Theres a video on the Ebay $699 turbo kit on that 5.3 all bolt on.. That and a 200 dollar tune and you have something that isnt difficult, and not expensive. 500hp easy
@Rob Horton And it’s not gonna do 10’s in the quarter mile either. Leaving out some little details like bigger injectors, fuel pump, headers, tune and most important losing 2000 pounds. Unless it’s done right it won’t stay together for very long. Those eBay turbos are junk and don’t last either.
Caliber SRT4! Hell yeah, loved mine. Even most people in the car community don't know what they are. A new flashed ECU for $500 gave me around 330 whp and even more torque. Easy to work on and easy to mod. An insanely underrated car. Awesome that you mentioned the Ion Redline, as well. A buddy of mine had one. Another underrated, rare, and little known car.
'05-'09 Mustang GT is a really good choice. I found a bunch of GT models with the TR3650 5 speed manual for anywhere from $5K to $7K. The 3V 4.6 handles boost incredibly well, and will run for a long time. The 3650 can handle a good bit more torque than it's rated for, at least from my own personal experience with my turbo Saleen.
Those s197 mustang engines are indestructible, I literally drove without putting oil in it for like 2 years and it survived that (I know horrible, but before I knew car stuff)- anyway, it's a testament to the greatness of the motor.
1. Infiniti G35’s (De and HR) 2. Pontiac GTO 3. Lexus IS350 4. Chevy Impala SS 5. Hyundai Genesis coupe These are cars that can be found cheap (sometimes) and they have some strong horses, sometimes they are rare mostly in certain areas and if equipped with bolt ons and tunes they can be beast on the road.
84-96 vettes under 10k all day long. Beast of 6mt, last few years 320hp+ at 3100 lbs. All years 300+tq (spinin some fuckin tires) Easily get 400whp+ with bolt ons n/a.
GM actually offered a Supercharger for the old Z24 Cavaliers with the LD9 (2.4L). It was pretty ahead of it's time, but to find one already done is like finding an older honda without spray bomb wheels, and monster stickers on the dash.
I frickin' love you for mentioning the Saturn. I owned one! Sadly, I was poor and sold it, but I am in the search for another! The Saturn Ion debuted two years before the identical Chevy platform.
My friend bought an Eagle Talon (his first car) in a parking lot from some guy who babied the hell out of it then immediately brought it over to flex in front of all his friends. He managed to total it into a mailbox while pulling up trying to rip a donut. He had less than 12 miles on it and didn’t have any insurance on her since he just bought her. That was his happiest/saddest day. Worked all summer for 12 miles.
Wow, you actually mentioned the Dodge Omni GLH. Back in the day (I can say that because I was born in the middle of the 70's) my father bought one in 1985 (Oh, the impeccable K-cars) he drove it until I was around 14 and he parked it and got a pickup. I would sneak it out of the garage and drive it, that was where I learn to drive a manual car. It was a blast until I lost three of the five gears, including reverse. But it's still moved only with two gears. It eventually was fixed my father drove it for a while and sold it in the early 90's.
If you get a cobalt, avoid going through rpm. It'll save you time, money, and butthurt. You can also turbo swap the supercharged cars pretty easy and pretty cheap. And you'll make a solid bit of power doing it too.
Don't forget about the toyota 2zz-ge motor that was used in the lotus cars of the early 2000s. You can find a 2zz in a toyota celica gts, a toyota Corolla xrs, a toyota matrix xrs or a Pontiac vibe gt
My buddy had a SRT-4 and I'm not going to lie, it was pretty quick. We were headed to a party one night and another SRT-4 pulled up next to us at a light. We were riding 4 deep with a untapped keg in the back. The other SRT-4 just had a passenger. When the light turned green, we both went and we pulled away from the other SRT-4 hard while not having any traction until 3rd gear. Fun little car.
@@fortysixandtwo34 I got confused, the Nissan Altimas are the ones that you could get with an optional 3.5L VQ35DE. Most of the ones I see only have a 2.5L.
