Ebay turbo kit...

[ninjaturtlecar]

Hey guys. I have a 2000 civic dx and i want to put a turbo kit since there is no supercharger available for the d16y7 engine. I know most guys hate the ebay stuff but is this a good kit. Any suggestions?




http://www.ebay.com/itm/18-PCS-T3-T4-T04E-TURBO-HONDA-D15-D16-STAINLESS-MANIFOLD-INTERCOOLER-PIPES-GAUGE-/390668937786?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&fits=Year:2000|Make:Honda|Model:Civic|Submodel:DX&hash=item5af5aeea3a&vxp=mtr

 

[xxBLOOD88SHOTxx]

The turbo is junk
The manifold is junk
The wastegate is junk
The BOV is junk

I guess the rest of that stuff works.

 

[96 DX Hatch]

Remember that old saying "you get what you pay for"

So yeah this stuff will probably work, but I wouldn't count on it giving you huge gains and/or lasting very long.
But, to say you're boosted, it'll get the job done.

 

[CRX_dude]

yea what he said lol.. basically you have a 14 year old car which most likely has 150k miles plus, esp on a d16y7.. hands down a d16y7 is hard to get power out of esp if its an auto...

 

[andrewthesith]

let us be clear... EBAY is NOT a brand. Ebay is an online auction website where companies sell products.

now that we're clear on that. the $800 you'd spend on that junk kit would buy you a decent B series long block.

 

[mc360]

that kit is junk, find something that looks like it will actually fit, something like one of these kits

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Civic-EG-D15-D16-T3-T3-T4-Turbo-Kit-Keep-AC-and-Power-Steering-Ram-Horn-Manifold-/171487287492?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item27ed7058c4&vxp=mtr

http://www.ebay.com/itm/HONDA-1992-2000-CIVIC-D15-D16-SOHC-Cast-Iron-T3-T3-T4-FULL-Turbo-Kit-Bolt-On-BOV-/321310588072?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item4acf9a7ca8&vxp=mtr

the cast iron manifold will probably outlast the custom ebay tig welded manifold. the main question is do you have a/c and do you want to keep it? if you have it and want to keep it its going to be a pain in the ass, i would only buy quality parts like the manifold, turbo and downpipe from goautoworks or rcautoworks, those are the 3 major components that would cause you to toss the ac if none of them fit perfect.next up would be the intercooler piping, the dx does not have a hole in the passenger side frame for intake piping to go through like an ex, this requires you to route the piping some other way or drill a 3 inch hole with a hole saw or something.

a y8 jackson racing super charger will bolt up to a y7 im pretty sure, with a quick 2 minute google i found quite a bit of supercharged d16y7 motors.

 

[maritimer]

Cheap turbo components are a bad idea..

 

[ninjaturtlecar]

how well would the supercharger bolt on? and for the second ebay link what is the difference? im just not very knowledgeable with all of this stuff.

 

[mc360]

the main difference is the cast manifold on the second link, both share the cheap knock off parts. some parts are ok to cheap out on and some are not, im running an ebay intercooler and used to run ebay piping but i recently upgraded piping. the 3 things i would not cheap out on are turbo, wastegate and bov, if your wastegate malfunctions then you overboost and run lean which leads to a blown motor, if the bov malfunctions it just shortens the life of the turbo because when the throttle shuts all the compressed air stops and flows back through the turbo spinning it backwards sometimes. a cheap turbo will be ok for a little it just depends how much power you want and how reliable you want it, alot of ebay turbos end up burning oil causing your car to smoke when you get on it.

the supercharger will bolt right up to the y7 head but you can look everything else up