Since Im moving back to the lower 48 in a couple weeks and im making a great deal of money doing it i was thinking about upgrading my SC and block and ive been looking around to see what prices were and my diff. options and stuff and ran across STS turbos, it sounds like a good idea to me and seems pretty easy to install a universal kit since i know how to weld and fab up some metal, the kits seems pretty cheap too with twim turbo kits starting off right around 2500 for the universal kits. Any thoughts?
thinking of going with STS turbos...
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That does sound like a good deal and you will save some money fabing up a lot of the stuff your self
yeah thats what i was thinking, i just havent heard of anyone on here using one yet so i am kinda worried?
Do it!!
SVTL Joe Joe
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sts on a lightning?
interesting, would for sure be fast
BUT not on a DD IMO. i think that as soon as water touches a hot turbo its going to crack
interesting, would for sure be fast
BUT not on a DD IMO. i think that as soon as water touches a hot turbo its going to crack
Word is the Hellion kit will be out early next year, I'd just wait for it.
ive been asking hellion over ad over and i never get a reply about a kit for us...idk man
But, I doubt the Hellion kit will be as cheap as the $2500 he could possible spend with this setup
yeah the base kit is pretty cheap im going to call later today and find out how much a hp specific kit will cost for our trucks and ill keep youguys posted on it.
I'm not a fan of STS. Everyone I know that has run them ended up unhappy and moved on to something else.
oh great that doesnt sound good...do you remember who so i can ask them what they didnt like and what issues they had with the kits?
It wasn't anyone on this board. It was people that I knew with Vettes and Fbodies that tried their kits and were unhappy. There was also a guy at the shop that did my truck (PSI) that had them install an STS kit on his truck (non-Lightning). The kit overall was a piece of crap. The techs were very unimpressed with the quality and how it was put together, and they had to make a lot of changes for it to be even half ass right. It would have taken a lot more money and fabrication to get it where they thought it should be. It also sounded like crap too. STS may have changed since then and they might put together an ok kit for the Lightning, I was just giving you a heads up with what I've seen and heard. I also personally don't like the placement of the turbo in the back, but that may just be me.
hey bud thanks for the heads up, like i posted in the subject i was thinking about it but really wanted your guys input before any transactions were made. heads up for everyone on here. i got an email back from JL today and i origanally asked how much to adapt the 2.8l kennebel to my truck like he did for the dude in mmff and he quoted me for around $5700 for parts so thats another option.
oh really. I might have to start looking for another L
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Are you thinking about running compound boost?
I am going to run compound boost on my HD through a Snakebite tm port with the Hellion set up as soon as it is available.. they are telling us that as soon as they finish up with the Dodge stuff they are getting to work on the Lightning set up..
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