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Old Mar 13, 2007 | 12:25 PM
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I'm about to pull the trigger and but inline pro's turbo kit and wanted to see if you all had any regrets buying your kit. If so why do you say that.
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Old Mar 13, 2007 | 12:28 PM
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Not going with an inline pro kit in the first place...



I've heard LOTS of positive things about the inline pro kit, very little negative things.
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Old Mar 13, 2007 | 12:56 PM
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well Turbo a Regret well maybe I feel guilty when someone behind me I know they smell my straight pipe.
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Old Mar 13, 2007 | 01:07 PM
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Ken - I assume you have stock HG right? How many pounds are you boosting? Sorry to be off topic.

As for regrets - the only one I can think of is the money spent. If I sold my car, and all modifications, I'd have enough money to use as a down payment on a condo somewhere instead of paying rent each month
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Old Mar 13, 2007 | 01:34 PM
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[QUOTE=afwfjustin,Mar 13 2007, 04:07 PM] Ken - I assume you have stock HG right?
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Old Mar 13, 2007 | 01:39 PM
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Originally Posted by kenyellows2k,Mar 13 2007, 04:34 PM
Yes it is stock HG I'm using WG spring and boost cripped to 8.75 close to 9 psi.


What exhaust are you running? (sorry to be OT again!)
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Old Mar 13, 2007 | 02:22 PM
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Regrets? Nah. I made sure that I'd never have to think about regrets before I took the plunge. If I couldn't afford the kit, I'd probably have a few regrets, but I worked it all out financially so its not an issue.

As far as the kit itself, the performance, the reliability, the performance, the sound, the performance, and the performance?

Haha. Nope, no regrets here.

My car pulls like a freight train. Just beat the shit out of it at an autocross test and tune this past weekend and it never skipped a beat. Stayed in second gear for the whole course (a slow one I might add...one that I would have stayed in first gear for if my car was still NA) and I had enough power to overwhelm the rears pretty much everywhere.

My car pulls harder than many cars 5-6x as expensive. No regrets. None.
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Old Mar 13, 2007 | 02:31 PM
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Be prepared for unknown sudden expenses. I only wish I had the money to go turbo. I bought my polished Vortech kit used with 12k miles for $2200. Couldn't pass it up, but now all of the money I spent on other things I wish I had saved up and gone the turbo route in the first place. Then again S/C+4.77s isn't a bad way to go.
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Old Mar 13, 2007 | 04:19 PM
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the only thing i regret is going SC before going turbo. should have done it in the first place
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Old Mar 13, 2007 | 04:38 PM
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Well let's see. I spent a bomb on the turbo set up. The manifold cracked so I had to pull it apart, have the heat coating stripped off and manifold rewelded, then the wastegate jammed and I blew an engine.

Regrets?? NONE!!!

It's all part of the journey.
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