Good info. Thanks for letting the community know!!

 

True BUT I doubt theres much difference in cost between producing a reg green and the HTA green that they assured us would be cheaper..... Sooo, why not pass that on to the current green? For people such as myself that are on the fence about the green, a price break would be just the thing I need to justify the purchase.

 

+1 on a little savings. Id buy the green if the install kit was included.Hint Hint every little bit helps.

 

+2 I want the green but damn 1700+ install kit.. hurts.. especially when GT35's run 1300

 

+1, i would buy the green if it was a little less expensive.

 

i've seen a meth/green evo get murdered by a pump gas 3076r, with the right driver and brak boosting those big turbos are hard to take down

 

They have a waiting list 60+ people deep, and we'll see a green-powered car very close to a 9 second pass before the end of the year. Why in the heck would they lower the price?
And an off-the-shelf GT-35 may be $1300, but you need to buy a wastegate, exhaust manifold, oil lines, water lines, custom o2 housing or downpipe, and a new air intake. That's why those kits cost $3,000+.
If you want to save some money, buy a used IX turbo for $500 and send it in for an upgrade. Install it, then sell your IX turbo to the next guy for $500. Then it only costs $1000.

 

Should I send in my IX turbo or keep it and just buy a green? What have most people been doing?

Does FP even have a swap deal?

 

LOL Why not, I mean if you look at the cost difference between a GT35 and a HTAGT35 on the site it is about 200 bucks.

 

Where was post #378 12 pages ago?

20gLT owner here looking forward to FPs next venture.

I tip my cap to Buschur for testing the turbo and questionsing the performance prior to selling the turbo - I can't blame them for marketing it beforehand.

Good luck FP-

 

Well, here's the thing: The GT35 compressor wheel is a casting produced in large quantities by Garrett - In other words they don't cost much. The HTA35 compressor wheel is cut from a billet and is made in small quantities - In other words it is a high cost item.

With the green it is a different situation, because even the "regular" green compressor wheel is cut from a billet and is made in small quantities. Not a cheap wheel.

The "regular" green also has a custom billet turbine wheel - even the HTA35 doesn't have that. The "regular" green has a twin scroll hot side which was designed from the ground up to be twin scroll, not an afterthought. When you think about it the "regular" green is one hell of a turbo. If they don't want to lower the price I wouldn't feel too bad about it. Just for laughs sometime, check out the prices on Greddy or HKS turbos.

Gary

 

It is totally a double-edged sword.

On one hand, if they don't tell anyone about it, then everyone who bought a standard Green in April or May would have been pissed if the HTA kicked the regular Green's azz.

But since it didn't, everyone else is pissed because they got their hopes up for nothing.

I say bravo to FP for warning us just in case, I think it is the better of the two paths because I for one too a "wait and see" approach. Now I will order my standard Green sometime in the next month or so.

Thanks to FP for all the hard work. The goal was to make a better product after all.

 

yea, mad props to FP

Hopefully we'll spank some stroked out gt35r cars at the track this year & show you guys just how capable the EVOgreen really is.



n

 

Is the green turbo really worth a grand on a meth fed IX making 400 whp on a dyno jet on the stock IX turbo?

 

I guess that depends on whether you want to go faster or not? But it sounds like you need some more mods if you're only making 400 on a dynojet with meth. There are people doing that on pump with a stock turbo.