Originally posted by eclipse982nrRST

Originally posted by navyguns

Originally posted by streetlightning never said i was a tuning expert... as for the ?, i thought it was newbish, it didn't seem like he had a good grasp on "tuning" (not saying i know all either), but theres more then just the A/F crap, what bout EGT? do you plan on monitoring that? sorry, it just bothers me how were all do it right or not at all around here, and then this sorta post pops up. i know were all on turbo budgets, but 500$, come on lol..neways..im not understanding why the advice is to continue using an SAFC? i thought it was general consensus that they suck. if your running a SFMU, why not get #30's, and eliminate the source problem (the SAFC). From my understanding and searching on here, they cause way more problems then they fix..so sorry if i hurt some ones butt.. Imo, since u have the Missing link, get an SFMU, get #30s, and sell the SAFC. that way ur good to go for the 8 psi u want to run.

Doing a 850 dollar turbo install on my 420a, is that okay with you? you can really bring down the price if you have months of sitting and emailing people on forums, checking for sale posts and comparing prices. plus it helps that i am getting my megasquirt for 150 bucks. :P so if the guy says he spent 500 dollars on the turbo set up, what if they are all great parts, and he just found some people who just had it laying around?

yea, you could piece together a kit for 850 and like you said, keep waiting and checking 10 different sites, but who the hell wants to do that? Maybe you do, but when I want something, I want to get my hands on it and on my car as fast as I damn can. Shitness, a decent turbo is going to cost atleast 500 bucks. Or if your using a tiny lawn mower turbo, thats a different story.

I have no problems taking my time as i wont even see the parts i am ordering for months. I am in the persian gulf right now, so yeah, parts shopping is keeping me busy, and positive.

and yes, i am going with a smaller, faster spooling turbo as i am staying stock internals for now and i dont see the need to get rediculous with it. might just keep it at 200whp and get another project car. its my first turbo install, and i am learning so much about cars from a guy on our ship, and I am getting a good idea of how to do it from the great guys on this forum. except the occasional flamer.