True Cost of Force Induction: What did you Pay?

[tenjjb]

Hello everyone,
After doing a little research on the matter I have decided to go the turbo route.
But as I am a new to this I thought it would be wise to listen to the opinions of those who have firsthand knowledge on the matter. Therefore I created this thread to help new comers understand the financial aspect of forced induction.

So here is my question:
What is the True Cost of Boost?

This includes the cost of the kit, tuning, and the amount of time.
This is in no way meant to start an argument over which kit is better, it is merely a way for everyone to see the cost of each individual kit, so please don’t argue over which is best.
In order to keep this thread as clean as possible please follow the rules

*No selling/Trading
*Stay on topic
*No Spamming

Please follow this “example post” as a guideline

***Example Post***
Brand of Kit: Generic
Price of Kit: $5000
Installation Cost:$1000
Hours Spent Tuning: 4
Price per Hour: $150
Additional Parts needed (Stuff not included in the kit): i.e. Flashpro($675), injectors, fuel pump, etc.
Total Money Spent: $7275
Horsepower: ???whp
PSI: ??psi
Comments: Problems that arose and how they were resolved.

[michinsi]

Only for 8th gens?

[a1j7g]

ill do a total in a min...cant forget spark plugs, gauges, too

[DaWhitesFG2]

Tsi kit. w/ flashpro $3500
Mobil 1 oil / filter - $50
Tuning - $400
hks evcs - $300
walbro 255 - $100
install of evcs - $65
autometer phantom 2 boost gauge - $89
apexi tt - Free with my kit
spark plugs - $50
rdx upgraded to 880cc - $100
Oil feed line/oil restrictor - $100
Down time - less than a month since i only worked on my car on Saturdays.
total - $4954 (with random tech hfc)

Initial HP - 240 TQ - 218 ... but now, i added a lil more power but did not get it tested.

Added a random tech HFC used for $200

Problems - ic piping doesn't match throttle body size...you need to upgrade that in order to meet/exceed greddy #'s w/ the t28. Other than that, its an average kit but i'm fiening for more power.


upgrades:
ID 1000cc - $440
Tial 50mm bov - $209
Hondata 4 bar map - $135
Treadstone tr8 - $229
Full Race Manifold - $872
Full Race Downpipe/HFC - $809
Competition stage 4 clutch - $325
Tial 44mm wastegate - $319
Full Race exhaust (not yet pd) - $575
Comp Turbo CT3B (not yet pd) - $800
Custom Fab of charge pipes - ?
Install - ?
Tune - ?
So far: $4713

Grand total of f/i only - $9667 not including future install and tuning and not to mention TAXES!!

[tenjjb]

Originally Posted by michinsi

Only for 8th gens?

Sorry.
Trying to keep it un-cluttered.

[michinsi]

Originally Posted by tenjjb

Sorry.
Trying to keep it un-cluttered.

I had my 05 Si boosted...if that counts lol. Still in the Si and K-Series family right?

[tenjjb]

Go for it
But keep the chit chat to a minimum so people can search with ease

['06Siguy]

Brand of Kit: CT Engineering
Price of Kit: $2200
Hours Spent Tuning: 2
Price per Hour: $150
Additional Parts needed: Flashpro $700, 3.3" Pulley $120, 520cc injectors $190, Vibrant Cat-Back $475, RT HFC $200.
Total Money Spent: $4360 installed (if you include the cost of my exhaust and cat it comes to $5035 installed).
Horsepower: 280
PSI: 8.7
Comments: Bought SC kit, injectors and RT HFC used. Had a vacuum leak at first. Found a bad hose. Simple fix.

[PhantomSi]

Brand of Kit: GReddy
Price of Kit: $2900
Hours Spent Tuning: 2
Price per Hour: $150
Additional Parts needed: HKS BOV w/ recirc. ($190), AEM TRUboost + AEM UEGO Wideband ($300), eBay Testpipe ($90), Fast Turbo Oil Return Kit ($120), Plugs ($40),
Total Install Spent: $900
Total Money Spent: $4840
Horsepower: 274whp
PSI: 10.5psi
Comments: Sold it right before flashpro dropped, would have made more power. This is what I can remember that was relevant to the turbo kit. I spent money on other things such as motor mounts, short shifter, etc.., but they're not actually needed for boost.

I also bought things such as a walbro fuel pump and some bigger injectors to upgrade a little, but I won't include them as I never installed them. I only included what I thought was absolutely necessary to be boosted. Anyways, I hope this helps OP!

[jrotax101]

Brand: CTSC
Price of Kit: $3595
Tuning: 0
Additional parts: Hytech header($1400), LSD exhaust($600), X-Intake($300), AEM UEGO($220), AEM Boost($180), ECU Overnight($50) ( Bolt-ons needed for good SC numbers)
Install: $500 (SC + subframe removal for header)
Total Money Spent: $6845
Power: 266.8whp/174.5lbs/ft tq SAE
PSI: 4
Comments: Ran perfect till the day i sold it, and is still running perfect on the next car. Sold it before stage 2 and tuning were released or i would have been well up to the 3xx mark.

