i have a 1998 honda civic ex i was wonderin if my car would be ok to turbo?
90k 98 civic ok the turbo?
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what about stock? and my gf lives close to mission viejo thats a cool place
Yeah...fine, just keep the boost low...If I were gonna turbo my d, I'd feel safer beefin up my internals first.
k thanks i just dont wanna blow it up or id be out of a ride for a while
you should be alright if you make sure to replace some of the basics. Replace your piston rings and most of your gaskets. Those are usually the first things to blow out...
you be fine on stock internals, just run like 4psi when daily driven, and when you get to the track boost up to 7 or 8 psi. should hold fine, if not d blocks are pretty cheap.
I would probably pick up an extra block anyway, build the s**t out of it, swap em out, then you can boost higher, like 13psi and have a spare block layin around. just in case.
I would probably pick up an extra block anyway, build the s**t out of it, swap em out, then you can boost higher, like 13psi and have a spare block layin around. just in case.
haha wow, running 4lbs!!?? whats the point then. look, you need to have your motor compression tested, get the fluids flushed (not really needed), and just do the basic maintenence and youll be fine. friend boosted 10psi daily on a stock si (sohc) motor with fmu/link/pressure setup....it had roughly...130k when he did it and its still running perfect today. miles dont mean s**t.Bull said:
ummm how bout no.jeffk182 said:
Good point...a spare would be a good thing to have laying around with a boosted engine.Bull said:
no no, i think you got me all wrong. yea some motors can handle, like ur friends and some just go BOOM. it all depends, no two motors are identicle. i commute everyday like 50 miles one way to work. so for me a daily boost of 4 lbs is good, so it wont put too much unessary strain on the motor. then when i am feelin antsy, i could boost up to 8 or 10 or whatever. ya feel me?SeanMc300 said:
ppl seem to think that a n/a d motor is throwin money away. if i do go with a turbo i kinda wanna buy a kit so ill get everything, but my friend with a dsm thinks we can piece one together for a fraction of the cost and it will perform the same what do yall think?
It's very time consuming to piece together a custom kit. If you have the time and energy then go for it...you could save around $1k. But I myself do not have that kind of time...so I'm in the works of purchasing a Greddy kit designed for a stock motor. Throwing money into a D-series motor is not a waste of money. It all depends on your capital. If you can afford to do an engine swap w/ a B-series motor go for it...but if not then throw money into what you already have. Check out turbod16.com. Good luck.
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I've checked into that I think that it's easier to just buy the whole kit at once. That way you have everything & you're not stuck looking for this or that.
You can turbo the motor if you get everything checked out first. If you have taken care of the motor and continue to take care of the motor after you turbo it, you will be find. After you do it go buy another motor and start to rebuild it with beefier internals then swap it in and turn up the boost.
i completely agree. i would also agree with getting the kit, then you know for sure everything fits together, has the right bends and is basically direct bolt in (not always tho).Not always is right. My wife and my buddies wife just laugh at us everytime we mention the words, "it'll bolt right in, wont take us long at all". How many people you know have something just fit right in that was made specifically for their car.....yeah right. lol