Hi guys,
I have been perusing TT mod posts with interest in an attempt to educate my self to choose the most appropriate performance upgrades and provider.
While Vidid, UMW, etc are all excellent options I would prefer to keep my business local (Los Angeles) and to build long term relationship with an experienced shop.
To this end I am considering Turbo Performance in Van Nuys California for a set of their K-16/24 turbos. Bob had been generous with his time on the phone and no doubt there experience with our cars is extensive. I would like to here from any of you that have first hand experience with their turbos, headers, inter-coolers & support?
Also, in regards to what to upgrade: I am currently running a non X-50 with mild ECU re-program (previous owner), Fab Speed exhaust and plenum intake. Daily driver only (no tracking) Things a feeling a tad sluggish and i would like to achieve around 650FWH with out getting into internals. To this end are the K-16/24 up to this task with an aggressive tune? Are new headers and inter-coolers necessary at this stage or are they items one could upgrade to gradually for a few extra horse at a later date? Would it be prudent to replace factory DV and waste gates or are they up to the task? Is a 5b fpr nec?
Finally the actual "tuner" will play a large role in eking out HP gains. Turbo Performance sends ECU's "to a guy" in Sacramento? A bit mysterious for my liking..........is it practical to have them do the actual hardware upgrades and send my ECU elsewhere? It's important that my new tune can be modified in the future with out big $$$$ each time.

All thoughts most appreciated.

Cheers,

J