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Does any one know who this tC belongs to?

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reggeton87


Reg'd: Oct 22, 2007

Scion Guru

well i was on you tube cuz i was super bored but i found this and i was like wow. does any one know who this belongs to? http://youtube.com/watch?v=0ClTjZcEG3s

[#] Jul 23, 2008 10:02pm
killer08tc


Reg'd: Jun 14, 2008

Detailer

have never seen that tc around


252 hp and 243 ft lbs (only 5 psi spring moves up to 6 psi)
14.3 @ 103 mph
[#] Jul 23, 2008 10:13pm
reggeton87


Reg'd: Oct 22, 2007

Scion Guru

its super quik tho wish i had that turbo

[#] Jul 23, 2008 10:15pm
rimjay


Reg'd: Jun 01, 2006

Godlike Advisor

thats zpi's tc man!

[#] Jul 23, 2008 10:16pm
EdgarG


Reg'd: Nov 27, 2007

Detailer

its mine....you have any questions? lol j/k. i wish.

[#] Jul 23, 2008 10:17pm
krdshrk


Reg'd: Sep 29, 2007

Godlike Advisor

That's one of ZPI's tC's. Never really liked their videos. All illegal street racing, never really any consistency...


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[#] Jul 23, 2008 10:22pm
reggeton87


Reg'd: Oct 22, 2007

Scion Guru

dam i want there turbo now. oh wells i gues not gonna happen.


On another note NOS coming soon

[#] Jul 23, 2008 11:59pm
java09


Reg'd: Aug 05, 2007

Scion Guru

^^you dont want there turbo.

on another note, gl with the nos.


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[#] Jul 24, 2008 12:03am
krdshrk


Reg'd: Sep 29, 2007

Godlike Advisor

reggeton87 wrote:
dam i want there turbo now.


No, you really don't.


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220+ WHP - 14.044 @ 97.02 MPH
[#] Jul 24, 2008 12:18am
Dispatcher138


Reg'd: Jan 08, 2008

Master Mechanic

If you want to pay a lot of money and get nothing go with ZPI.

-Garrett H.

www.teamscionrg.com
[#] Jul 24, 2008 12:23am
epidemic


Reg'd: Dec 15, 2007

Tech Advisor

car is quick but it could lose the turbocharger.com sticker asap !!!

[#] Jul 24, 2008 10:40am
ScionUnderground

Reg'd: May 31, 2008

Detailer

Gotta love the misinformation about ZPI kits!

That video was a ZPI tC, but contrary to what was stated here, they had a LOT of videos where they raced at drag strips in controlled enviornments. I wish I would have saved them. I remember they raced a Maserati, and another Sti both from a dig and smashed them just like that youtube video.

Also, the ZPI kits were at the time, the most popular kits for the tC. The company got too big, too fast, and couldn't keep up with demand, and that along with other drama, caused them to fold. The quality of their kits though is still some of the best out there except for maybe the exhaust manifolds that tend to blow gaskets ($15 or less to replace). A lot of people who've never even SEEN a ZPI kit in person are quick to say that they made faulty products, but there are more ZPI kits on tC's than any almost any other kit, and most of them are still running without much issues.

I'm currently running a ZPI Stage 1.5 that makes more hp than the one in that video, and I love it.



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[#] Jul 26, 2008 11:19pm
reggeton87


Reg'd: Oct 22, 2007

Scion Guru

.................... wow he just spit the truth lol. that tC looked pretty quik tho. how much boost are you running and how much HP you pushing to the wheels

[#] Jul 26, 2008 11:45pm
rimjay


Reg'd: Jun 01, 2006

Godlike Advisor

ScionUnderground wrote:
Gotta love the misinformation about ZPI kits!

That video was a ZPI tC, but contrary to what was stated here, they had a LOT of videos where they raced at drag strips in controlled enviornments. I wish I would have saved them. I remember they raced a Maserati, and another Sti both from a dig and smashed them just like that youtube video.



yup i saw the video of their tc beating the maserati and sti at the track...i dont doubt their kits

[#] Jul 26, 2008 11:48pm
ScionUnderground

Reg'd: May 31, 2008

Detailer

reggeton87 wrote:
.................... wow he just spit the truth lol. that tC looked pretty quik tho. how much boost are you running and how much HP you pushing to the wheels


I'm making a little over 350whp at 9lb on a stock motor.



