So I already have a GIAC chip in my car, the shop that did it for me said they can do the AWE K04 kit (PC16) for $1550 because I would be paying for hardware and only chip upgrade cost. Is this a good price?

with PC16 could I run an ebayFMIC or FMIC from Godspeed? +500$

Then the only other thing I would need is exhaust right? (would borla catback exhaust suffice?) + 750$

That would be everything to get this in working and all good right?

 

That will be fine. If you do some searching on the Borla exhaust, you can pick it up for about 640 shipping included

 

some people don't suggest the borla for BT.. i believe its not much bigger than the stock

otherwise sounds fine but what about installation?

 

techtonics tuned Exhaust uses borla mufflers and is about that price. sounds nice too

 

about the installation, I have 4 options
1. pay for the turbo install (do FMIC, etc myself)
2. pay for turbo install at the same time ask them to do my timing belt (I'm at 65K miles), maybe save a little cause it'll already apart a bit for the belt
3. do the turbo install etc myself
4. do turbo, ect and timing belt myself (this is what I want to do but EVERYONE is saying don't do timing myself because if it f's up then I'm stuck with the bill. If I get it done and something breaks, it's under warrenty with the shop, so what's another couple hundred)

 

do tha turbo install yourself its really easy...if you dont get side tracked or run into more problems after more problems!

 

K04 hardly represents a BT.

If anyone remembers their college physics on resistance to flow through a tube, the resistance is directly related to the length of the tube and the 4th power of the radius.

The original tubing is 1.75 inches dia, the Borla is 2.25 inches diameter. a half-inch change makes a huge difference in the resistance. That is also why mandrel bends are better than crimps, as small changes in radius make huge changes in resistance