CHEAP Turbo?
10-07-2009, 07:25 PM
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NO A/C :(
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HA HA, I think I lost faith in humanity about 5 years ago when a lady opens her door wide open during rush hour, parked on the main street........... Her driver's side door then ends up about 25-35 ft down the road.
But I digress ......
10-08-2009, 12:15 PM
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Its gotta add like 491.23HP!!!
Wolf why use a vacume when you can do this!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_qOn-u8OYM
Wolf why use a vacume when you can do this!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_qOn-u8OYM
10-08-2009, 04:18 PM
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Clearly you've never turbo'd a Honda. You can turbo it reliably for under a grand, making over 200 to the wheels and weighing under 2500lbs. Of course you won't have any dignity, but it will be cheap and fast when it's not spinning tires.
For anyone who cares, the 92-95 D series Vtec motors (Civic EX) can handle 7-8psi easily. You can bolt up a DSM turbo ($80 used) to a Civic HF manifold ($100-$150 used I think) with an adapter plate ($30-$40). Then you've got maybe $100 to make oil lines (and weld flange into oil pan) if you want name brand stuff. There's an ebay FMIC kit and then buy decent couplers ($300ish), cleaned DSM injectors ($100 or so). Then for engine management you can just reprogram the factory 92-95 ECU easily with free software (Chrome) if you can buy or borrow a ROM burner. So figure $200 for a tune or engine management, and maybe $200 for a wideband. That puts you a bit over a grand depending what kind of prices you get. You can do it for cheaper. And a set of forged pistons are like $500 for that car.
Try driving a turbo Civic. They are faster than you'd expect.
I'd like to see someone modify an RB header for use as a manifold and use an AccessPort for tuning to make this work, mostly just to prove a point. Of course it wouldn't last forever, but I've seen some impressive cheap bastard turbo builds in my day actually. The main thing that fails is the made-in-china turbo manifolds. The chinese turbos aren't THAT bad at lower boost levels.
For anyone who cares, the 92-95 D series Vtec motors (Civic EX) can handle 7-8psi easily. You can bolt up a DSM turbo ($80 used) to a Civic HF manifold ($100-$150 used I think) with an adapter plate ($30-$40). Then you've got maybe $100 to make oil lines (and weld flange into oil pan) if you want name brand stuff. There's an ebay FMIC kit and then buy decent couplers ($300ish), cleaned DSM injectors ($100 or so). Then for engine management you can just reprogram the factory 92-95 ECU easily with free software (Chrome) if you can buy or borrow a ROM burner. So figure $200 for a tune or engine management, and maybe $200 for a wideband. That puts you a bit over a grand depending what kind of prices you get. You can do it for cheaper. And a set of forged pistons are like $500 for that car.
Try driving a turbo Civic. They are faster than you'd expect.
Originally Posted by Charles R. Hill
The most important part is missing from that kit.
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10-08-2009, 06:24 PM
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Just get one of these blowers. Then your car will be good for 225mph!
http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_1...keyword=blower
Its a real bargain for that kind of power..and its made by a real name brand :D
http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_1...keyword=blower
Its a real bargain for that kind of power..and its made by a real name brand :D
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