soon to be boostin

[lkailburn]

ya. technically you can run a turbo kit without a bov or intercooler but your seriously risking the health of your motor and your turbo. without the bov you risk surging which can destroy the seals on the turbo. and without an intercooler you'll be pushing in hott air which is very detrimental to the engine for many reasons. search if you want more detail.

greddy does make an intercooler kit but it'll cost you another arm and a leg. if you can afford it sure go with it i guess. it'll be the easiest and help you understand how a COMPLETE turbo kit looks when installed.. then once you realize what parts are what etc you'll kick yourself for buying the greddy kit all together and not just going with a 100% custom kit from the beginning heheheh.

goodluck bro

 

[civicracing98]

well i was already planning on getting an intercooler and bov along with the kit. im not gonna piece one together because i dont have the time to get extra parts for the install. kit is my best bet at this point. i jus need to find some alumuninum intercooler piping that fits my car. anyone kno where i can find an intercooler piping kit??

 

[EM1_ProJect]

just go stainless steel, it doesnt get THAT hot. seriously you can hold your hand on it, its just really warm

 

[civicracing98]

i cant put stainless steel charge pipe on with a greddy kit

 

[Eran]

if you really don't know what you're doing, then buy a kit. for charge piping and everything, if you're loaded, go ahead and buy a greddy intercooler kit. Have a reputable shop install everything, and for god's sake, make sure they drop your oil pan and weld the coupling to it, not just bolt it in. Have a decent exhaust/muffler shop mandrel bend you some charge pipe if you don't wanna buy the greddy intercooler kit, and get yourself a 2-row intercooler, or even just a dsm sidemount. really, with a greddy kit and emanage, you're not going to push anything that'll detonate your motor off the bat. Also, if you get a shop to do this (and with your knowledge, I reccomend it), make sure they put oil back in your system. When I got my body work done, and my radiator remounted, they didn't f**king put coolant in my system, and I almost burnt my f**king motor up on the way home

 

[itsmycookie]

dunno if i;ll ever boost since gas seems to keep on going up. does gas milage go to hell or like only when you step on it?

 

[soldiaboy]

when you step on it your 4 banger turns into a v8

 

[EM1_ProJect]

suprisingly it hasnt affected the gas mileage of anybody that i know whos turbo. come to think about it, this kid Julio with a 99-00 coupe has a turbo ls non vtec and he gets BETTER gas mileage somehow. Jon has a GSR turbo and he gets about the same gas mileage.

 

[lkailburn]

yah my gas mileage isn't bad at all. it does suck to have to buy 93 octane ONLY tho

 

[civicracing98]

so my best bet is to get some aluminum piping bent at a muffler shop for an intercooler, theres no where online i can order some aluminum charge pipe for my car?

 

[Eran]

so my best bet is to get some aluminum piping bent at a muffler shop for an intercooler, theres no where online i can order some aluminum charge pipe for my car?

I'm sure there is, but it'll cost twice as much.