</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">Originally posted by Hambone:
<strong>Sorry if this has been posted before. Thought if anyone hadn't seen it they might want to look. I am also interested in the opinions of our turbo experts. What do you folks think of this company and the idea of a kit form of turbo conversion?
TIA for your time!!
http://www.racetep.com/montero.html</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">TEP gets mixed reviews.... I have bought some parts through them and found them to be condesending and arrogent, but good on deliveries.
Others have reportadly gotten screwed with engines that were used oil like you wont believe, no help from TEP ect ect. There is always two sides to any story. Many on the starion board despise them.. but the reportadly have an excellent metal shim head gasket.... I will stick with my fellpro.
Thay recomend and install Total Seal rings. These are the ones I had to pull out becasue they huffed so much oil. Others had the same problem. Brand new they push a quart evry 250 miles in a 2.6. Call TEP and they tell you it must be something you did wrong.... But 70% of the 2.6 motors with those rings have serious problems and they continue to sell them.
As far as the kit goes its not smog legal anywhere and can be assemled mostly from off the shelf parts. I would strongly recomend getting the starion setup and its TBI instead. Its a factory setup and can be certified smog legal (mine is).
That how I can register and pass the California smog check.
Kevin C
<small>[ July 04, 2003, 09:18 PM: Message edited by: Kevin C ]</small>
