NuTuner

so a friend of mine and i got into it today about performance engines. I like V8s and i like performance I4s too. I just like performance. We got to talking about numbers and he said it would take $4000 - $5000 to make 350 hp in a stock civic. I said BS, but he wouldn't believe me. I intend to link him to this thread, so honestly, how much would it cost to make a stock civic produce 350 hp, home made turbo style ?

NuTuner

I'm hoping to make an informal 'build sheet' listing what would be needed and estimated costs. He kept saying "oh, no way. I haven't seen it, and it takes atleast $4000 to turbo my saturn and blah blah blah" ugh. He wouldn't really listen to anything I was saying. He kept saying the same stuff over and over again and the changing the subject.

jinxy

A gsr motor and all the bullshit, 1400 bucks with transmission and mounts? 250 for clutch. 220 for a good sized turbo, 400 for injectors, 340 to chip the ecu and get a wideband, 20 for hm oil lines, 250 for a manifold if he has to buy one, 100 for charge pipes, 45 for a boost gauge, 160 for a downpipe and exaust, 100 for an intercooler, 20 in couplers. 220 for a wastegate. I don't think it would be very hard to spend 4000 dollars on 350hp. 3000 is reasonable budgeting it.

boosted_b16

not that you couldnt get 350 whp out of a "civic" for under 4-5,000, but you would need to spend that much to get 350 whp out of a built sohc motor, and 350 whp out of a stock sohc motor will last for maybe 20 seconds, with a dohc motor you can make 350 hp on the stock bottom end, but it still wont be reliable, a civic with a reliable 350 whp is gonna take a dohc motor swap, a built motor, a decent turbo set up, good tuned managment, and is probably gonna cost at least $4-5,000 to set up, if not more....

Jspeccrxsir

well i have a d16z6 built at 375hp and it not even tuned yet and im still missing several parts to get more power and ive spent so far 1800 including buying the car so yeah u can make a a civic hit 350 ++ hp under 4000