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[#] Jul 27, 2008 12:55am
cookiemonster


Reg'd: Feb 17, 2007

Detailer

Think for shedding a little light on this for everyone ScionUnderground. The tC in the video was one of ZPI. I believe it belonged to kenny (the VP) at the time. Everthing on my whip was customized by myself and hem about a year and a half ago. Its a shame what happend to the company but he is trying again in Texas.

cookie monster


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[#] Jul 27, 2008 01:43am
nick06tc


Reg'd: May 20, 2006

Vehicle Designer

ScionUnderground wrote:
Gotta love the misinformation about ZPI kits!

That video was a ZPI tC, but contrary to what was stated here, they had a LOT of videos where they raced at drag strips in controlled enviornments. I wish I would have saved them. I remember they raced a Maserati, and another Sti both from a dig and smashed them just like that youtube video.

Also, the ZPI kits were at the time, the most popular kits for the tC. The company got too big, too fast, and couldn't keep up with demand, and that along with other drama, caused them to fold. The quality of their kits though is still some of the best out there except for maybe the exhaust manifolds that tend to blow gaskets ($15 or less to replace). A lot of people who've never even SEEN a ZPI kit in person are quick to say that they made faulty products, but there are more ZPI kits on tC's than any almost any other kit, and most of them are still running without much issues.

I'm currently running a ZPI Stage 1.5 that makes more hp than the one in that video, and I love it.


This makes no sense. You say there only issue was the exhuast manifold. The problem with the mani was it would crack between the 2nd and 3rd bank.
On a turbo setup, one of the only custom parts a company as to design IS THE MANIFOLD. They dont make the intercooler, they dont make the turbo, they dont make the WG, the just bend pipes for the piping, they dont make the injectors, they dont make anything, BUT the part that you say causes the issues.

If you look back to their v1 setup, it had a horrible routing of hot side pipes, making a complete 180degree bend. They realized the problem after people had issues with this and 6 months later went to v2. Pretty crappy that every other turbo company never had a 180degree bend but ZPI took 6 months to rectify.

Kenny was a crappy business man, like you said he took on more than he could handle, and instead of facing it, he kept taking orders and split town to work with turbochragers.com

Yes they were the most popular for a minute, but only because they were the first.
Yes they smashed ona Maseratti, that they owned, and a modded STI, I give them props for that, but you also have to look at it, THE KITS ON THE TC WERENT MANUFACTURED KITS!!!!!!! It was a shop car with alot of work done to it, not something you could buy off the shelf.
But people wanted to have their cars like that, so they gave ZPI money to make their cars be able to kill that maserati, and look at what happened, THEY LOST THEIR CARS FOR MONTHS. YUP, kenny closed shop and stole peoples money and in the mean time the shop was closed up with 3 people (might have been more) tCs locked inside and not getting out. AEN (over on SL) finally got his car out and had to trailer it home, because there was no running engine in it.

So yes they smashed a Maserati, but other than on their own shop car, NO ONE WAS ABLE TO USE ZPI TO GET THEIR CARS TO THAT POINT.
So if we think its so amazing for ZPI to do what they did, ONLY, on a shop car, how about we look to Kenny Tran, Leslie Durst, Chris Rado!!! They are DESTROYING the numbers that ZPI put down. ZPI was always crap, and people always had issues!!!
[#] Jul 27, 2008 10:19am
cookiemonster


Reg'd: Feb 17, 2007

Detailer

^^^ Why So Serious ??? lol

cookie monster


If two men agree on the same thing then one of them is no longer needed. ^_^
[#] Jul 27, 2008 10:52am
nick06tc


Reg'd: May 20, 2006

Vehicle Designer

cookiemonster wrote:
^^^ Why So Serious ??? lol


Becuase I saw alot of people get screwed out of 10s of thousands of dollars. Saw people loose full engines and not have a running car due to ZPI screwing the public. I hate when people come in and say they werent that bad.

They made off with alot of money!!!

People are to quick, kind of like your response to when the post before me went up, to believe the first thing they read.
The person my response was too, started off by saying people are making opinions without knowing or having owned. Then after he posted people gave him props, without knowing the other side of the story. I have followed this for nearly 3 years. Having known people personally with the ZPI kits, having known people who lost a ton of money. And myself having spent hours on the phone with Kenny trying to figure out the best kit. I backed out and never did it. But when it all started going downhill, I called Kenny up like i was interested again, and not letting onto, that I new the issues they were having. He was quick to not tell me about it, and agree to build my engine and do a turbosetup for around $11,000. All of that AFTER the shop was closed down!!!!

