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Old Mar 3, 2005 | 04:11 PM
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http://www.honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1097918

stay far far away from them
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Old Mar 3, 2005 | 05:04 PM
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i've heard good & bad things bout the company, i've personaly bought stuff from them & not had a problem!
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Old Mar 3, 2005 | 08:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Running925
i've heard good & bad things bout the company, i've personaly bought stuff from them & not had a problem!

Same here, even with RX7 parts.

Alot of people are deathly afraid of them, but from what I hear lately they have been getting their shit together and are making decent product.
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Old Mar 3, 2005 | 10:08 PM
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Don't buy the garbage on ebay unless it is a new complete kit made by a reputable company.
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Old Mar 4, 2005 | 02:41 AM
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i dont care if one or two people have had good things, when hundreds that i have seen have gotten screwed by the manifolds breaking and the turbos hanging from the oil lines. ive also heard about the turbos ceasing up and the bovs being REALLY crappy. the only product from that company that i heard was half decent was there wastegate, and i still wouldnt buy that. you could build a nice kit with under 2k, trust me, ive done it.
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Old Mar 5, 2005 | 11:00 AM
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Originally Posted by alphaxxn
Way to encourage someone.

I think for 999 it is definetly a great starting point.
If you don't mind replacing all the parts you just bought. manifold is crap, wastegate is crap, turbo is crap.....only thing decent is the piping....
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Old Mar 5, 2005 | 11:04 AM
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Originally Posted by smallphobia
Im looking at purchasing a Drag Turbo kit. They seem to be very complete for the price. i think $2995 and it comes with everything down to a fuel pump. If anyone's had or heard of someone using one, id like some advice.

For $3,000 you can buy
a new turbo (garrett)
quality manifold
good wastegate (tial)
good sized intercooler
all the piping
larger injectors
larger fuel pump
Hondata
blow off valve (good quality)
make a LOT more reliable power then any off the shelf kit for that price...and still have money left for gauges, and whatever else you want....
run uberdata and save even more money
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Old Mar 5, 2005 | 07:11 PM
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I bought an ssautochrome elbow for my SR20, piece of garbage has the wrong sized O2 sensor bung, the included turbo to elbow gasket is the wrong size (and a cheap/worthless gasket at that) I'm going to try using it for now (motors not installed yet) but I definately wouldn't recommend then. Being cheap might save you a little initially but the headaches you'll face for parts that don't fit and the fact that you could potentially having to replace them in 6 months are worth spending the money to do it right in the first place.

Does Greddy still sell it's SOHC kits? They were only around $1500 or so without an I/C (you can add your own) and I think they came with an Emange setup for fuel. I never used one but they seemed like a decent starting kit.
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Old Mar 6, 2005 | 05:43 AM
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the greddy kit is decent but, you dont have an intercooler or a bov. the fuel management is decent but u dont get new fuel injectors. build a kit. you could have an awesome kit for less then 3k also.
andy, i think he wants a it for his b16
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