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Originally Posted by green-lantern
I am sure he was trying to save a $ but I bet he wished he would have went that route now. I am thinking about building my old block. There is a friend in the TN area with rods and 8:1 pistons for sale. If I get them for cheap I am going for it. How much did you pay for that kit and what was some of the problems you ran into? BTW I haven’t ever seen any pics of your car or any mod lists. Pics or it didn’t happen!  jk  or should I say carS |
I bought the IPS 16G kit last year during the Holiday PM sale. I want to say I paid $3,150 for the kit, ceramic coating, and intercooler adapters. The normal price is $3,250, +150 for coating, + $150 for adapters. The only major problems I had were:
1) It took a while for IPS to get all of the parts/gaskets shipped to me. I won't hold that against them, as they sold a ton of kits at the same time and were having trouble restocking certain parts.
2) IPS never informed me that I would need to replace the passenger's side radiator fan. It would have been helpful to know that when I placed the order, but now you can learn from my mistake.
Slim fans or a second driver's side fan is needed.
3) I punctured the radiator while reinstalling it. Oops. My fault. The front doesn't leave a lot of room for the radiator, so just be careful and you'll be fine.
4) I could not position the rear manifold in place without grinding down part of the rear motor mount bracket. I have seen several people report that this was not a problem. It was for me. I spent about 20 minutes grinding the mount bracket down about 1/4" with a drill attachment. No biggie.
5) A couple of the rear precat/turbo bolts were difficult to tighten correctly. They weren't impossible, but they were hard to get to because of the weird angles. I was able to get them tight enough with an assortment of different wrenches.
I'll post pics of my cars in just a second. As for your engine, I'd definitely recommend going to 8:1 compression before getting 16Gs. These turbos like to scream up top. Trust me, they just beg for you to push your motor.