5SFTE cost Options

[Davesceli]

I've been reading about the 5sfte and am considering it, a swap is just too expensive right now. i was also looking at the burien kit but its about 2500 bucks, which ain't bad for a turbo kit, but how much would the kit be if i picked up all the parts myself, like pressure2's setup.

[CelicaZR]

I dont know but there are a few people here who have the 5sfte.
Manny made a post (its in sticky), I think it has some prices in there.
If not you can read what stuff he used and look for prices for those
stuff.

[shin]

lol..... those who think 5sfte are cheap are soooo wrong.. well keep this in mind.. nothing cheap comes reliable. manny and my kit cost us around 3 - 4k... which is pretty much close to how much a swap is gonna be. the Burien kit is not even a complete kit.. they don't have intercooler, 460c injectors etc.. read up presure2's sticky. there are more details on how the right 5sfte set up is suppose to be done.

[OOBE]

The Burien sucks. You will be so tired of those measly 7 pounds you will mangle yourself to death. Just swap...everybody here that has custom turbocharged their cars have spent over $4K.

[ummmx2]

yeah the burien kit sucks. comes with everything you NEED (injectors included), but not everything you SHOULD have. theres no intercooler, no gauges, no ems and i think they modified the wastegate so that its stuck at a certain psi.

This post has been edited by ummmx2: Jan 10, 2006 - 12:48 AM

[x_itchy_b_x]

<-- sept this guy. i think my turbo was the cheapest i have seen.
75 bucks for the turbo
50 for the maifold
lol it was bad. i did it on such a budget.
eh it blew up so i mean. going cheap is fun
but doing it right is rewarding.

[OOBE]

Wha? You spent no money on your kit? =O I wouldn't ha ve thought so...your car is a pimped bitch.

[presure2]

Wha? You spent no money on your kit? =O I wouldn't ha ve thought so...your car is a pimped bitch.

yea, johns car DOES look sweet..
his turbo kit, on the other hand, wasnt...lmao
IMO you can build your own good basic setup for right around what the burien kit goes for, and have a MUCH better kit than the burien.
its all about how many toys you want with it,and how paitent your willing to be to wait for the best deals that add to the cost.

[OOBE]

Yeah, for the cost of the Burien kit, I could build a BAD-ASS kit. But yeah, it's also about not spending unnesessary money when you can get equal quality in something of a different brand. I bought everything name-brand because at that time I did not know ANYTHING about turbos or performance mods. So I spent close to $6,000 in my setup (not counting what I had to rebuy again). Now, in the UNLIKELY event that I swap in a 3S-GTE, I can use everything except the manifold.

[RUNNIN-LOW]

yeah my turbo kit wasnt that much anyways i am runnin-low look at my kit or my pictures and your figure it out, i have no car any more but thats what people think..my kit cost me 800$ thats all, but see, but do you know how to put anything together yourself. if you do then it cheap if you dont then its money!!!