turbo life
 

hi there i am new 2 this site and am from england.We dont hav or do anything like u guys over here and i think its great what u do.I know bits about the turbo scene but im always looking 2 learn as much as possible.One question iv got is with a good set up and a good tune on a decent condition engine ,how long will it last until something breaks thanks

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good to here about outsiders coming in, but to answer your question, if you are just going to dd the vehicle of choice and not rape it like a 16 year old virgin then your typical turbo dd should last very long and reliably without anything at all breaking. when you get to raping on it daily, then you really have to start worrying about breaking parts. but its a completely different story when it comes down to said vehicles and the choices you have.

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thats good 2 hear as that was my only concern because it is my dd and cant afford 2 b without it 4 2 long.Iam driving a civic coupe 1997 with a d16z6.Just in the process of collecting bits a pieces for the turbo set up. I wish i lived over there u wouldnt beileve how exspensive parts r over here even second hand

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You're in the right place then, there are all kinds of cheap parts here.

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i know even with shipping costs its cheaper than the uk.I hav been reading a lot on this forum and i am astounded at the amount of knowledge that a lot of people hav on this site. Do most of the people work in the motor industrie or is it just a hobby

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more or so a hobby i believe. few are in the auto industry i believe. as for myself im just a hobbiest when it comes to cars in general. turbo charging my honda is just the first step i plan to take with it. im working on suspension components right now. as well as my TA that im working on. just got a built motor for it and in the works of getting a stall converter for it and suspension work on it as well.

post up some pics of you honda. lets see what we are working with here.

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sounds good.i will get the camera out at the weekend and get some posted
btw i love the old school civics but they r so hard 2 come by over here

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that bites, but you have the skyline :'(

in my area so far ive counted 5 different hatch's, and 3 different crx's of the 90-91 year. only one looks at least half decent to me. the others are all riced out.

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y cant u get the skyline? anyway its about £3000/$6000 a year just 4 insurance ha ha we hav quite a lot of civics 92-2000 but they r mostly 4 looks and not performance and i dont know 1 single person that has a boosted civic :'(

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ive had 3 turbo civic they are very reliable when done right and tuned..im also very hard on my cars and sohc's love boost :y

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well at the moment i havnt got the funds 2 build the engine so i was just going 2 go 4 low boost 2 get a bit of extra bhp.I know u guys use a lot of second hand stuff but is there anything u would recommend buy brand new

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the US is gay when it comes to the skyline. something to do with a lot of changing the way things were made on it and safety regulations. Canada can get them. it is possible to get one in the US, though i havent seen one or heard of one legally registered in the USA.

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thats ---- iv seen a few over here but there not exactly common.i just cant believe how many boosted hondas u hav over there u guys could make a fortune if u came over here because we havnt got alot of opptions

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funny, honda just came out with their first turbo charged vehicle. im beginning to wonder if they are paying attention to what we are doing.

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really i didnt know that . i know that they hav started doing the turbo diesel on the newer models is that what u mean

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here ya go. this is what i was pertaining to....
http://forge.autos.coastalautos.com/...ent_id=3564408

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technically it isnt their first turbo engine, they had turbo motorcycles back in the early 90's, maby their first turbo car engine.

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I have over 180,000 miles on my 96 Esccort, daily driven boosted with a horse-ass tune and it's never left me stranded or given me problems from being turbo'd. Granted it's a very basic low boost non-intercooled, but still fun to drive.

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thanks 4 the thread i havnt seen that b4 i think its good that they r trying something new.Like u say they might hav got the idea of this forum which would b nice ha

how long hav u been running ya escort inthat tune

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I used to work in a place, to have a R32 here and registered was about 15,000. BTW I was the only one that knew how to do it legally :6. Most of the time people will vin swap it to register it.

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240hp is going to suck moving around 3,935lbs

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Thats what a boost controller is for :y.

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well at least they have started thinking about boosting from the factory.id like 2 c what they could come up with useing a civic.
btw y is it so hard 2 legally get a skyline in the us