{"id":1103,"date":"2007-01-24T21:26:07","date_gmt":"2007-01-25T01:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.elusivemedia.com\/v3\/?p=1103"},"modified":"2010-05-16T21:27:38","modified_gmt":"2010-05-17T01:27:38","slug":"turboeast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elusivemedia.com\/v3\/?p=1103","title":{"rendered":"Turboeast"},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.elusivemedia.com%2Fv3%2F%3Fp%3D1103&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=dark\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px;height:60px;margin-top:5px;\"><\/iframe><table border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/137\/362537953_499059e5ae_o.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"266\" height=\"400\" \/><\/td>\n<td><strong>Interview with Jeff Stevens from Turboeast<\/strong><br \/><em>By:<\/em> Eric<br \/><em>Pictures:<\/em> Courtesy of Turboeast<br \/><em>Website:<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.turboeast.com\" target=\"_self\">http:\/\/www.turboeast.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Q: How did Turboeast come about?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>A:<\/strong> I was building a turbo kit in late 2001 for my 01 IS300.&nbsp; I was unemployed but had saved some money and decided to turbo the car then look for a job.&nbsp; I happened to talk to an old friend of mine named Brad (most know him as IS300GTE).&nbsp; He had just picked up a 02 manual.&nbsp; It was with a lot of his input that I decided to do the business.&nbsp; I had been thinking about it, but once he showed me the demand for the kits I decided to do it.&nbsp; We turboed his car in Feb of 02 and was at the track in April.&nbsp; His car was the third turbo IS300 behind Toyomoto and XS Engineering (Although I contend that XS&#39;s car never ran right as their customer sold the kit because he said it never ran well or shifted under boost).&nbsp; The business started with me and a partner that didn&#39;t work out.&nbsp; I then ran solo for awhile but I really needed someone with business experience to handle the accounting\/tax side of things.&nbsp; That&#39;s where my current partner has come in.&nbsp; He doesn&#39;t work at TE day to day, but puts a tremendous amount of work into most of the things that nobody ever sees.&nbsp; That&#39;s where we are now.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>\n<strong>Videos:<\/strong><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/youtube.com\/watch?v=8SFDJ-osCL0\" target=\"_self\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/youtube.com\/watch?v=8SFDJ-osCL0\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/sjc-static2.sjc.youtube.com\/vi\/8SFDJ-osCL0\/2.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"130\" height=\"97\" \/><\/a><br \/>Turboeast S4 532rwhp<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.teamelusive.com\/mambots\/editors\/tinymce\/Turboeast%20S1%20Kit\" target=\"_self\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/youtube.com\/watch?v=j9CzAtkufdA\" target=\"_self\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/youtube.com\/watch?v=j9CzAtkufdA\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/sjc-static8.sjc.youtube.com\/vi\/j9CzAtkufdA\/2.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"130\" height=\"97\" \/><\/a><br \/>Turboeast S1 Kit<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/youtube.com\/watch?v=P1NW0lc8qo8\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/sjl-static5.sjl.youtube.com\/vi\/P1NW0lc8qo8\/2.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"130\" height=\"97\" \/><\/a><br \/>Alex 411rwhp Turboeast S3+<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turboeast.com\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=29&amp;Itemid=47\" target=\"_blank\">More videos<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Q: When\/what was the first car you modified?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>A:<\/strong> When I was 17 I had a 1987 Dodge Shadow Turbo.&nbsp; I pulled the wastegate line for more boost.&nbsp; I also did 2 headgaskets in 5k miles, so I quickly started to learn about turboed cars.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q: So far, what has been the most rewarding accomplishment for you?<br \/><\/strong><br \/><strong>A:<\/strong> Staying in business and always pushing the limits.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q: Were you surprised at how fast of a rate the boosted community is growing?<br \/><\/strong><br \/><strong>A:<\/strong> It&#39;s growing pretty fast, but it is a niche market for sure. I am a little surprised by how many turbokits we have sold for how few IS300&#39;s there really are.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q: What can we look forward to from Turboeast?<br \/><\/strong><br \/><strong>A:<\/strong> A little more diversity in the cars that we work on and the things that we do. We are currently moving into area&#39;s that most tuners overlook such as high performance alignments and corner weighting.&nbsp; But the biggest thing is being more efficient.&nbsp; Or number one project right now is reducing the wait times for our customers, be it in shop work or products that we are shipping out.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q: Do you worry about competition from other tuners?<br \/><\/strong><br \/><strong>A:<\/strong> Well, in reality competition should be good for the consumer.&nbsp; But we are in the age of &quot;one-up-manship&quot;.&nbsp; That&#39;s fine, but it seems that the customer is getting trampled on for some shops personal gains.&nbsp; What they don&#39;t understand is that the instant gradefactation of &quot;one-up-manship&quot; only lasts so long.&nbsp; For me it&#39;s about our long term goals and that means building cars that myself and the owner of the car can be proud of.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q: What are your long term goals personally and as a tuner?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>A:<\/strong> Well the first goal is to continue to develop the business.&nbsp; Notice I didn&#39;t say grow.&nbsp; I&#39;m not sure that bigger means better.&nbsp; I think for us, better is getting more done faster.&nbsp; Personally I&#39;m interested in the new engine technology. In peticular hybrids.&nbsp; I like the idea of a high hp gasoline engine that doesn&#39;t have to do all the mundane work of &quot;normal&quot; driving.&nbsp; I also look at a 50 hp electric motor as nitrous without a bottle.&nbsp; You can go bigger in turbosize and higher in the rev band without hurting our powerband.&nbsp; The extra fuel mileage is the icing on the cake.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p><strong>Q: If you can sum up what Turboeast is all about, what would it say?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>A:<\/strong> That&#39;s pretty hard.&nbsp; I think we are all about fast cars.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><br \/><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Some of the cars Turboeast has worked on.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turboeast.com\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=16&amp;Itemid=41\" target=\"_blank\">More photos!!<\/a><br \/><\/strong><\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/145\/362537960_73382c07a4_o.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"301\" height=\"200\" \/><\/td>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/137\/362551703_68ec22690b_o.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"267\" height=\"200\" \/><\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/166\/362551692_9beac47e70_o.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"267\" height=\"200\" \/><\/td>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/148\/362551699_8b8ad814a6_o.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"334\" height=\"200\" \/><\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/153\/362547159_8bf51f02a8_o.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"301\" height=\"200\" \/><\/td>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/153\/362547163_8375605742_o.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.elusivemedia.com%2Fv3%2F%3Fp%3D1103&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=dark\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px;height:60px;margin-top:5px;\"><\/iframe>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Interview with Jeff Stevens from TurboeastBy: EricPictures: Courtesy of TurboeastWebsite: http:\/\/www.turboeast.com Q: How did Turboeast come about? 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