wow $500 for a tune eh? better be one hell of a tuner.

 

Just for my own curiosity, have you gotten a time or a dyno number on your turbo setup yet?

 

Cleaned up a few posts....keep it civil guys, or you'll be taking a little vacation

 

I've put my whole kit together and have some where in the ball park 2800 to 3G including the gauges and injectors. Here is my link to my build https://www.performancetrucks.net/fo...d.php?t=418041

 

you could have a killer nitrous setup for 1K. My buddy knocked 2 seconds off his times with a 75 shot.

 

Thanks everyone who kept "mr. I smashed a mustang in my stock truck" off my back. F-that guy cuz he doesnt know ****.
ANYWAY. I know a tune is gonna be pricey, Nic D told me about 450.. but back to the reality. This is simply an idea I've been toying with. Everyone I've seen has made REALLY decent progress with just a turbo, no real big internal upgrades. So far I've found some turbo's themselves for about 200. Im not expecting miracles from myself but when Im pretty determined I can make it happen. Im still not sure if I want N/A or FI, but I dont know of much else I can do to my 4.8 to get it moving. Some heads obviously to get the compression up... what will that get me, maybe 1/2 a second? What about doing some internals? maybe a 5.3 crank and some dished pistons? I donno maybe Im talking out my ***. Maybe Im asking for help now haha most of u know a WHOLE lot more than me.. (aside from geestyle)

so what else besides heads to keep my truck N/A and not spend a **** ton? I plan on keeping my heads and getting them to a machine shop when I can

 

ive been thinking the same thing you are. when i really thought about the the turbo set up is really really expensive compared ton a 6.0 swap.

 

you need to listen to these guys and forget about a ~$1000 turbo set up. cheap and easy power can be had with a 6.0 or some nitrous. maybe a stall. you see big gains with all of those things. if your really want turbo on a budget you better figure on closer to $3k.

not sure what turbos you are looking at but a something like a 50trim t4 is too small to be worth the effort and you are probably looking at turbos that are smaller than that. best bet for a cheap turbo would be the master power 70 for around $600. then start adding up the bucks from there.

 

psshh dont lie to him parish, you know you got yer trubo kit outta a crack jack box and it only cost you $2 lol

 

Devan I hate to do this, but I gotta agree with Jim on this one. I really doubt you'll be able to put a good kit together for any less than $2500 to $3000. You may be able to put a kit together, but I guarantee you that you will have nonstop problems with it, and the turbo will not be sized correctly for your engine, which could cause a whole host of other problems. If you're not going to do it right the first time around it's really not worth doing because I can guarantee you than you will pay for it two or three times over in the long run. If you're really serious about putting a turbo setup on your truck, start putting some money aside now and wait until you can afford to put a decent kit together AND have money left over for the other parts that will start breaking under the newfound power.

I've been down the road you're looking to jump onto before, and let's just say that if I had taken my time and done it right the first time I would probably have spent a hell of a lot less money than I have at this point.

The absolute cheapest I can see you getting a turbo kit for is trying to pick up a used, good condition, complete STS kit for the low $2000's, and that doesn't include a tune or fuel system.