Help request

Vinny

Hey everyone, I've been saving for a while now and think I'm finally in the price range to afford a forced induction kit. After reading and looking around at several different kits, I think the GTM kit is what I'd like to go with.

Being new to forced induction, I'm not too sure what necessary supporting mods I need. My goal with the car is to hit 450 - 500 rwhp. Won't be tracking it much, mostly the drag strip (on occasion).

At the moment, the only performance mods I've done are intake/exhaust. I assume the I'll have to install test pipes/down pipe? I was looking at the GTM turn key stage 2 kit.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

RCZ

You're talking about the GTM Twin Turbo Stage 2 right?

You're going to need:

- Clutch
- Oil cooler(s) - I'd suggest a big race cooler at the last.
- Monitoring system or gauges + supporting sensors
- Full exhaust

toner123

You will be fine on stock clutch for a lil while if your not gunning to every red light.

Oil cooler is a must RCZ is right about that.
guages can wait as long as you get a boost controller so you can monitor atleast boost pressure till you can afford guages.

Your intakes will be gone so sell them, test pipes would be great to have and i think you already said you bought a exhaust.
Frank

RCZ

Why would you keep the stock clutch when you're doing a $10k + twin turbo setup?

Same with gauges, they are very important to know what your car is doing. Boost/AFR/EGT are all key to know if your car is running right.

If you have to skimp out on getting supporting mods you have no business getting a TT kit.

toner123

I guess i have no bussiness getting one then BUT GUESS WHAT I DID. my clutch is handling fine ATM why replace a good part. Do I know it is going to eventully go bad yes i do but Ill cross that road when i come. I can see my boost fine with a boost controller. If my car starts acting up i can run log files for the rest. Not a must to have right away. If it is so important why did you buy your z it didn't come with a AFR guage. I am not saying he shouldn't have them eventully just it's not a deal breaker. Think about it before you drop insult on me.
Frank

toner123

It comes down to this. you can listen to the guy running a S/C or you can listen to the guy who is running the kit you want and has no problems. OO also to mention there is about 4 of us running stock clutch with no issues yet. Not saying the day isn't going to come and if you can afford it then obviously do it but i waited to releieve some expense till my savings is back. it's not like your going to pay more if you do it later it's going to be the same price regardless.
Frank

Vinny

Hey guys, thanks for all the quick replies. To be realistic, I have around 14k saved up, so whatever I end up getting will have to fit in there. (with taxes, labor, etc..)

That being said, would it be possible for me to hit the 450 rwhp mark safely?

dixon cider

Vinny,

See my build in my sig. It is a SC, but it should put up those numbers. SC is a little cheaper, and you don't need as many of the supporting mods you would need for the TT. At least the monitoring portion anyway. Good luck with your FI!

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Prosport Gauges

Im curious why you wouldnt just replace the clutch while the motor was out. seems to make more sense....

Jeffblue

Frank, its gonna look so cool once you have the video interface. you aren't getting physical gauges right?

Vinny

Is a downpipe a must?
And how much would you say I'm looking at for a clutch that would last, I'm assuming a twin-plate is close to 2k?

toner123

Reason being is it would have cost the same to do it now or later so I didn't want to use a credit card and make debt since I paid all in cash. Also after speaking to others who had the kit that had some decent miliage on the stock clutch with no problem I realized I can just do it later. No reason to break the bank IMO. Also I took into account the issues people where having with the csc on aftermarket clutches which in return caused them to drop the tranny again and fix the problem. So in my opinion me holding out was a great idea all te way around since I can now pay for one in cash when ever needed and my car is performing great. At the first sign it's going bad then hopefully the csc will be cheaper and I will replace it. But it's definitly not a deal breaker. I don't know maybe my logic is wrong but when I did my research and talked to sam and others with the kit they all said I would be fine. He'll I think modme clutch lasted a while and it was stock
frank

toner123

Yea I can't wait it's going to look sick all the guages will be digital.
Frank

wishihadnav

dont listen to anything Frank says...lol..im sure you'll be very happy with the GTM TT kit!

toner123

now i don't know if that was just playing around or you were being serious so i will just leave it alone. It comes down to it's your car get what you like. I made my decisions based off of talking to Sam and his experiance and others on this forum with this kit.
Frank