420aT reliablity

[Slo2gen]

I know that alot of people are happy with their turboed 420a's and that is why I am looking at turboing mine. My only problem is that I need mine as a daily driver to school and work and I just wanted to know how often does something need to be fixed on a turboed 420a? I am only looking to boost 5 to 7 psi right now due to not having enough funds to build the bottom end up but I want to go ahead while I can afford the turbo. I know that I have enough to build the bottom end if I can afford the turbo but, if I get the bottom end built then I won't have enough to turbo. So is the 420aT reliable enough to have as a daily driver. P.S. the car has 100,000 miles on it but the compression is still 195 to 205. I have searched but I just can't find the answers that I am looking for. I was looking at a stage II hrc kit.

 

[DSMcrazy3]

Stay low on boost pressure (i'd say 3-5) and it should be a very reliable motor for quite some time, unless you plan on racing the crap out of it everyday..Which will be hard not to do. I just went turbo and I love it, strongly recommended! I put my own kit together(inspired by GSgoinfasts write up! Thanks Chris )

Josh

 

[BigRand]

Keep the boost at 5psi or whatever the wastegate is set at. Don't buy a boost controller and get greedy trying to go higher. That we'll be the harderst part is the boost bug. It will get ya. So once you turbo your car, your going to want to rebuild asap so start saving.