Ive been doing some research and ive been thinking to myself as well as talking to others about turboing my car. I have a 2003 Coupe. For the past 3years ive been working with DSM's (AWD Turbo Talons/Eclipses) and im wondering woulding it be cheaper to just buy the parts needed to turbo a g35 seperatley? For example i can buy the fmic piping off ebay for like $250 shipped and the core for like $200 shipped and a BOV for like $200 shipped also rather than buying a whole kit for about $1300.00...ex: Greddy. I can get a turbo for about $500-$600 and ect...

For those who agree it is cheaper, if you dont mind please list all the parts needed to turbo a g35... and for those who think its not cheaper and just a waste of time and Mickey Mouse work lol please explain your reasons. I hope for this to turn into an interesting thread without any negativity towards it Thanks for the time guys!

Kenny

 

I think you should save yourself the headaches of building your own kit. Just save up for whatever turbo system you want. I believe the headaches with mickey mousing your own turbo kit will out weight the cost of a turbo system that is already out and pruven.

Heres my advice for you if you do plan on building your own turbo system. Remember to get this:

CJM Shielded Crank-Angle Sensor Wire

It could possibly save ur motor from blowing up.

 

i think if you can obtain all the information that youll need to do this installation correctly go for it! but i wouldnt do this without somone who really really knows what there doing(im not saying you dont knwo what you doing what so ever) it might cost more in the long run though trying to maintain the turbo.. Personally i would just buy a manifactured turbo (greddy, turbonics..etc..) save you the hassle, and just build your car to teh best you can with those. just my .2 cents

 

it's only cheaper if you have welding and pipe bending skills.
building a header isn't that hard, but it takes time and you'll probably go through 3 or 4 sets before it's where you want it.

If you are going to pay someone to bend and weld then no. It'll probably cost you more and not be right.

 

buying the main parts (BOV, Wastegate, Fuel management, Blower...) is the easy part, having all the piping done is the hard part. our engine bay is to tight and as long as you have access to custom piping you'll probably be ok. Another one is the EMS, you're going to purchase that separately and tune that. after everything is done, getting a kit is easier and less chance of screwing up since it's been tested already and even with a kit that is supposed to work with your car sometimes thing still go wrong.

 

The question is cheaper... Yes. Total cost will certainly be lower. But the end result... Let's just say you get what you pay for.

 

If you look at the long term it may not be as cheap as you think. A blower can leak or go bad and if you buy parts from EBay make sure that it has warranty. look at the APS ST or TT kit and use that as a base, as far as I know that is the most complete out of the box you can get or wait for the Turbonetics 1.5 that too will have everything you need(bigger injector, Return Fuel, Tunable EMS, Oil Pan(APS only)... etc)

Edit: Turbonetics has the best Warranty out there, no question ask!!! they'll pretty much replace parts no matter what happen under warranty.

 

you might save some money here and there....... but the cost to fix it if you're not familiar with the car is priceless!

 

I'm going be building my setup soon...

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its not "that" hard to do if you know what you are doing or at least kno someone that does. People have been doing it for years. My friend would always buy the main products and set his turbo kits up his own way and the results were.. more power.. for less money. "Most" of the time, when you buy a "pre-fabbed" kit you're paying for alot more than a kit.. in addition to the r&d time, parts, packaging.. your paying for the co. name, the advertising, the mark up, etc..

 

You can always do things cheaper than buying it from someone else. The question is how much is your time worth, and how good are you at doing it? If you have lots of spare time and are very good at this sort of thing, I'd say go for it.

Did you buy parts and assemble your G35 yourself or did you pay Inifiniti to do it? Did you build your home or pay someone else? Most of us, even mechanically inclined, do not have the resources (tools, mandrel pipe machines, etc), patience, or time to save $1000 on a turbo kit, let alone lots of other things in life. If you do, I think we'd all be interested in your results. Good luck.