I would say look around and find a decent tuner and installer and you should be able to stay at about 10k to 11k. I was thinking the same thing that installing and motor building on these cars was not cheap but didn't realize how much money would be needed. All of my previous tuner cars that had FI were paid for out of pocket.

 

Yep, I got an entire engine / swap in my beetle for 3500 lol, I can't see this happening, unless someone near pottstown, pa wants to help me put a TT kit in ;D

 

Just curious why you're going with JWT TT over the other brands out there?

 

DON'T DO IT. NOTHING BUT HEADACHES.problems like no other

 

haha thanks, thats what i figured it would be... I think i'll buy a $5,000 car to play around with instead of my 45k car hehe... I'll take it slow none the less

 

Get a used S/C kit, the fI would be half the cost & less risky.

 

how many of you on here are turboed or have built motors anyways? are these just ur lame *** opinions or what? i have a 2005 g35 coupe 6mt which NOW has a fully built motor 4.15L stroker with a GReddy TT kit blah blah blah. honestly just on the stock boost (5.5lbs) i was making 375whp and 335tq, i honestly have never had one problem with the greddy kit or my car for that matter. you can get the greddy kit w/ FMIC for about $5500 and then drop some money on an exhaust ($900), clutch/flywheel ($750) and a boost controller ($500). please tell me you wouldn't ever spend that much money on just a TT kit and BS from this shop, everyone who said you can get a built motor on here is right but there's tons more to look at then just that. go check out SGP Racing, they have tons of engine builds and what not for under that $15k still. if you want under 450whp then throw on the greddy kit and buy a good boost controller, clutch/flywheel, and exhaust and you'll be chill bro. email me with questions if you want ( crmd37@hotmail.com ), just on 5 lbs of boost @ 6200rpms on my built motor i made 450whp+, my car is on it's way to SGP to get a couple things touched up so i'll be in the 650 range. i'm trying for 1000whp in the winter, peace

 

vortech will get u there as well or any other S/C kit, good call man

 

Is FI really worth it? No but, if it puts a smile on your face, how can you argue with reason like that. Do a Greddy kit if you don't want to spend too much plus, you'll have plenty of room to grow if you decide a few lbs isn't doing it for ya.

 

Old thread, but here is my opinion:

It's not an 'investment' it is an 'expense'. You will put a bunch of money in to it but you really won't get anything buy enjoyment out of it.

If done right you shouldn't have problems. I've had my built motor and APS TT for over a year now and the only problems I seem to have our minor ones that arn't a big deal. I don't have any codes and the car idles and drives great.

Looking back could I have spent the money in a different way? Probably, but I enjoy the car, I enjoy having something different, and I enjoy pulling on sports cars owners with big egos!

 

so why not buy an m3?

 

when the car is up and running and everything is working right, FI feels worth it. When you run into a problem, you start to think in the back of your head if it would have been easier if you had a different car, but then you realize the answer really is "no"
even stock high performance cars can have tons of problems

I see FI as an investment in fun
if you plan on keeping the car for a very long time, then just do it if you can stomach the money involved - and it will ultimately be 50-100% more expensive than you initially think it will be. It really helps to know how to troubleshoot cars - or at least get online and ask people to help troubleshoot your car.

Just about everything that can go wrong has already gone wrong and someone has documented it.


If you plan on trading the car in within a couple years, I wouldn't bother with FI unless you're ok with throwing money away that you'll only get a year or two use out of

 

I reseached this heavily for the last two years and almost went FI myself. I drove or rode in coupes that had about every option available to us, spoke to shops that do all the work, etc. I decided not to.

In the end, you spend a ton of money and dont get enough power to match bone stock "muscle cars". Engines are constantly having trouble, cars are always in the shop, and the expense is never ending, all for 400 something rwhp at best. I wasnt impressed. If Im spending that kind of money, the set up has to be bullet proof and laying down mid to upper 500s without needing a lot of maintenance. There may be a couple guys on here who can claim that, but the other list is MUCH longer.

 

muscle cars don't handle very well though and often feel pretty numb, but then again G35's aren't exactly lightweight purpose built machines either

 

wow, AAM was really trying to rip him off Yet another reason why AAM sucks...go to MRC