I'm with this guy.

 

You are correct, there is profit in any turbo kit. Thing is very few people have the talent to build their own. I've see a bunch of hacked together systems and they may work fine, but I'm talking a nice professionally built system. I could do 90% or more myself but lack the time with my other project coming together. So I decided to use a kit.

Jody

 

Hum; That picture shows the turbo blowing straight into the upper intake which must be using the factory intercooler.

I thought it was suppose to be an air to air intercooler kit???

 

I think that's a pic from Sal's truck, not the final kit. I'm hoping the sheetmetal intake incorporates the blower area and upper intake into a 1 piece unit. You are correct though, it will use the factory liquid intercooler.

Jody

 

Question is; will the factory intercooler support 7~800RWHP efficently?

 

Why add the cost of an air-air IC when you can use the stock one which is really efficient? Plus, the air discharge temp of a turbo is a LOT less than a SC to start with. Using the stock IC in the stock location is a great idea. I wish I could have done that on mine.

 

I think it will, especially with the cooler temps of the turbo.

 

Ok then, when will your kit be ready, and if it's 3K or so and is complete, I'll buy the 1st 20 of them.

 

shawn shawn shawn, notice i said DO IT URSELF for under 4000...not do it and sell to someone for under 4000

 

I was at Stenod Performance in Troy, MICH, today and he was talking about the Pro Turbo kit for the F150 5.4L. He just became a dealer.

My question is what cam is everyone running? I know that a N/A cam is different than a S/C Cam. Is the S/C cam the same as the turbo cam?

It's not feasible that I go turbo now, but you never know what the future holds.

 

Just curious, what would you sell the same kit for after you designed it, etc?

I think the majority of L owners probably won't take the time to research what parts are best, where to buy those parts for the best price possible, and take their trucks down for days/weeks for fabrication themselves (design, fitting, parts coated, etc). Some will. Most won't.

For those that do and say they did it for $3000 I am sure you are right. But you probably wouldn't sell the kit you designed without some type of markup. It's easy to enjoy the fruits of your labor knowing you saved money doing it all yourself but you spent considerable time - your time - in design and fabrication. For others, they might want to spend their time elsewhere (another project, a job that pays well, time with their family, etc) and pay someone else for the design and fabrication. It's up to the individual.

From what I've read on the various boards, I bet MANY people will pay $6000 for this kit and not bat an eye. $6000 isn't a lot compared to what some people have invested in these toys.

 

I seen sals truck up close and all he had was a piece of metal over the front of the eaton. I sure do hope they make something else for the price they want.

 

Sounds reasonable on its face, but here is a consideration.

Do turbos use a bypass? If not, then they will be heating the air all of the time, right? An air-to-water cooler is best where the heating is intermittent.

Dunno, just raising the issue.

 

Not unless you want to endure endless hours of stupid support calls from people who can't RTFM and handing specious warranty claims for free.

 

And that's the point I was making. You aren't going to find a cheap turbo kit if it's complete. PTK's price is not unreasonable. Try pricing a turbo kit for a C5 Corvette. Most of those are north of $10k.