Looking for help on ~300 horse build

[tmontague]

I'm not necessarily the guy to speak to regarding turbo builds but from listening to many other people who have a lot of experience in this area in regards to trying to build a turbo motor on an original NA motor and make it reliable at your whp range, you will need to raise your budget a few grand.

The best advice I was ever given was "fast, cheap, reliable - pick two"

I'm not saying 7 grand is a "cheap" amount by any means, but to properly manage heat and maintain those power numbers I would expect it to cost an easy 10 grand.

It's one thing to build a street cruiser but a serious track rat that can do more than 10 min sessions will start to show all the weaknesses.

Just my $0.02

[Lays]

Originally Posted by tmontague

I'm not necessarily the guy to speak to regarding turbo builds but from listening to many other people who have a lot of experience in this area in regards to trying to build a turbo motor on an original NA motor and make it reliable at your whp range, you will need to raise your budget a few grand.

The best advice I was ever given was "fast, cheap, reliable - pick two"

I'm not saying 7 grand is a "cheap" amount by any means, but to properly manage heat and maintain those power numbers I would expect it to cost an easy 10 grand.

It's one thing to build a street cruiser but a serious track rat that can do more than 10 min sessions will start to show all the weaknesses.

Just my $0.02

7 grand wasn't my total budget, it's just what I have to start out with. As I get future paychecks etc I can dump more in.