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.