the heeat
10+ Year Contributor
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- Jun 21, 2012
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Lebanon,
Virginia
I just bought my second spyder gst but it had a blown turbo. The guy included an evo8 16g that he bought but said he couldn't get it installed without some sort of fabrication...I'm still tearing everything apart before trying to install a turbo. I warped some valves on my previous spyder so I can pull the turbo from it if necessary but am trying to figure out if I should go ahead and install the evo8? I saw something about boost creep and I don't kno what that is yet but I intend to find out because it doesn't sound very friendly to my car! I have plans for some mods, but nothing huge...fmic, new boost gauge, I've got a walbro 255 in my other car that's never seen fuel, maybe a fpr, not sure about what I'll do with the exhaust yet, I'll probably end up getting an mbc too and redoing the intake that's already on here along with the 1g bov and hard piping I need to install. I've got all these things mapped out in order of installation and what needs to be first, along with doing all the routine checks and maintenance before I ever fire it, just in case!! I had a bad experience with my last one because I didn't know what I know now and it cost me a couple grand! I want the car to be a work car (back and forth about 6-8 miles) as well as a lil play toy. I think I've read that the t25 is better than the 14b's but since I've already got the 16g I figured why not, right? But if I put the 16g on, I was afraid also that I may lose my low end spool/boost without more supporting mods vs the 14b or t25.