i think Brad's point would be even more applicable if someone were to make a bolt-up NOS system.. i tend to think people will blew their motors up easier with NOS, than with a turbo..
Brad..
if >I< were to make any type of "kit" for a turbo, i think i would limit it to making headers that would run up into the engine bay, have a standard flange for a turbonetic turbo, and then the exhaust side mated up to a "good" muffler with exhaust hangers that works off the stock pick-up points on the tranny.. with the other end of the exhaust having a standard turbonetics exhaust flange.. weld a O^2 sensor bung in the pipe, and provide a plug with the kit, so that there's the option to take the plug out for a O^2 sensor.. this kit would EXCLUDE turbo, so that people would have the option to get different turbos from turbonetics (which are pretty dirt cheap if you look around on the import forums), and you market the kit as a bolt-up "offroad" turbo-header setup. with disclaimers saying fuel system upgrades are strongly recommended, etc..
i definitely agree with you, that there probably ISN'T 20 people around, who would actually dish out the dough for a turbo kit.. i've been on the receiving end of A LOT of e-mail inquiries.. and so far, there has been -zero- additional turbo 914 that has surfaced (to my knowledge).. at the same time, i think a big part of why those interests go un-explored, is because people do not want to, or don't have time to, do the fabrication.. if there was a header kit, that allowed everything to be bolted up, so that the interested party can just BUY the part, and know that the pieces will FIT, and that boltup header kit was in the ??1000?? range for pipes done in SS, i think there would be more interested parties..
if >I< were to make a production run at this, i'd probably even take the time to weld a heater box around the exhaust, for those wussies who want heat..
the heat generated from a turbo system should teach them!..
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oh yeah.. forgot.. there would have to be some HUGE disclaimers stating that the oil cooling system will have to be upgraded
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