To me these new turbos look pretty bad azz, but how do you think they will stack up against HRC and Star.

(In terms of reliability, quality, and hp to $ ratio)

HRC = massive testing HRC = customer service HRC = proven numbers I VOTE HRC...

If you know what you are doing and you maintain the car correctly then ANY one of the kits available will give you a lot of power.




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All Motor Beast in need of MAJOR TUNING

Perf:
KYB AGX Struts
Neuspeed Sport Springs
5 Strut Bars (2 F/U, F/L, R/U, R/L)
Sprint Front Camber Kit
$15 Rear Camber Kit
Corbin's A/F Gauge
MSD DIS-2 Ignition System
Some Regrind Cams that need High Compression (which I don't have)
Ported Intake Manifold
Ported Throttle Body
Nameless Cold Air Intake with a K&N Filter
Custom 2 1/2 inch exhaust with Dual DTM Muffler
Empty Catalytic Convertor
Energy Suspension Motor Mount inserts
Hurricane_GS Short Shifter
Symborsky Shift Kit
Clutchmasters Stage 3 Modular
225/50/16inch Wheels and Tires


Audio:
Alpine CD Head Unit
Alpine Flex4 25W X 4 for Fronts and Rears
Alpine V-12 450W X 1 for Subs
Infinity Reference Series 5 1/4 and 1 inch tweeter component systems for fronts and rears
Blaupunkt 3 way 6x9's in the rears
3 MTX 5000 10" 12 ohm subs running 4 ohms mono

LAST EDITED ON 14-Nov-01 AT 10:00 PM (PST)

It's really hard to say. The nice thing about HRC and STAR is that all of us who have both of these kits are YOUR living guniea pigs. Every day, we experience the real life results of these kits, what they offer, their benefits, and their drawbacks in terms of both performance and reliability.

For well over 2 years, I've personally observed the many posts and experiences of the early 2gnters (Chris Morales, Joe Ackley, Eric, Wyatt (very briefly) and just a couple others) buy these two kits and act as a living experiment for me before I made my own decision on which to buy. I chose after my own careful consideration and countless hours weighing my options. Then, after a few months from when I bought my own kit, they're literally seemed to be an explosion of turbo kit purchases as the number of turbo 420a's has multiplied to a countless extent. Now (because of the large # of turbo kit owners), all of you are lucky enough to have possibly someone living closeby to you who even has one of these two kits and be able to make your own educated choice on another customer's personal experiences.

Now, the problem with NER will be an initial testing and trial period before we'll know the true results of the kit. It's not so much the performance that's going to be weighed adn scrutinized (we know Garret turbos are great), but the customer service, product quality, reliability, and support that we'll all be watching.

Stay tuned...and choose carefully! (it's your dollars being spent)

Jason
98' Eagle Talon ESi-T
Mitsu Super 16g Turbo(HRC)/Custom FMIC

http://springfielddsm.homestead.com/JasonsPics.html

There isnt anyone around NC with a turboed 420a:(

-Toney
'97 RS 5 Speed
GST exhaust | custom cold air intake | axxis pads | Hurricane_GS shifter | Progress Springs | Rockford Fosgate MP3 Player & Speakers
TDaug@yahoo.com

Well maybe You should be the First Toney. Glad you like those springs. LEt me know if you get the refund through pay-pal.

kaiser

Oh yeah, I got them. Thanks man! Well I plan on it, that is going to be my goal. I plan on going stage one by the end of the summer and hopefully getting a starion intercooler and be stage two by christmas, but we shall see. Being a college student is hard when you have dreams of performance and no job, I think I am going to look for one for next semester and open up a seperate account.

-Toney
'97 RS 5 Speed
GST exhaust | custom cold air intake | axxis pads | Hurricane_GS shifter | Progress Springs | Rockford Fosgate MP3 Player & Speakers
TDaug@yahoo.com