Mephistopheles

Alright, so I'm going to turbo my car. She's a 1997 Honda Accord LX- my baby. I've done hours and hours of research on what I absolutely need for the turbo to run effectively and not blow my engine, and some reccommended things I should get. Please, leave me some insight on whether or not this list sounds good to those of you with turbo setups already. Here's my list:

PARTS NEEDED FOR TURBO INSTALLATION:
- Cast iron headers with o-oo-o configuration.
- 440cc low impedance fuel injectors.
- T3/T4 turbo, courtesy of Derek.
- Plumbing for oil/coolant lines from turbo.
- Turbo piping (3-inch piping at the intake [pre-turbo], 2.5-inch after the turbo, and 2-inch after the intercooler?)
- Blow off valve- buy from Derek, $80.
- Oil temperature, water temperature, boost, air/fuel, and fuel pressure gauges (or a computer to monitor them).
- Boost controller.
- Fuel pump.
- ECU tune, or new ECU.

RECCOMMENDED PARTS AFTER INSTALLATION:
- Intercooler.
- New radiator.
- Bigger exhaust (2 1/2 or so?).
- Oil cooler, courtesy of Derek.
- Limited slip differential.


Now, one day my F22B2 will be running upwards of 24lbs of boost, so I need to know if I get GOOD parts, if they'll live up to that dream or not. For now, I just want the turbo on, and safely running 5lbs of boost on stock internals. Is this list pretty accurate, or can I safely cut down a bit for just 5lbs of boost? Just wanna make sure I have all bases covered with this setup, because this is my daily driver, and I can't mess her up.

Any feedback is MUCH appreciated. New to the whole turbo deal.

Also, Derek is my buddy that's helping me with this, just in case you were wondering

Jcon8

how many miles are on your engine, I couldnt give you good advice because i did not boost my car myself i had it profesionaly done, and its an H22 soo yeah but sounds good idk about your future expectations but im sure someone on here can help you. good luck

ImPuLsIvE

read the turbo prelude thread.

this has been answered a million times now.

TheMuffinMan

iTrader: (1)

Now I'm not trying to come off like a douche, but that list seems like a high school kid's doodle in his math notebook for "my dream turbo" I think you seriously need to put more research in before you even begin. The Forced Induction forum at the bottom of the main thread sections is a good place to start. It seems you are guessing what you may or may not need.

erk89

I agree, alot of research is still needed, sorry man.

Teinman

u dont need any fuel management on 5 psi besides a tune. all gauges yes thats fine u can actually run w/o intercooler on 5 psi just dont beat on it alot but if u up the boost u must have one, everything else that u listed is a good list. make sure u buys reputable parts id rather pay a litlle more to get good parts than buy cheap ones imo. do a compression test and leakdown to see how strong ur motor is then u should be fine.

Mephistopheles

Well, I was going to reply with an "epic fail" sentence, but Tein has shown me the light. Thanks to you others, though. I know I still need to do some research, but I just wanted to know how I was doing- and no, I didn't just copy the **** off of someone else's post. I've got like 15 different sites in my favorites that I've read through, and taken advice from alot of people that have installed turbos in my same motor, and other motors. Thanks again, Tein. That answers alot of my questions.

Off to do more research