Does This Pricing Sound Bad For Turboing? - Corolland: the Toyota Corolla Forums

Guest Kiyoku

Im new to this forum.. My car is in the shop now (03 Corolla S 1zz-fe). I have over 10k in just parts. dropped my car off, with the idea $1750 for build, $750 for intercooller pipping, $650 for intake manifold, $1100 for Standalone wiring, $150 for tuning. Does those numbers sound bout right? I hope im not over paying... These are all the parts. I want it to be powerful but not even ganna boost it anywhere near what the parts are rated for..

Turbo PTB400-155 6776rs $800 Precision

Injectors PFU043-0880 $200 Precision

Head Gasket CMG-C4497-027 $89 Cometic

Gasket Set ??????? $100 Apex

Bolt Inlet Gasket PTP075-5003 $6 Precision

Header Studs MWR-108003 $50 ARP

Head Studs MWR-108001 $170 ARP

Flywheel Studs MWR-108008 $30 ARP

Intercooler ??? $100 Turboworks

BOV Q.11BK-SS $270 TiAL

Wastegate MVR B003M1UPL8 $380 TiAL

Valve Cover TOY-11201-22060 $300 Toyota

Boost Gauge 4301 $60 Auto Meter

Volt, Air/Fuel Gauge GS-TC01 $60 Glow Shift Gauges

Oil Pressure Gauge GS-T704 $60 Glow Shift Gauges

Electronic Boost Controller 15500209 $450 GReddy

Turbo Timer 15500022 $110 GReddy

Sensor UEGO 30-2063 $100 AEM

Sensor MAP ????? $80 AEM

StandAlone 30-6905 $900 AEM

Harness 30-2905-0 $120 AEM

Fuel Pump 11169 $175 Aeromative

Fuel Regulator 13109 A1000-6 $155 Aeromative

Cams CRO-61451T-2 $400 Crower

Downpipe Gato $150 Gato Performance

Turbo Manifold Gato $650 Gato Performance

Sleeves DRT-300-041-SF-DF $350 Darton

Valve Springs MWR-300511 $200 MWR

Retainers MWR-300601 $150 MWR

Pistons WPI-11088-820 $530 Wiseco

Rods CZ-T01ZZ-H $800 Carillo

Bearing Set Various $120 Clevite 77

Clutch TC2-SPG6 $470 ACT

Prices are about ballpark for that sort of build, if the total labor for the build up includes maching - $1750 is actually a pretty good price. You have a lot of internal parts that take time to install - you are talking a significant amount of labor hours there. As for the parts you have listed - pretty decent prices on them as well.

For this sort of a build, I wouldn't necessarily go by price, I'd go by the reputation of the shop that you dropped the car off at. If the shop generally caters only to Subarus, Mitsubishi, Nissan - and you just dropped off a Toyota - might make me a bit wary. Having a shop that has several Toyota builds under its belt and with owner verified reviews can be paramount for a good build.

Are they guaranteeing the work? Did you get competative bids at other tuner shops? DId they give you an estimate on number of hours for the build? Put it this way - to assemble a car from scratch - takes Toyota about 30 hours. That's with no fabrication or machine - just bolting parts together. If the shop says they can slap this together in less than 10-12 hours - either they are that "good", unlikely, or don't have a good understanding on working on a Toyota. These cars are completely different beasts compared to the other imports. The VVT-i itself can be a considerable headache, especially with the cam swap, unless you plan on having them disable VVT-i functionality.

ever_green

how much overlap does that cam setup create? You want 0 to no overlap with a forced induction setup. Are you keeping the stock heads? i would swap heads from a 1zz-fe. Higher static compression might give you problems down the road.