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Old Apr 11, 2006 | 10:47 PM
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i've been wondering if anybody has boosted the D17 motor cus i want to boost but i don't know of what mods to do to my motor other than the ones from the honda tuning mag i've seen and doing that i won't be smog legal anymore
Old Apr 11, 2006 | 10:54 PM
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good luck being smog legal. you mod your car you better expect to pay 150-250 to get your ---- smoged from now on
Old Apr 11, 2006 | 11:16 PM
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oryou could just move to kansas.............no smog for me
Old Apr 11, 2006 | 11:20 PM
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I did a bunch of reading on them at 7thgencivic.com because I just bought the wife a 4dr for the kid but I decided to sell it in a bit for a tsx or tl
Old Apr 12, 2006 | 08:48 AM
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i know the head flange is the same so you'd be able to use any d series turbo manifold. loose your ac and get a vafc and some 450's. Should work. Dont know how strong they are inside though.
Old Apr 12, 2006 | 09:08 AM
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Originally Posted by sohcpwr
i know the head flange is the same so you'd be able to use any d series turbo manifold.
are you sure about this ??
Old Apr 12, 2006 | 09:23 AM
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i could have sworn somewhere i heard that they were the same...
Old Apr 12, 2006 | 09:45 AM
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Different head flange according to my research.
Old Apr 12, 2006 | 09:54 AM
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oops... then your beat. Pay someone to make you a mani



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