not looking to piss anyone off here, but honest questions. i get a wrx and i see what you all spend on parts, and in retrospect, its rediculious.

examples:

FIRST

$1100 for a small, internal wastegate turbo

$500 for a t3/t04b, $225 for external wastegate. yea u need a special down and uppipe... but you were going to buy 'bolt on' ones anyway. with the t3/t04 you can swap wheels and housings MUCH easier to accomidate rasing your power then these APS and IHIs.

Im glad sam has seen this as well.

SECOND

$1500 intercooler kits MRT,etc

$850 for GReddy

what the hell justifys the extra $650? greddy makes great intercoolers, and mandrel piping is mandrel piping if you retain correct diameters.

THIRD

not as major

catbacks- MRT, etc $800
apexi n1, greddy- $500

FOURTH

$375-$500 for perrin, mrt downpipes
GReddy- $170, drill the wastegate hole on the flange and add a dump tube, open or closed, probably 20-30 to do, so now you have a perrin downpipe for $200.

these are honest questions, so be constructive with ure responses. im not one to buy cheap parts (for all that knew my h22a turbo accord) i just dont see spending a lot of extra $$$ when one does the job just as well.