Boost Designs Turbo kit review

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Originally Posted by Ohio Drifter

Ok guys, just finished the installation of the boostdesigns kit ('93 S13 hatch). And I had a bunch of problems...

1- The shipping was super slow. It took 2 months to have all the parts at my place.
2- There were no bolts, clamps or gaskets at all.
3- The kit suppose to come with FMIC pipes for the S13, none of the pipes were right, we had to modify all of them to fit.
4- The FMU is a piece of crap, came with the fitting for the vacuum line clogged. So it didn't work untill we found the problem. (and I'll remove it, cuz I don't trust it)
5- The turbo is a rebuilt, but is working fine so far.
6- The wastegate came with a super stiff spring (for 21 pounds or so), I had to order another one in order to make my Profec e-01 work properly.
7- After the installation of the new spring the car was still over boosting. The problem: the wastegate dump in the downpipe was too small. We had to cut it and drill a bigger hole.
8- The downpipe was actually a half downpipe. We had to custom built another segment from the downpipe to the cat.

But after all the work was done and some parts added (Profec e-01, Walbro 255, Nismo fuel pressure regulator, gaskets, clamps, hoses, bolts), the car is now producing 249 whp at 10 psi. Which is pretty good for a KA24DE with stock internals.

249rwhp good for stock internals? huh? maybe i'm missing something

i hope you're running a T25 or something... because i've seen T25s and T28s make that kind of power at 10psi on a KA