Turbo Timer... is it really necessary?
 

Well, I got a HKS blow-off valve on my car(finally), and I was thinking about purchasing a turbo timer as well... Is this really necessary to have or its just gonna be a waste of money?

Also... here is a stupid question.. whats a oil catching can for?

FYI, bozz performance in SF wants to sell me a titanium Cusco cat-back exhaust for $1600... ouchies

Most people consider it a waste of time on the stock turbo and boost on the WRX.

Re: Turbo Timer... is it really necessary?
 

Big Ouch!!! Do you want Bling, or performance? You can get performance with $50-100 bucks worth of pipe and labor. Bling costs as much as you want and may perform like crap, or not. You should be able to get a really good Turbo Back with High flow cat for that much and enough bling to make most happy. :)

The titanium exhaust is well worth $1600, it's just a matter of whether you want to spend it. Pretty much any 3" mandrel exhaust with a good downpipe flange design and a free-flow muffler is going to make a lot of power. But titanium does weigh about 75% less. Were you talking to Alex at Bozz? He won't give you bad advice when it comes to tuning, but he is a super JDM whore. :P

Oil catch cans are there to keep oil vapors from flowing through your intake, compressor, and intercooler. They are worth having.

Finally, no, a turbo timer is not necessary on a stock turbo.

$1600 For a CAT Back I beleive is what he said, not Turbo back. I'm not sure any performance you can get from a Cat back is worth that IMHO. Maybe he meant Turbo back.

Whoops, yeah. I leapt to the conclusion $1600 meant turbo back, after shipping the most expensive turboback produced in the US for vishnu. :P MSRP: $1600

No im pretty sure he said CAT back... good thing I didnt decide to swipe my card that instant lol.. and I dont think it was Alex..

BTW, anyone here got the hookup for parts so I wont have to order from outta state? And is the Cusco parts really worth my cash?

Cusco is really really good stuff. It is one of those brands where you get what you pay for- but you certainly pay. It's up to you to decide if you want to go that route, but I certainly don't look down my nose at people who spend a lot for the best quality parts. jsut the ones who spend a lot for ricer crap. :P

When I looked up metal properties for Ti & 304 stainless I came up with 281.4lb/ft^3 and 501.1lb/ft^3, respectively; that would mean the Ti is 56.2% the density of the SS.

That was just an educated guess on my part. Last I heard, the JIC titanium catback weighed ~7 pounds, and stock is 25+. Not exact numbers though.