He was quick to want to accept my money, after knowing he couldnt fullfill the orders he had already taken!!! Luckily I new what was going on and said I would call him back to place the order!!
[#] Jul 27, 2008 11:33am
TheFantasticG


Reg'd: May 17, 2008

Master Mechanic

Turbocharges.com ... I'll be dropping my car off to them for the Turbonetics kit install on August 19th. They've been in business for 29 years in Houston. I went there and had my car dyno'd on their Mustang Dyno.

I talked to Kenny and all the other people there at the shop. I feel comfortable leaving my car with them.

*EDIT: The owner of Turbochargers.com looks like he'll put a serious hurting on anyone trying to fark with his business.


[#] Jul 27, 2008 12:10pm
ScionUnderground

Reg'd: May 31, 2008

Detailer

yes ZPI had crappy customer service and lots of people got screwed over, but that does not change the fact that their kits routinely made more horsepower than any kit out, and in many ways, still do.

There are so many people running ZPI kits that to question the quality is silly. No aftermarket turbo company is going to make a kit that performs perfectly everytime. Even Dezod had 3 customers with blown motors in one month earlier this year.

I'm not some hardcore ZPI backer, I never even dealt with them personally since I bought my stage 0 used, and upgraded to the stage 1.5 by buying from a guy on SL. I've beeen running the same manifold for nearly a year, and only blown one $16 gasket. My buddies with other turbo kits have more problems than I do, including a Turbonetics tC on his FOURTH Turbo!



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[#] Jul 27, 2008 12:22pm
krdshrk


Reg'd: Sep 29, 2007

Godlike Advisor

Routinely made more HP? There weren't really any other kits out there, other than Turbonetics at the time... and NO, they weren't making more HP with thier turnkey setups. Plus - the manifolds weren't the only things that went bad. They made the downpipes as well and they were one of the things to go quickly as well.


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[#] Jul 27, 2008 04:20pm
tC_vixen


Reg'd: Aug 16, 2007



Lets keep this friendly.

[#] Jul 27, 2008 04:21pm
ScionUnderground

Reg'd: May 31, 2008

Detailer

krdshrk wrote:
Routinely made more HP? There weren't really any other kits out there, other than Turbonetics at the time... and NO, they weren't making more HP with thier turnkey setups. Plus - the manifolds weren't the only things that went bad. They made the downpipes as well and they were one of the things to go quickly as well.


When I got my Stage 0, all the kits that are out now were available. Greddy, Dezod, Turbonetics, Turbo Toyotas, etc.

I hang out pretty often with a group of turbo tC's, each with a different turbo kit. None of them are making 350+whp. I've also never had a problem with my downpipe, and neither have the other ZPI owners that I know.

There were definitely some problems with some of the kits that went out, as is the case with EVERY manmade product. However, it's wrong to take a few examples and superimpose that on thousands of other kits.



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[#] Jul 27, 2008 05:28pm
nick06tc


Reg'd: May 20, 2006

Vehicle Designer

ScionUnderground wrote:
krdshrk wrote:
Routinely made more HP? There weren't really any other kits out there, other than Turbonetics at the time... and NO, they weren't making more HP with thier turnkey setups. Plus - the manifolds weren't the only things that went bad. They made the downpipes as well and they were one of the things to go quickly as well.


When I got my Stage 0, all the kits that are out now were available. Greddy, Dezod, Turbonetics, Turbo Toyotas, etc.

I hang out pretty often with a group of turbo tC's, each with a different turbo kit. None of them are making 350+whp. I've also never had a problem with my downpipe, and neither have the other ZPI owners that I know.

There were definitely some problems with some of the kits that went out, as is the case with EVERY manmade product. However, it's wrong to take a few examples and superimpose that on thousands of other kits.



But your also not running a turnkey ZPI kit. You are running an upgraded kit that is out of the price range of the other kits available. So its not even comparable.
You say you run with other turbo tCs, and none are make 350+whp. Then you say you know others who have ZPI kits. SO WHY ARENT THEY RUNNING 350WHP????
Any kit can be made to do it, it has nothing to do with the kit. It has everything to do with the tune and how much power the person wants to make!!!! Plain and simple.

ZPI kits do not routinely make more power than other kits, OUT OF THE BOX!!! They make more power once other parts, other tunes are added. And thats just the preference of the owner. Any kit can have the boost turned up, and the af ration leaned out and make larger numbers. It does not make them better.

What makes a kit better is its reliabilty, and if there is a lack of that, its customer service.
Obviously ZPI has ZERO CUSTOMER SERVICE!!!! They dont even exist!!!

[#] Jul 27, 2008 05:33pm
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