alright heres the deal teh reson people say turbo on 2gnt is un reliable is cause our stock pistons and rods weren't meant for the pwoer the boost above 11psi on stock stuf tends to crack ring lands and then your done, if u dont crack a ring land at about 18psi your stock rods with bend sideways,

throw in some forged units pistons and rods and your good to 30psi *PROPERLY TUNED*

turbo when done *correctly* usging proven parts is a reliable setup as long as u research what your doing,

dougie2 is currently building a custom turbo kit with my help for the oil line and manifold setup,

with 5k to spend your gonna have a nicely setup stage 2/3either custom or not,

the weak parts on our cars are int he pistons and rods, and axles if u plan on launching the car at all,


so if u go turbo put in some weisco forged pistons about 400$

eagle rods are about 350$
lower end gasket set 30$
upper end set 90$
300$ in misc parts replacment oil pump water pump timing belt and tensioner etc...

custom turbo kit or HRC and your set for some good fun if u go HRC i recommend and so doeseveryone else a SuperFuelManagement Unit(Sfmu) from vortech right off the bat HRC has a crappy fuel pressure unit...

if u go custom i recomend a EIC(extra injector controller) and run 4 extra 19# or so injectors that kickin when boost hits to supply the extra fuel...

if ya want more help were here and ill help ya out as others will if turbo is the way u want to go if not i can lay out the na 2.4/2.2 options u got and help u that way, and welcome to the 2gnt family!!

Bill aka MotoFool

You can have it cheap, fast or good. Pick any two.

If you want it cheap and fast, it's not going to be good.
If you want it cheap and good, it's not going to be fast.
If you want it good and fast, it's not going to be cheap.