This isn’t about what you think of Battle Auto/Ian/BAS, how he acts, or how others act towards him.
All this thread is about is what work you had done by BAS and what your impressions of it are, Good OR Bad.
What I had done:
A full replacement of the entire turbo system of my car. It was VERY reasonably priced and he gave me the estimate before any work begun. Along the road there were a few hiccups and issues (like I wanted a specific design of the manifold but figured out it wouldn’t work so had to redo a few things) but he was very good about dealing with my questions and giving me updates. There were a few things that went over budget but he was very upfront about it and gave me the option to take a cheaper route or to pay a little extra and get things done right.
This included:
Custom top mount tubular Manifold for CA18DET and T3 turbo.
- Ian made each flange (CNC), he used cast bends and all stainless steel.
New Turbo, T3, Super60 intake .48 exhaust, bought through Ian I got a brand new Garett for the price people pay for USED ones.
Downpipe
Welds are amazing, all 3" mandrel bend stainless.
I don’t plan to replace it anytime soon 
Intercooler piping
- All aluminum
- To save money Ian said he could make the piping using pie-cuts instead of dicking around with getting mandrel and making it fit. This is a temporary solution until I get some cash for bling bling mandrel, there are other places the money would be (and was) better spent. People say the welds on the piping aren’t clean but look how many he did, I todl him from the start not to waste a lot of time on it because I don’t care how it looks as long as it works and it won’t be there forever. The downpipe was mandrel because I plan to keep that.
Intercooler
I originally had a Bing’s intercooler but traded it for a better made one that was more suited my application. Got that intercooler from Ian and he mounted it. You can shake my whole car by pusing on the intercooler and it does NOT budge. He also modified my bumper etc so that it would all fit.
Braided stainless lines and AN fittings.
All bought through Ian, all priced below what I’ve seen it selling for here.
This is one of the places that money I would have spent on mandrel was spent on something else 
T-clamps and silicone couplers.
Wherever he could use t-clamps he did. Again this is one of the things I spent the money on instead of mandrel.
S-AFR
He supplied me with an S-AFR he had around and installed it for me.
I am INCREDIBLY pleased with my setup.
Here are a few pics when it was ALMOST finished, I’ve been lazy and haven’t taken any new engine bay pics.
Remember the intercooler piping I told him not to waste time on so don’t judge THOSE welds, turbozee and brianphung can comment on his aluminum welding when he actually takes time with it. He also ground out the inside of the piping after to keep it fairly smooth. Check out the downpipe.
I have a side by side comparison of the stock turbo vs the new turbo somewhere but can’t find it.
The turbo is SIGNIFICANTLY larger than the stock T25 (which is SMALLER than the stock SR T25G turbo, it’s like .48/.42) yet even before my new turbo is fully “worked in” I’m hitting 10psi of boost just after 3000rpm. This is not a ball bearing turbo, it’s a regular wet/thrust bearing one.
This is on a 1800cc engine, and I haven’t even fully tuned my car yet!
So that’s my experience with Battle Auto.
It was 100% turn key.
I dropped the car off, told him what I wanted done. We conffered on MSN a whole bunch and I visited a few times to check it out. When it was done I drove to Barrie, turned the key and drove 100km home!