whatever on top of the $5k

[Beastcivic]

saxman and slow96GSR you boys have to remember that guy is talkn about 5000AUD
5000AUD = 3500USD

the full race packages are
USD4250=6000AUD
USD4999=7000AUD

dont forget shipping costs and customs charges. only the first AUD1000 doesnt incur customs duty. and customs slugs u hard.

[Slow96GSR]

Ya they do, and I took the conversion into consideration. But you should be able to find kits already there. I would hope so any ways. 3500 should get you a decent Greddy kit or a drag kit. Besides there isn't much to putting on a kit, it's the tuning that takes skills.

[saxman]

saxman and slow96GSR you boys have to remember that guy is talkn about 5000AUD
5000AUD = 3500USD

the full race packages are
USD4250=6000AUD
USD4999=7000AUD

dont forget shipping costs and customs charges. only the first AUD1000 doesnt incur customs duty. and customs slugs u hard.
I know, I was just commenting on the post above mine.

Still, for a comparable set up out here, those parts would probably be closer to $2200 or so.

[z3lda]

But us AUDM people dont have turbo kits like full-race or greddy readily avaliable off the shelf of K-mart(Walmart equivalant)
and to ship a kit over from the States doesnt cost the same as posting a letter next door.

[saxman]

I'd have to order the full race kits direct from them, just like anyone else... just a difference in the cost of postage/tax/import duty... availability isn't any different

[Slow96GSR]

Really?! I thought I could just drive down there and drop off a kit! LOL JK!! Yes I know shipping is more, but do your performance shops not stock things? If not I'll be there in a month opening a shop that IS stocked!!!

[string]

dont forget shipping costs and customs charges. only the first AUD1000 doesnt incur customs duty. and customs slugs u hard.
I recently received over aud$2000 of declared items from the states, and did not pay one cent of gst or customs duty.

Sometimes you get lucky; But saying that customs "slugs you hard" is far from the truth.

[Beastcivic]

well I purchased 4 radar detector's for around about the $1500 and got slugged over $500 worth of customs fee's, how can you say thats not getting slugged?

[jimmeh]

I But saying that customs "slugs you hard" is far from the truth.


do u even know how customs duty is calculated. i have imported a few things and customs duty is very expensive.
they the customs duty like this calculate it liked this
ref:http://www.customs.gov.au/webdata/resources/files/DocImpDecGuide.pdf
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v148/ah789454/customs.jpg

saxman- i dont think u realise how expensive stuff is in australia. the greddy kit costs 4500AUD over here.
if u take the US value of something and you convert it to AUD then youll be nowhere near the price of what it costs in australia.

[Beastcivic]

as well as the customs fees that jimmeh has pointed out, I also had to pay a brokage fee just to have them cleared, which took a further 3weeks. It took less time to ship from america then it did for the stupid guy to clear it.

[saxman]

even if you're paying ~20% between tax and import as shown there, it still seems like it would be way cheaper to buy here, and have ti shipped out there.

[jimmeh]

even if you're paying ~20% between tax and import as shown there, it still seems like it would be way cheaper to buy here, and have ti shipped out there.
i agree with you on that.;)

i suppose its just less hassle if you purchase it in OZ

[superR]

+ you have some sort of customer support if somthing does go wrong