Do's and Dont's for turboing a civic?
 

So I got into this whole import tunning about 2 years ago... I wanted to get into some serious boosting, so I turned to turbos. But now more and more learning I do about this stuff it makes it harder and harder to understand what and what not to do. so turned to you guys at HMT to see if you had some ideas on what to do and what to make sure on so that my engine doesn't blow up... like Jeff's first project. What I have in my hands right now is a 94 civic dx, stock engine, garrett t3 turbo, and a POS intercooler that I think I may have to ebay it b/c it's way to big for the front bumper. Could you guys give me sume sites or names of books that show the interlas and externals of turbo building? Thanx, Ed ;D And last, but not least, what problems did you guys encounter when droping a turbo into a d-series engine?

Re:Do's and Dont's for turboing a civic?
 

www.amazon.com

maximum boost

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...er#reader-link

Re:Do's and Dont's for turboing a civic?
 

the biggest problem ANY turbo engine sees is detonation because of a too lean mixture. Good fuel mngmt is a must.

Re:Do's and Dont's for turboing a civic?
 

But I also heard that I have to watch out for my compressions b/c if I put to much boost into that puppy and don't change my compression ratio the car could detonate also. By the way thanx for that book. Have you heard anything good about the High Performance Honda Builder's Handbook?

Re:Do's and Dont's for turboing a civic?
 

Stay under 8psi.. Untill you really know what your doing tuning wise.

BTW what car is that in your avatar?

Re:Do's and Dont's for turboing a civic?
 

dont be a dumbass, and then read read read until your confident you can handle the task. then boost that beeatch ;D

Re:Do's and Dont's for turboing a civic?
 

Looks like either a civic with a bodykit, or a skyline

Re:Do's and Dont's for turboing a civic?
 

high comp doest make deternation, it just make's it harder to tune with less margin for error.most race honda's still keep stock or higher comp ,even when running 20+psi.But thats with good piston,rods etc.
"honda/acura performance ' is a pretty good book,with a how build a 10 sec civic section.

Re:Do's and Dont's for turboing a civic?
 

Yea that's a Civic with a body kit and the skiline front conversion kit. what's the easiest way about getting a good, but not expensive turbo... b/c I got a T3 turbo off of E-bay, but the turbo itself is in bad condition. Damn e-bayers

Re:Do's and Dont's for turboing a civic?
 

High Performance Honda Builder's Handbook?



ive got it i use it for toilet paper if you catch my drift

Re:Do's and Dont's for turboing a civic?
 

read alot.

check out www.superhonda.com, register an account if you don't have one, and go to the fi section, read as much as you can, and read uoboarder's noob section, buy those magazines and read them, I haven't yet, but I'm sure they help.

Re:Do's and Dont's for turboing a civic?
 

post a pic of the ic, i might take that "too big" off your hands

Re:Do's and Dont's for turboing a civic?
 

yeah the honda builders handbook sucks. Just get on message boards and read everything you can but take it all as a grain of salt untill you can tell diff between right/wrong info. No one learned this stuff overnight

Re:Do's and Dont's for turboing a civic?
 

Hey RenR what books do you recomend me reading before I turbo the my blue mo fo...

Re:Do's and Dont's for turboing a civic?
 

Hi there!

It seems to me that 'maximum boost' by corky bell is the turbo enthusiasts bible!
so i would recomend that!
i order mine... so i cant wait till it gets here!
good luck!

Re:Do's and Dont's for turboing a civic?
 

Yea I can do that pic of my IC for you gimme a couple days to get the digital camera from my friend.. anyone in Illinois so I can see what a turboed civic consists of?

Re:Do's and Dont's for turboing a civic?
 

Finding someone Turbo'd near you is a big help when doing your project.
Also using the search on the forum is a big help because any question you think of, most likely has been asked before.

Re:Do's and Dont's for turboing a civic?
 

check out the faq in here, and look for the link that says how to put on a turbo kit, that's the page that helped me alot, the prices are all way too low and it uses an fmu which isn't the best way to tune, but it will help you visualize where everything goes and it tells you all the parts you need other then fuel management.