1ofAkind

and the questions are how much more power will you make with 6-8 psi on ur average b series motor when tuned professionally? and how much power is he looking for?

Nova_Dust

Call your local shop and ask how much they charge, that's the fastest way to find out.

Half the people who are giving out prices on the internet, or cost estimates on parts and turbos or whatnot actually haven't done anything in that nature, yet. I wouldn't say they are talkers, but some of their numbers can be quite misleading. Because when it comes to parts and tuning, every dollar counts and you want to pinpoint your spending cash as close as possible to your budget.

That's why, look around on classifieds or Ebay and start searching for turbo parts. New or used, kit or individual pieces. I hope you know how a turbocharge system operates so you should know what are some of the parts necessary to make it happen.

You throw out a simple question of "Should I turbo?" and you are going to get answers flying left and right. You probably haven't asked yourself why you wanted to turbo it in the first place. It is your car, and you should know what you want. If it were "Should I use C&R radiator for my turbo setup?" then maybe the answers generated by this topic will stay on topic and you might actually get some product comparison and move forward.

Now, you are discouraged because of the prices that were given by some of the people. I am not saying those prices aren't realistic, because you can easily go over 10G but when you spend that much money, you are in a different league than 99% of the people on this board, and if you were prepared to spend that much money, you wouldn't be asking this question in the first place.

imported_b16turbohatch

no that is not what i payed for my turbo set-up but as stated by others it doesn't take long to spend $10,000.

lol on the 14.7 thats funny (what do u run?) the car ran 14.1 rolling out of the whole but it went 108mph so it will run a very low 13 if not a 12 if i was lucky. and on my second run both my driveshafts owned me so it was a lost nite all together since my battery crapped out on the way up to cayuga.

so please get your info correct or don't speak at all thanks.

Nova_Dust

^ You own a green 5th gen hatch right? I remember complementing your car. Very nice, I love it.

1c6_eh6_t-si

boost sucks don't do it

imported_Dawson

dont get me wrong i love the style and motor of your car but i was laughing at the fact how markpa runs his mouth

imported_darknitehonda

well, im pretty new at the turbo part of a car. that is why i went with such a general question. i had to start somewhere, and i thought it would cost around 5000. i thought but didnt know, and thats why i ran this thread to get some info. mainly i want the car to go fast but as well this to be an everyday car.....good or bad? i dunno! but it might be good to have some second thoughts on that.

cee_mon

With 4000 you can have a out of the box greddy kit running you around 170-180whp at stock 5psi. And I bet you can find it cheaper than 4000.

imported_slowandfurious

yo man this is a debate which everyone goes threw. Newer cars having more and more power. People with older cars doing it up trying to keep with the paces. Money spending everywhere. Remember what can you get for $4000 now a days anyway? Not a whole lot. With a turbo kit maybe you'll have some fun for a few more years untill you want another car. Remember a eg is a light *** platform, wont take alot of power to make that civic go fast.
good luck

Dr.K

And remember. With such a high compression ratio you get some decent power gains off of moderate boost. And B16's are pretty beefy so having boost and still using it as a daily driver is viable.

1c6_eh6_t-si

170WHP at the stock 5psi on the Greddy kit?? I need for you to tune my car!! I really doubt i'm pulling that out much juice from my Greddy

cee_mon

His motor is a B16...

imported_b16turbohatch

thank you Nova_dust much apreciated.



listen the final decision is up to you, i suggest you goto a reputable shop, maybe a site sponsor and ask them questions. they will help you, this amy be your best bet to make your decision.

markpa

Not with u driving it....(if dave from defcon was driving yeah it be a 13 sec no prob) I do know what im talking about......remember last year u called on a stock gsr ek coupe, he smoked your *** the first race, cause u launched like a dumbass and just stood there burning your tires........

TheModFather

why not just buy a cheaper and more boost friendly b18a/b motor sell teh b16 use that $$$ for boost. the LS motor although less powerful from teh beginning has alot more potential due to the fact that you can run upwards of 10 psi as opposed to 5-7 on teh b16a.. due to it's boost friendly compression....
alsoi b18a/bs are soo cheap these days blowing them doesn't suck like a b16

also truely invest in management, spend hours researching this mod!

Younes Si

imported_darknitehonda

ok im thanks for the input guys. im might do it b4 july.

imported_EM1Turbo

do the research first.

you can go as simple and cheap as junkyard kid pushing 180-190ish whp.

a semi custom t3/t4 set up on stock motor pushing 220-300 whp

a drag kit pushing around 240 whp(on stock boost)

a greddy kit pushing 200ish whp (on stock boosT)

or a built motor making 400-800 whp.

all depends on what you want.

my guess is stock motor with a medium amt of power.

so either get a drag kit or do a custom t3/to4e(50,57,or 60 trim) setup with hondata/uberdata .

depending on if you shop around or not a decent set up would be between 3500-5000. (save a little extra for small stuff you may need).

a junkyard set up would be less but you wont make as much power and most of the time that stuff is beat to ****.

i wouldnt go to a shop...if you dont have to.. youll pay top dollar for not so much.