Is it worth it? CLIFFNOTES: Is it worth all my time and money to boost an auto?
06-13-2005, 10:10 PM
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Is it worth it? CLIFFNOTES: Is it worth all my time and money to boost an auto?
Well, I am now a poor college student with hardly any money to spare, but I can scrounge up enough to turbo my civic. I have a 96, D16Y8....and its a ------- automatic (I dont have the money to convert it to manual and boost it). I already have the VAFC and gauges installed and i have a .42/.48 Garrrett T3, a BOV, DSM 450's, resistor box, and injector clips sitting in my room. I still need pipes, intercooler, manifold, downtube....all that fun stuff. I'm starting to doubt if it's worth spending all my time and money to turbo an auto d16y8, so someone either talk me out of it or give me reason to continue, because I dont know what to do.
06-13-2005, 10:20 PM
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Re: Is it worth it? CLIFFNOTES: Is it worth all my time and money to boost an au
I'd say boost it and when the tranny fails you (more than likely will) switch it out for a 5spd. Hopefully you'll have enough time between boosting it and the tranny failing you to save up enough for a 5spd swap. Also I'm not sure how friendly OBD-2 ECU's are with boost and forms of fuel management, I've heard they tend to be rather difficult to deal with. Now that I think about it skip the boost setup for now and convert your car to OBD-1 and manual at the same time, then boost it...otherwise you're just going to blow ---- up.
06-13-2005, 10:32 PM
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Re: Is it worth it? CLIFFNOTES: Is it worth all my time and money to boost an au
Originally Posted by Stealthmode
Half of me says you should do it, and the other half says you shouldn't.
Hope that helps.
Hope that helps.
Originally Posted by ****
if you insist on doing it, add an external tranny cooler to the mix.
Originally Posted by Whitey
thats too much for me to read.
06-13-2005, 10:49 PM
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Re: Is it worth it? CLIFFNOTES: Is it worth all my time and money to boost an au
Originally Posted by boosted_hatch_216
keep the turbo stuff, sell you current car and find a manual.
06-13-2005, 11:09 PM
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Re: Is it worth it? CLIFFNOTES: Is it worth all my time and money to boost an au
Originally Posted by DMX20
Originally Posted by boosted_hatch_216
keep the turbo stuff, sell you current car and find a manual.
