Do you have $10K readily available and burning a hole in your pocket? I'd start there.

 

The two most important things at the very start of a turbo Renesis project are to set up two bank accounts.

The first account is so you can save money to purchase the parts to turbo your Renesis.

The second account is to pay for the rebuild of your Renesis, after your turbo it

 

Step 1: Don't do it.

 

Like you'd know, BMW driver...

 

Now that everyone has gotten their kneejerk reactions out, here's the deal. If you spend your way to a reliable build, you can probably get an extra 100whp. So 300, assuming we're boosting a factory-fresh healthy engine. You could aim higherb, but then the risks are higher, so let's build this business case conservatively. It obviously helps to have the work done by someone who has done it before.

What is that worth to you? All said and done, the 10k figure stated above is not crazy, if you are building and tuning for reliability. Cheap/fast/reliable: pick 2.

What you could do as an alternative is use the same money to swap in a 13BREW or a V8 with more power potential. Could cost more, depends how much of the worl you're doing yourself.

Read a thread by Brettus called something like "my renesis turbo build". You'll see what's involved.

 

I don't have much to add except that $10k is a conservative figure. Realistically you should have $15k+ sitting aside.

TBF 9k has been through it himself so I'd listen to him.

 

Fake news.

 

This statement alone says everything we need to know. There is no REW or V8 swap going to happen here by the OP. Perhaps he/she has enough money to make it happen by someone else though. Hence my original comment.