About damn time!

 

Tom,

you will be hearing from me today!!!Sounds like great competition for the Vortech!!!

 

Let's see...Next month I'm going to Germany for 4 weeks so the car will be free. I already have 42# injectors, 70mm Pro-M, and the SCT software with a blown tune. Anybody want to buy a slightly used Aerocharger kit, cheap?

But seriously, good job Tom. I think this is the kit people have been waiting for for years. And it should sell very well.

 

Hey Tom....I'll be down to do it....We enjoyed the trips up there. And leaving there with 210hp would be a hell of incentive

MBZX3

 

hey tom are you going to offer a tuning solution with this kit for extra like your MIC?

 

Great price!!!

 

VERY NICE Tom... great offering! I think you're going to get a bunch of orders from this stuff!!

 

Yes we WILL offer any of the above listed tuning ,Or you are free to do your own thing ,But this must be tuned

Tom

 

tom will this kit work with my mods? Would you tune me a chip for it?

 

With your compression at almost 11 to 1 ,It would be pushing it ,I could send a head gasket with it and you would be good to go

Tom

 

That means that i would have to rip the head back off.

Would i have to recheck the valve lash and my clearance if i put a thicker head gasket on? Could an intercooler be added later? Also what do you want for a deposit if someone was going to buy it?

 

Tom, Dumb question but this kit will be designed to work with an aftermarket MAF sensor right? Since the OEM sensor would be maxed out anyway, it wouldn't make sense to design it in.

 

1fast, Yes you would have to take the head off or run better than 93 fuel,No you would not have to redo the lash if all went back in the same holes

Yes the piping will be set up for larger MAF on the inlet side ,

My main goal again is to have a SAFE kit first ,If you are not going to do some kind of tuning DO NOT buy this kit ,We will be glad to offer tuning for you but tuning will be a MUST

Tom

 

Tom, how much boost do you think this setup would be capable of with 91 octane?

Would the turbo allow me to install external boost control so I can create a 91/100 octane switch?

 

Question: about a week ago a friend asked you about a kit with an internal wastegate and you warned him to stay away from an internal wastegate for various reasons but now, only a couple days later you are offering a kit with an internal wastegate

what gives?

Also, is this kit not intercooled? Sounds like the first gen Gude with a better turbo and a $700 higher price tag

 

TRU good question

Internal waste gates are VERY limited in what they will do and how much boost they can handle ,I will never use an internal waste gate for more than 10psi, Boost spikes from internal waste gates come from to small a waste gate

ANYTHING in my opinion over 10PSI needs a external waste gate and a BOV

The guy in question was looking for more than 10PSI ,Is this not correct?

QUOTE ,Also, is this kit not intercooled? Sounds like the first gen Gude with a better turbo and a $700 higher price tag

Yea whats your point ? The better turbo needs to take some away from the 700.00 higher cost as well as a better down pipe 2 1/4 or 2 1/2 and a few other things


Tom

 

Hey Tom,

What about us in California with the 91 octane. What kind of numbers would we see?

 

Would need to do some testing with it on 91 but should see 180+

Tom

 

Hey Tom, I sent you a email and left a message!!!!

I think this kit is a great idea. As far as being related to the gude kit, I think TOm's track record is a little bit better. Is that 700 dollars worth your engine???

If not then by all means, buy a gude and relish in the short lived "BIG" savings!!!!!

 

QUOTE ,Also, is this kit not intercooled? Sounds like the first gen Gude with a better turbo and a $700 higher price tag

Yea whats your point ? The better turbo needs to take some away from the 700.00 higher cost as well as a better down pipe 2 1/4 or 2 1/2 and a few other things
Tom

ok, so the extra money is somewhat justified but its just that you've bashed the idea of the gude kit being non-intercooled, internal wastegate, no new manifold...pretty much being a "stage 1" kit for like 2 years now only to come out with a better version of the same kit

kind of going against everything you used to say

 

wouldnt it be a smarter move to get the starter kit with a t3 turbo? Would be just about the same price.

 

ok, so the extra money is somewhat justified but its just that you've bashed the idea of the gude kit being non-intercooled, internal wastegate, no new manifold...pretty much being a "stage 1" kit for like 2 years now only to come out with a better version of the same kit

kind of going against everything you used to say

Look at what you just said!!!!

He has bashed the gude kit for all of its shortcomings: THIS IS TRUE

He has come out with a better version of the same kit: THAT IS ALSO TRUE!

TOM fixed what he feels were issues with the SIMILAR gude design and is selling something similar to hit a price point.

TOm is not going back on the advantages of his "full kit", just offering more options to the FOCUS FI community.

Also, TRUenemy00 , what form of fored induction are you running again?

 

Well I don't blame tom. Everyone seems to want a cheap upfront cost on a turbo kit no matter what the track record or tuning is. Hell, if you can't beat em, join em. These things ought to sell like hot cakes.

 

TRU i think Saleen09 hit all the points

I have not built this yet tho i have made some of the pieces to see if i could correct some issues i have seen in other kits and i feel i can , If it prooves i cannot i will not make the kit

First on my mind is a SFAE turbo kit then work on the power ,I feel i can make a safe LOW boost kit 10PSI MAX

Tom

 

Let's see...Next month I'm going to Germany for 4 weeks so the car will be free. I already have 42# injectors, 70mm Pro-M, and the SCT software with a blown tune. Anybody want to buy a slightly used Aerocharger kit, cheap?

But seriously, good job Tom. I think this is the kit people have been waiting for for years. And it should sell very well.

LOL how much?