You may be mad at me, but my first car was a saab 9-3 linear and I absolutely wrecked it. Such a bummer because looking back i had poor taste and did not appreciate it at all, but it sure accelerated like a muthafruka.
Why do guys always never show any love to the mazdaspeed? Mazdaspeed6 awd 2.3 turbo under 6k also first and second gen mazdaspeed3 fwd that have the same engine that are cheap to come by!
For around 2k you can find a Volvo s70 T5M. Put bigger injectors, turbo, exhaust, and a tune and run around 18lbs stock block over 300whp! You guys gotta stop neglecting my Volvos bro!!
Pontiac Ws6 is a great choice aswell btw. I own a moded 2002 Ws6 in black with the 6 speed. The ls1 is God tier, reliable, comes with power and can handle more power. Of course I may be biased because it was my first car.
If you want to save some money, a 93-97 lt1 Trans am is also solid. I have one and although the aftermarket isn't nearly as big, there are still plenty of mods to get you going
It's like the first time in modern times i hear about them so i think it's already a good thing. Sadly the mention was filled with mistakes. GTI years didn't had the bumpers of the pic in the video. The G13B is shown while he talks about the G10T... but yeah, he was right about being rare nowadays.
I've own a Caliber SRT4 for almost 8 years. I FINALLY just got around to getting car parts for it. Actually currently in a shop now getting a new AGP wastegate put on because the stock one couldn't handle the boost from the Diablosport tune. But all I have is 1 step colder sparkies, K&N Cold Air Intake, muffler delete, Diablosport 93 Tune, and I went from about 265 to the wheels to 309. Probably might get more once the new Watstegate is as I hope that is what will stop the violent sputtering after X amount of boost. Lol. But I love my CSRT4.
I have a 2.2 NA cobalt manual. I got it for $1000 and haven't had any problems. I was all ready planning to supercharge it and was glad to see it on this list !
As a cobalt owner I appreciate making the list. I bought.mine for.1200$ eight years ago. Sadly my engine is pretty much toast at 220k. It has 0 psi on cyl 2 and NY rust makes a new engine swap kinda a bad idea. .... but 40 mpg so 🤷♂️
@@LouisSubearth they do, not as cheap as the Saturn for basically the reasons stated in the video but definitely cheaper then the cobalt the most well known of the three
Took ya' awhile on the DSMs. Ya welcome for that suggestion. Another cheap-ish but slightly harder to find car is a Chrysler 300C AWD w/a 5.7L. 350HP and AWD. One of the quicker cars I own and I have more than a handful of DSMs. Mine was $6,300 with 150k miles. Throttle body spacer and she does pretty well. Mine also has the performance suspension package which I know for sure gives you larger brakes. I don't know all the specifics but it's the ultimate daily.
Missing the Probe/MX-6 GT. Quick cars, though relatively unknown. Kept pace with the Mustang GT back in the day, and respond VERY well to boost, especially the base model FS-DE engines, NA for the Probe and MX-6, but came with turbo for the Mazdaspeed Protoge.
Gavin R actually they did in 87-88. We got has the Chevrolet sprint turbo. It had a 3cyl. Turbo and made 70hp stock. It was crap. Blew turbos and head gasket constantly.
Now we really need to mention that the same ecotec 2.0 liter engine as in the Cobalt is also in a SAAB 93 2003+, making 207hp stock (turboed, not supercharged), can be found dirt cheap. Aftermarket also exists for those, tuners are well known and even without replacing the turbo for a bigger blower, you can easily increase the power. 314mm Aero brakes are bolt-on replaceable with 345mm brakes from 2008+ model :) so, I mean, plenty of fun for little money. 2008+ is made as XWD too!
Right now, I’m glad that we had a 1998 Dodge Neon rusting in the driveway. It came from the factory with a really crappy auto tranny, and was the chassis and shared engine to the hated PT Cruiser. But, after a little turbo magic, and some severe (and somewhat questionable) lightening trickery, I remember timing how fast it took for the orange needle to hit 60 from a standstill: 00.03.789. That time has always been burned in my memory, and I’ll always love to see new and nutty mods that people do to just to go fast as hell!
