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[iamcivic]

OKay, I have made my decision and my next mod is TURBO.

I want to build one from scratch including inercooler, pipes, etc...everything, and hopefully save some money than buying a kit. Since I had no idea what a turbo even looked like until I joined CC, I came for your advice(ONLY if you know what your talking about).

I wanta pretty good size turbo, but SAFE enough to be a daily driver on STOCK internals(THIS IS IMPORTANT SINCE I CANT AFFORD ANOTHER CAR OR ENGINE), maytbe about 6-9 psi. I want the turbo to have ALL psi built by 3K-35K rpms, with MINIMUM turbo lag.

Thanks in advance.

Edit: Turbo is for d16y8 if you didnt know.

 

[Going-West]

not saying u cant do it, and ur doing the right thing by kind of reasearching, but building a turbo from scratch when uve only known what it is for like 2 months it might be a little out of your reach. but good luck anyways

 

[iamcivic]

not saying u cant do it, and ur doing the right thing by kind of reasearching, but building a turbo from scratch when uve only known what it is for like 2 months it might be a little out of your reach. but good luck anyways

I learn fast... I just cant tell you the difference between Greddy 15g and garett t3/t4. After I hear som intput I will do a lot more researching before investing.

 

[Kinetix]

I learn fast... I just cant tell you the difference between Greddy 15g and garett t3/t4. After I hear som intput I will do a lot more researching before investing.

All I have to say is that it will be alot of work your first time around. I found the most challenging part was the fuel management. I ended up useing UBERDATA which is free, but you need to spend time learning how it works. There is a great article here on how to chip your ECU

Here: http://home.mn.rr.com/keebler65/honda/index.html

As for the turbo, you are talking small boost so basically any turbo that you can bolt on should work. Oh yeah and I hope you have a shop to work in.

 

[civic betty]

well i like your sig and i think you're doing this smart. may i refer you to WWW.TURBOD16.COM? i'm a member there and learning all about turbo'ing my d-series myself. check it out and it may as helpful as some of the folks on here. i'm interested too in what people have to say here, so i'm all ears to learn something new. i'm glad you're doing your research. good luck bud.

 

[iamcivic]

All I have to say is that it will be alot of work your first time around. I found the most challenging part was the fuel management. I ended up useing UBERDATA which is free, but you need to spend time learning how it works. There is a great article here on how to chip your ECU

Here: http://home.mn.rr.com/keebler65/honda/index.html

As for the turbo, you are talking small boost so basically any turbo that you can bolt on should work. Oh yeah and I hope you have a shop to work in.

Once I get the whole setup I am going to have it profesionally installed, there's no telling what I would get into if I did it myself.

 

[Handlebars]

if you cant install a turbo kit.. i very, very, very highly reccomend you DO NOT try to build you own kit. if you dont know what goes into making one work, i can guarantee that you will mess up in buying the parts. just buy a kit and make your life easy, the chances that you succede in creating a good custom kit are slim to none with your knowelge or lack of it.

 

[banzai]

turbo kits for d series are cheap anyway...greddy one I think is like 1500, and it suits what your looking for in power

 

[SeanMc300]

i have parts that you will need. t25 will work great, youll see full boost by 3k.

 

[iamcivic]

i have parts that you will need. t25 will work great, youll see full boost by 3k.

Do you have the turbo or just parts? How much boost?

 

[io_303]

Here are some good links to start you out.
www.turbod16.com <--already listed above
www.homemadeturbo.com
www.pgmfi.org

 

[banzai]

The price you spend trying to build your own kit, will more than likely be equal to that of a GReddy kit. Just go with the kit...

 

[iamcivic]

The price you spend trying to build your own kit, will more than likely be equal to that of a GReddy kit. Just go with the kit...

What are the whel trim and ar numbers on the greddy TD04H-19T turbo kit and when does it build its full psi? I have searched everywhere but cant find it.

 

[D16sokdo]

I would just buy a greddy turbo kit. 2 guys in my area are runnin with 10 psi daily drivers. One guy is auto too and he has no problems. Yeah just do some more research, and go with what you can afford.

 

[Prez]

Theres a Blue EG6 Hatch thats driving around here with a D16Y8 Engine boosting at 12psi daily and is pretty quick. an SOHC engine has alot of potential...

 

[SeanMc300]

there are 500 hp d series either at turbod16.com or homemadeturbo.com friend was running 10psi with a ihi rhb5 turbo, he beat itr (with ihe) powered cx hatches.... oh, and thats with just a fmu