I have the money to fund a turbo setup, or close enough to think about one. I am aiming at ~250whp maybe a little higher. What is a good route to take? Are there any good kits that provide everything minus tune or close to everything?

 

garrett

zzp

 

should be an easy goal with only 10psi boost and stock motor. i used trifecta to tune my 2.2 turbo setup and they said they get many 2.2 turbo setups running 10 psi boost and making 270whp so with the 2.4 you should make a little bit more.

 

if you're only looking for 250 whp any form of boost will do

 

I would go ZZP they have some awesome kits. An are very wallet friendly.

 

zzp stage 2 turbo kit is great for the price

 

this is very very true.. and leaves lots of room for expainsion

 

dont build to much boost on a stock high compression motor or itll go boomm

 

with just replacing valve springs the 2.4L's have been taken to 16+ psi on the stock motor

 

rods and pistons and youre good, im runnin 10:1 compresson ratios and was boostin 17-18 psi on a gt30 with no problem except for traction, but thats besides the point

 

ZZP for sure, lol.

 

I want a good setup without the need to look into valve springs, etc etc. I mean I could do that but I don't want the hassle. Just lookin for a little extra speed on a ~$1500 budget that increases by $100-200 a month

 

ZZP Stage 2 Kit and grow from there. But please be sure to invest money in tires, suspension and mounts that can support that kind of power. I went ass backwards and invested a LOT of money in the mods below just so that when the time comes for Forced Induction id be completely ready for it. Now that I'm ready for it I just dont have the ******* money. Money is such a bitch sometimes.

I wouldn't bother unless you're pushing insane boost into that 2.4 of yours. Also, If 1500 is your budget you may want to look into piecing together a blower

 

Yeah I was just looking at ZZP Stg 2 and that seems to be the best option. But whats up with their PCM thing for $100? Does that just include a basic tune for your setup just to get you going or what? I have almost everything necessary to run boost including all that you mentioned, minus motor/tranny mounts. And I absolutely LOVE spending money on tires, seriously. Burning tires is well worth the money put into them. I know from drifting lol.

 

I'd also like to know what their pcm tune offers for the stage 2, is it drivable out of the box or is dyno time pretty much required to make reliable, daily driver power?

 

You could always do a custom kit.

 

It is drivable right from the get go......
The tune is very safe and for mo powa
you should get it dyno tuned as suggested by them.
I have a stage 3 and love it.

 

the stage 2 from zzp came out to me $2760 total S&H included, i sent back the pcm that they sent me, and got core refund. s it was $2860 minus $100. of course before they didn't have the dp option so i got the "offroad" one (non cat'd).

i still need dyno tune, for perfection, but the car is running good, im just making 234whp 222trq at 7 psi, stock motor, stock exhaust. with a dyno tuned should make more.

i got some videos floating around in the 2.4 tech section.