[BlueSi4]

Brand: Greddy
Price of Kit: $2900 (used)
Tuning: $400 (flat rate for E-manage tuning) + $100 (magnesium tune with FlashPro)
Additional parts:
-Skunk2 Exhaust ($300)
-AEM Wideband ($180)
-Blitz Dual-SBC Spec S Boost Controller ($300)
-Fast-Turbo Oil Feed Line ($70)
-RC 550cc Injectors ($225)
-NGK Spark Plugs ($50)
-Hallman MBC ($100)
-Hondata FlashPro ($650)
-Custom 3" Downpipe ($550)
-Stainless Steel Return Line + Tapped Oil Pan ($250)
-Tial 50mm BOV ($240)
-Glowshift Boost Gauge ($35)
-Excelerate Gauge Pod ($125)
-Walbro 255lph Fuel Pump ($90)
Install: $700 (had a discount, usually costs around $1,000)
Total Money Spent: $7,265
Power: 266whp/225tq (w/Emanage)
PSI: 9
Comments: Oil line supplied with the kit broke, oil was leaking for a while. Had to upgrade injectors since the ones supplied with the kit are too small. A downpipe/exhaust combo is recommended. Manual boost controller can't hold consistent boost, hence the low hp numbers. EBC should fix that problem once it's set up.

[michinsi]

Brand of Kit: Rev Hard Kit
Price of Kit: $4000
Hours Spent Tuning: None, Used Cybernation Guardian E.I.
Price per Hour: None
Additional Parts needed (Stuff not included in the kit): None
Total Money Spent: $4000
Horsepower: 220whp (K20A3)
PSI: 7psi

[jrotax101]

For those of you turbo guys with big numbers make sure you include the price of a clutch/flywheel

[BlueSi4]

Originally Posted by jrotax101

For those of you turbo guys with big numbers make sure you include the price of a clutch/flywheel

Every mod done should be included, just so people know what to expect, including exhaust, spark plugs, test pipe/downpipe, gauges, fuel pumps, injectors, wrap, etc

[Kengh]

Brand of Kit: SRT CUT Kit
Price of Kit: $5700 (minus Vibrant exhaust)
Hours Spent Tuning: 1
Installation/Tuning price: $1400
Additional Parts needed: Greddy TiC exhaust (not rec. for turbo setup) $500
Total Money Spent: $7600 (+ shipping, Royal Purple Oil, all in all about another $200)
Horsepower: Not dyno'd
PSI: 9
Comments: For this much money why not just sell it and get an STI? Lol because Hondas are sexy. My latest purchase were new tires and wheels that are wider to handle the added power...another $2000 (Work wheels!)

[2008si]

Brand of Kit: Greddy Kit
Price of Kit: $3800
Hours Spent Tuning: 2-3 hrs on Emanage
Installation/Tuning price: $1000
Additional Parts added: Walbro 255, AEM Wideband,Boost gauge,Upgraded oil line,Vibrant muffler and custom 3" TBE, Comp Stage 2 clutch and flywheel, Apexi Turbo timer.
Parts ordered but not installed yet: Precision 680cc, Flashpro.
Total Money Spent: Around $6700
Horsepower: 240WHP prior to Flashpro and the 680cc injectors. Should be a giant leap in performance without having the injectors maxed out and a excellent tuning solution in place instead of the crap-manage.
PSI: 8

Absolutely no problems with the kit and its spools up incredibly fast. With the larger injectors and FP in place it should be perfect for my power goals (270whp-300whp).

[civicgotspeed]

Brand of Kit: Greddy Kit
Price of Kit: $2400 (used)
Hours Spent Tuning: 2-3 hrs from Magnesium
Installation/Tuning price: $1000
Additional Parts added: Walbro 255,Upgraded oil line, Megan Test Pipe, Tsudo N1 exhaust, precision 650CC injectors, Flashpro
Total Money Spent: Around $5000
Horsepower: No clue as it was never dynoed...but if i had to guess somewhere in the 275-300whp range with 250 pounds of torque. (highest drag trap speed was 112)
PSI: 10 with greddy EBC that came with the kit.

[Radicalblackcivic]

Brand of Kit: AJP with gt35
Price of Kit: $4999 but i paid 3500 with a whole bunch of extras (tapped oil pan, 3inch catback fastturbo vacum block)
sparkplugs $30
Installation Cost:$300 in 2 days
Hours Spent Tuning: 3 days with mike full tune cam angles and part throtle $300
Price per Hour: $300 total
Additional Parts needed:
Flashpro$675
hondatamap sensor : $140
oil sandwich adaptor $30
injectors(650cc) $200
fuel pump $90
fuel return line did it myself $400 on parts
aem electronic boost gauge $150
aem af $200
greedy profec b ebc $200
stg4 clutch $300 plus labor $300
Psi: 12
HP will have results by the end of the week, but i should be well over 400 hope to be near 450 on a dynojet
Total Money Spent: $6815
Comments: Problems.... need better handling... and need to stop hitting stuff on the road...

Versus greddy that i used to have
Brand of Kit: greddy
Price of Kit: $3000(got it like 2 yrs ago) used sold it for $2800
Installation Cost:$300
Hours Spent Tuning: 3
Price per Hour: $100 total $300 (emanage)
Additional Parts needed (Stuff not included in the kit):
injectors $200 (550cc)
fuel pump $90
stg2 clucht $300 labor $300
custom 3inch $150
HP: 298whp on dynojet and 258 tq
Total Money Spent: $4640

PSI: 12
Comments: Problems that arose and how they were resolved.

[GalaxyGreySi]

I'll be totally honest... the true cost of boost is roughly TWICE as much as it looks on paper (to have a complete setup with tuning, everything running smooth and SAFE). There it is.

[GalaxyGreySi]

If you cannot pay, you cannot play, my friend