Whats the big deal with a home built kit?

[AlwaysMovin]

So whats the big deal with building your own turbo kit? Other than experience you gain it seems that most of the home built turbo kits turn out to be most expensive then if they were purchased from GReddy or XS...

[esp]

Originally posted by AlwaysMovin
So whats the big deal with building your own turbo kit? Other than experience you gain it seems that most of the home built turbo kits turn out to be most expensive then if they were purchased from GReddy or XS...

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[Rgacke]

well, cause you get the parts that YOU want, You get all the parts you want (some don't come w/intercooler, bov, fuel managment thats worth anything) And better parts. I suppose if you bought all new parts w/and equal length tubular manifold and a stand alone you'd prolly surpase a kit. But then it depends on what kits your talking about, D series kits are cheaper than B.

[Self]

You can definitely do it for cheaper than most kits cost. Or at least less than the price of a kiet plus whatever the kit may be missing(i.e. intercooler, management, etc.). Especially if you buy used parts. Plus like Rgacke said, you get all of the parts you want. If you like Garret's turbo's, Greddy's BOV, Spearco's IC, etc., you can piece all of that together. Not have to chose one part you really like and live with the other not-so-great parts that come with the kit.