@@anthonybarr250 well i had to replace the starter motor in mine the other week and it was probably the most annoying thing ever Working on a saab is similar to working on a heavily modded car you bought off the internet They both have lots of crap in the way of the crap you need to get to 😂
I'd much rather do the starter on my Saab and have to redo the starter on my Passat lol both 2.0t engines the Passat has way more stuff in front of the starter
Don't know the US market but in the UK, VW/Audi group cars with the 1.8T are a decent buy if you want cheap power. You can get a MK4 Golf GTI or MK1 Audi TT or A3 for well under £1000 in the UK and they're already packing 180bhp. Stage 1 remap, 210bhp is easily had. A few bolt ons and 240bhp is a realistic target for the factory turbo. If you're lucky enough to find a TT 225, S3 or LCR with the 225bhp engine you're looking at 260bhp easily with a tune and ratty examples of those cars can be found for a few grand.
I got a 98 Prelude, looks like a flaming turd on the outside, but the engine, drivetrain, and interior are all in pretty great shape. I paid $1400 for it.
I owned a 2006 cobalt ss supercharged and a 08 cobalt ss turbo. And out of the two the ss turbo was light years ahead...in fact the ss turbo held the Fwd lap record at the nurinburgring for a few years. They was that damn quick. And they handled like a go kart, had a option for recaro bucket leather seats, a limited slip diff and the best thing that not many people know, LAUNCH CONTROL!!!!!! Yes launch control in a fwd gm 4 banger.. also had a interesting feature called no lift shift, keep the loud pedal hard down, kick the clutch and the computer rev matched for the next gear shift.. so slam it in the next gear and dump the clutch, it wasn’t just fast it was surprisingly fast and fun I’m surprised y’all haven’t done an episode on this car.
I had a 98 saab 900 2.0t with a 5spd. It had a stage 3 tune and was boosted to 21psi. It would do 115 in 3rd. Fastest i had it was 160. Best part is I paid $500 for it initially.
you couldnt find a turbo 3 cyl suzuki swift gti's because there are no 3 cyl suzuki swift gtis, as you can SEE in the pic with the 4 spark plugs. The suzuki swift gti had a strong and amazing 1.3 DOHC 4 cyl n/a high revving engine with the known chainshaw sound. What you probably had in mind is the Daihatsu Charade GTti 993cc - 3 cyl - turbo. I had one (now it has a blown crankshaft and it lies on my backyard). VERY fast little car.
Pick up a third gen Cavalier or Sunfire, preferably an 03-05 so it already has the Ecotec, LE5 intake from a Delta based Eco, LNF turbo kit from the Cobalt or ION in this video, and you have a monster of a sleeper. Add in some BC coilovers for 900 bucks and some good tires if you like the twistes.
Thanks Nolan, I couldn't get my newborn baby asleep (her name is Tesla) so I figured I'd watch some youtube. Less than a minute into the video, her eyes locked onto the screen and she got quiet. So yeah, thanks.
A big one no one knows about are the Volkswagen Passat w8. It actually has a 4.0 8 cylinder in a W orientation rather than a V. In the US they were only automatic, but if you wanted to do the work, it uses the same 6 speed manual from the Audi rs4. 285 HP stock, and I’ll say that the 1.8t Passat is the best handling car I’ve ever driven, so I assume the w8 is pretty much the same in the handling department. Best part about it has to be the price though, I’ve seen them in decent shape for 3-5K and in rough shape for 2k. Oh, and from what I know they were all AWD.
Saab 9-3 Aero. Even the 2.0T can get some good power with just a simple ECU mod. Now, for a couple Grand more, you can get an 06+ Aero with the 2.8T V6, and for about $500, VTuner stage 0 will put you at around 320hp. You can get a 6MT, and that ReAxs rear steering is fantastic in twisties. Never have I driven such a solid car.
2002-2003 Maxima 6speed. Low miles good condition (4k) Fbo (1500 in mods)+tires (high 12's) and the 3.5l vq loves boost. For less than 12k you could have a 10sec sleeper.
