I here you dude, I have a similar situation which is why it is taking me a while to reinstall the dammed kit.

 

So one of the gaskets was chewed to hell. Add that to the list of stuff that needs to be replaced. When I'm done with this kit it will escentially be a brand new kit. But I wouldn't have it anyother way.

 

thats what happens. i have spent much too much on mine.

 

How much do you guys think it should cost to powder coat my IC pipes? I have an appointment on Saturday to see what this one shop will be able to do. I just wanted to know if any of you had this priced out to make sure I don't get over priced.

Fox

 

on my side of virginia a guy i know charges 20$ a foot. imma get my pipes black with metallic flakes than the valve cover and strut bar gold with metallic flakes.

 

100-200$???

 

That's what I'm thinking. I just don't want to be quoted over 200 on it. If I am I might be contacting you Lancer2show for that guys contact info. I think I'm dealing with about 10 feet of pipe.

I also spoke with a turbo expert and he told me that the t-28 is a hard turbo to work on seeing that they are ball bearing. And that if everything looks tight then the turbo most likely is alright and good to go. I told him that it looked like I had a turbo leak and he told me that I could put on a oil restrictor, whatever that is.

So now all I have to do is powder coat the pipes and jet coat the up pipes... then everything will be good to put on.

 

thats cool man. imma install my kit first though than get it powdercoat it later. i wanna make sure the car is running strong first.

 

I'm getting ready to send my up pipes to Jet-hot to coat and I was wondering what temp the pipes get to? Anyone know off hand?

Fox

 

hot. haha, egts will prolly be around 1400 deg f. at wot

 

LOL dont even start to talk about spending waaaaaaaaay too much on cars. I'm living proof that cars are worse than women .

I always tell people, the best modification you can do to your car, is to leave it alone.

 

Because today I have some time to kill I'll tell the story of how I came to have my turbo. It's worth the read, but a long story.

It all began a few months back when I received a PM from a guy here on the boards, Nem187. He explained to me that he was from Northern Virginia, where I am from, but was currently in Iraq. He had a bunch of questions about turbos and general car stuff. Over the coarse of a few months he began to peice together a kit, so upon his return he would have a kit to put onto his Lancer. When he got back stateside he soon found out that he was being redeployed to the sandbox and decided that he would like to sell the kit.

Now, I'm poor. Going to school, renting, girlfriend, car payments, insurance etc... leaves very little in the way for money to play with. So when asked me if I'd like to buy the kit I told him the truth, I only had about a grand I could come up with under such short notice. In fact I was going to borrow the money to even be able to do that. So he went about the non-envious task of trying to sell the kit here on Evom for I believe 1500 obo...

Weeks went by and I would from time to time bump his sell page; always wishing I had enough to buy the kit off of him, but knowing that I'd never have that kind of money. And then one day I get a voice messege. It's Nem... "hey man, you want to buy that kit off of me for a grand... give me a call back?" Upon listening to the messege I start calling friends and my girlfriend asking to borrow what I can... they all know I'm good for it. I get my best friend to loan me the cash and we plan to go get the turbo in th next couple days.

Well, I try calling Nem again. No answer. Text messege. Nothing. I'm pissed. I've let a golden oppurtunity slip out of my hands... perhaps a turbo was never meant to be. Weeks go by, me cursing Nem187 every day upon my waking... and everynight I say a prayer that he has done unto him what he has done unto me...

I was so pissed that I didn't want anything for my birthday, which was comming up. I told my friends and my girlfriend that I just wanted to have pizza and be done with it.

As I came home from work on my birthday I open the door to find my friends, who had decorated my apartment with streemers and banners all screaming, "Happy..." and I shut the door and started to walk away. The thought of being "happy" for anything still sounded sour to me. I was coaxed back in under the promise of no cake and that no one would try to cheer me up.

Well, after going to my room to change out of my worrk attire I walk outside. I am told to sit down at the kitchen table and to read my cards. My girlfriend scolding me to be a sport and just to be accomidating for the people who had gotten me something reminding me that birthday parties are for others as well as the birthday boy... So I play nice... I read a card from a friend... how nice, I give her a hug and say thanks... I sit back down and start reading my girlfriends card.

"I know you didn't get what you really wanted this year so I thought I'd get you something to get you started..." Then she hands me a long poorly wrapped gift. I open it up and inside is a used gauge pod piller with a autometer EGT and boost gauge. I'm blown away, but I say to her, "thanks baby, but I'm not sure it will fit my car, these A-pillers are specific to each car." She then tells me she tried and understands if I am upset. Then she tells me to sit on the couch. So I do as I'm told... totally not in control at this moment, totally a pawn, left to whims of my party coordinater/girlfriend.

I take a seat and am handed a larger box. This suker has to weigh at least twenty pounds. On my lap this thing rests, my friends all egar eyed egging me to ripp off the wraping. So do as I am prompted and start to peel away the wrapping. I open the box, which I notice says Injen... I see a polished pipe... I think CAI? "Damn this thing weighs a ton!" I say under my breath... "Purple, Greddy blow off valve?" I think... "What? You guys didn't?" It's all there, turbo, hacked off lines, beat up FMIC... And it looks like Chirstmas when you are five and you don't know that Santa is just your dad in his underpants and robe the night before wrapping the gifts and eating your cookies and milk.

My girlfriend had contacted Nem the night after I had spoken to him, came up with the money and planned it all out. The worse part is for a month I was cursing Nem... and now I will have to name my first born after him.

I just I'd jot all of that down. Right now the turbo is sitting on my kitchen table, best center peice ever. I should be installing the kit in the next month or so after I get the up pipes back from jet-hot... I can't wait.

Fox

Cliffs notes:
I get a call from Nem wanting to sell his kit
Come up with the money for the kit
Girlfriend contacts Nem gets kit, holds it for a month
Birthday comes and I get a surprise
Kit goes on in a month

 

sweet story bro, sucks that they had to play ya like that but it sounds like a good reason :

 

So after much thought and research I don't feel at al capable of doing this install on my own. I'm without a garage at the moment and I need to make sure that it's done right, seeing as this is my only car.

What I am looking to do is in the course of the next few months get enough money to pay a shop to do it. Anyone know how much I am looking at spending to have a shop do it?

 

its hard to say how much they are going to charge. it took me 3 days to do my custom install. youd save a lot of money if you could find someone/a friend, that knows what they are doing.and by a lot. i mean a lot