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Hi, I am new to this forum but I needed to know if I installed a turbo setup on my 93 honda civic with a d16 vtec swap in it and a 4 speed automatic would that work or would that be a bad idea?

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As long as you are not planning on running high boost or making alot of power it will be fine.

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When you say not alot of boost or power, what do you mean by that? What would be to much boost or power, I think that I am running at about 130hp right now.

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130 hp? You must be running 3 bar :o

lol, your tranny should be fine to about 180 hp, or atleast thats what I've heard.

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What are you saying? That my engine sucks? What do you mean a 3 bar? I am a little new to the import building but my engine is stock except for a k&n air filter. I think my engine is a d16 y6 vtec. This engine that was pulled was a d16 non vtec.

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ur engine sucks but its not bad
ur tranny is the suckier one

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I see. What do you suggest I do with the engine if I want to keep it?

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its not really your engine its your transmission

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Would there be alot involved in doig a transmission conversion? Is it worth the extra power that I will receive?

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i converted my auto 93 civic to 95 ex manual tranny, best move i ever made. Accels better and the fealing of direct control of putting the power to the ground is worth the change, specialy if u plan on going turbo. Besides, MOST sport cars come manual only for a reason. ;-)

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Formsin, That is awsome! Would it be possible for you to tell me what you had to do and the supplies that you needed for the conversion. Thanks Alot!!

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Thanks for your help. Is there anything else that you can think of that I may need to know before jumping into this type of conversion? But it would be stupid to put a turbo on a auto because then you would be able to get the great sound from the bov when shifting a manual.

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Also, would there be a ecu problem? Would I have to change that thing? I was reading on another forum about people having problems with hooking up the reverse lights and also starting the car because of some switch that is used when you press the clutch in. Thanks.

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yeah you need a different ecu, one for a manual tranny.

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Ok, thanks. I took a d16 non vtec out and installed a d16 vtec in the car without changing the ecu would that affect the vtec part and if I put a different ecu in for the manual tranny would it effect the vtec part? The vtec is just the timing that kicks in at a certain rpm right? So really it will not be affected by a ecu change at least I would not think so if I am correct.

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so you did a swap from non vtec to a vtec head/engine and didnt change the ecu, and you drive it?

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Yes, I did a complete engine swap from a non vtec to a vtec and it runs sweet, its pretty quick for stock I think. Why, are you supposed to change the ecu? Will I get more power if I do? I get anywere from 27 to 31mpg and I have not had any problems at all. The engine has about 85k miles on it and the tranny has about 156k miles. It does shift a little hard sometimes ecpecially when in slow moving traffic but i was told it was because the vtec had more torque and the ecu was for a non vtec with less power. I can manually shift it and the tires will break loose when I shift to 2nd at about 50mph and when the road is wet I can spin them through 4th. Its got power but I know it could do alot more.

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And yes it is daily driven back and forth to work.