Reliability of a turbo setup

[tOyz]

Ok Iam planning to put about 6k in my car for a turbo setup and if I do so, I want to know if I will have to deal with problems every time I beat the shit out of my car. My car is daily driven and in the winter we get -30 celcius all the time where I live. I want to be sure I wont have to put 1k in the car every 2 month because the turbo broke something again.

I am taking good car of my car, I am checking everything now and then but ill be running low on money soon enought with school so I dont want this car to put me in the shit ya know

thanks!

 

[420aVOS]

i guess i couple of questions would be how many miles are on it now, what boost do you want to run it at, are you gonna do tranny work.

if you dont push alot of boost, you wont have to worry about engine problems if your miles are reasonable. the 420a can take about 6-7 psi with ease without internal work.
anything over that you want to look at internals and tranny work.

 

[kagegod]

If you do the kit yourself there is something important to remember: TAKE YOUR TIME. That was part of my woes that I dealt with. Of course with modding a car there are certain risks you take but if you have it done right and don't exceed the 6-7psi mark you'll be fine. Just keep in mind that if/when something breaks it's usually not cheap to fix (I had a broken manifold and compressor housing when I sold mine and it cost the next owner $600 to get replacement parts)