To turbo or not to turbo??
 

Yea i am considering turboing my 89 civic. I am new at the whole civic culture and do not want to be sought as a ricer. My car does got some ricerific parts such as the painted dash and 5 inch tach. Anyways i was wondering if i should turbo my car. I am not a mechanic but my dad is smart with cars. I got some pic links here and i would like your opinion. I also need some prices you think it will cost and how much gain for the money> Thanks.


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Thanks and peace out....

Re: To turbo or not to turbo??
 

do it

Re: To turbo or not to turbo??
 

well the first thing to think about is suspention and brakes...don't spend all of your money on cosmetics and making the engine put out more power... and get some track time in if you don't already so you know how to handle the power....but i am an old man its your call

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^^sounds pretty gay^^ ---- that ----.. do a mpfi swap and boost that bitch .. then worry about suspension

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^^^I'm with this guy. Boost it first, then if you're serious and want to go faster and handle, upgrade the suspension. What good is a killer suspension and massive brakes on a ~100whp car? :1
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Re: To turbo or not to turbo??
 

i wanna boost so bad, just want some prices andhow much power gain for the price you know?

Re: To turbo or not to turbo??
 

Go read the stickies in the forced induction thread and forsale thread. my first HMT setup cost me less than $1500.

Re: To turbo or not to turbo??
 

i guess seeing your best friend die from not being able to stop in time kinda changes your outlook on things

Re: To turbo or not to turbo??
 

Sounds like your best friend couldn't drive and maybe shouldn't have been driving that fast. Stock brakes are fine for street driving. Street racing is for retards.

Re: To turbo or not to turbo??
 

he could drive.. there was construstion going on and no signs. he was only going 65 mph tops thats what the police said(on the interstate) and maybe it was unavoidable even with good brakes. i just feel guilty cause i built the engine (well modified it).

Re: To turbo or not to turbo??
 

Well when I get another civic Im going to install 11" rotors and 8 piston calipers for when I want to live dangerousely and go 65 ::)


Like every one else said...just boost the bitch!

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Brakes and suspension doesnt save lives BOOST does

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TRUE STORY!!!

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ok you can put the flame thrower down......... i did not say not to turbo .....

Re: To turbo or not to turbo??
 

ask all the g00ks in japan that autocross baaaaha ;)

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lol ...that is funny that theree n/a cars set speed recods that no domestic could ever come close too on time attack tracks

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in autocross?

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no in balloon racing.... :1

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autocross is made for little gook cars with no power

you cannot autocross with a powerful car... the slow car that will never spin the tires in 1st gear will run around faster

Re: To turbo or not to turbo??
 

2005 solo2 championship:
super stock

1. 04 Corvette z06
2. Porsche GT3
3. 03 Corvette z06
4. 05 lotus elise
5. 04 corvette
6. corvette
7. 05 lotus elise
8 - 19. Corvette
20. GT3
21-34. corvette
35. 05 lotus elise
36 - 44. corvette
45. Porsche GT3
46-48. Corvette
49 lotus elise
50. rx7
51. lotus elise
52. corvette
53 - 54. elise
55. corvette
56. elise

ladies solor2:
1-6. corvette
7. rx7
8. corvette

solo2:
stock
1. porsche 993
2. 1989 Corvette
3. s2k
4. 95 camaro zr1
5. s2k
6-on lots of s2ks and old corvettes

all the other slower classes have lots of imports in them... miatias dominate

Re: To turbo or not to turbo??
 

Its funny that GM spends so much money on racing, but cant build a quality car. :(

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this is solo2 autocross

its all private people and their cars

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dammit GM still sucks :P

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You have the chance to build a great sleeper. ---- the outside, do get the factory taillights and get rid of the altezza, and that's it. Find some OEM honda rims, from an Si or an Integra and put some springs on the car from ebay, $100 tops + the rims. and you are done outside for now.

The Boost the bitch. The first thing you need to do is the DPFI to MPFI swap. translated the 2 injector carburator look a like setup you have for a regular 4 injector intake manifold style. You can gather the parts for about $200.

The you are ready for boost. It is the best bang for the buck as far as performance you can do to a Honda. For around $1000 or less, you can built an HMT kit that could put the output of your car close to 200hp to the wheels, that's about 230 at the crank from your barely 100hp from the factory.

We'll help you out if you're not an ass about it, keep an open mind and read and research, no one is going to hold your hand and pull you along. Check if there's anyone close to your area. Show your dad what it takes if he's better with cars than you.


Check this link for the MPFI swap

http://www.fourthgenhatch.com/mpfi.html

and this for a quick turbo explanation

http://www.cse.uconn.edu/~yelevich/turbo/turbo.html

for more in depth learning use this https://www.homemadeturbo.com/forum/...ish/search.gif

Re: To turbo or not to turbo??
 

I say rock the rice angle. No one will ever think its fast or take you seriously for that matter. Take Noel's car for example. That thing is Rice Madness but in the end it will be a weapon. Whos the joke on then!

Re: To turbo or not to turbo??
 

that reminds of my civic. leave it like that and boost it or you could paint it flat black then boost. that is what i did. is that a std or dx?

Re: To turbo or not to turbo??
 

its a std. dual point fuel injection i think it says. the rockers are shot to ----. i think it would be fun to bosst this piece and take her to the quarter. My dad has already wanted me to race his 87 ninja 750. I know he would win. It would be cool to boost this bitch. I am prepared to get to work and earn valuable info from all of you guys.You guys may think i am an ass for some previous posts but i regret them and prepared to talk cars and preferably boosting cars. so all the information would be tight. i dont want no ricer you know.

Re: To turbo or not to turbo??
 

if i remember you said you thought the engine was giving out. if that is so i would boost it and get a feel for mechanics and tuning. then when the 70hp engine gives out drop a z6 or y8 in there and you will already have a feal for turboing a car

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Re: To turbo or not to turbo??
 

You need to stop thinking about it and just do it.

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lol i have the same std too!!! only mine is blue, im fixing to do the mpfi swap, five speed tranny swap, and turbo with uberdata tuning, so its gunna be bad ass. you should do it before i do so if you screw up, i learn from your mistakes. ;D

Re: To turbo or not to turbo??
 

what the hell kinda question is that. this is homemadeturbo. of coarse boost it.

matt