Teinman

i have a 94 ex with 206k runs good, recently did all maintenance .I'v seen and heard u can run 5-8 psi on no intercooler, is this fine without tuning until i get more money. im on a budget so everything is pieced togethor i dont beat on my car alot but if i need tuning thats fine i was just curious all comments appreciated thank u.

FA5civicSI

with the mileage u have on your car, it needs all the help it can get to not blow up. i would not recommend a turbo , but if u are going to do it anyway use an intercooler.

TheMuffinMan

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My suggestion?

Hit up the Forced Induction forum and read up there.

I don't know much about turbos but I have never seen one without an intercooler. I would imagine the performance benefits are much much much greater with it. So much so it'd be not worthwhile to have one without.

FunnyVictor86

i dont really know about turbo's either ... im not sure but i think there are some stock turbo cars that come without intercoolers ... its not recommended of course ... but anyway an intercooler will definately give a BIG increase in power

NeKe1point0

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Sorry man, but this has failure written all over it.

Yes, you will need tuning.
Yes, you will need an intercooler.
A good rule of thumb is however much you plan on spending make sure you have double that saved ! Thats a must !

**** is gonna break and most likely its not gonna take long being that the motor has 200+k. Get a compression/leakdown test to check how healthy your motor really is. A newer used motor is like 400 bucks... Also do some serious reading in the Forced Induction forum as mentioned above. Once youve read up a little ask yourself these same questions and youll be like

GL ! There's no better feeling than having a turbo Accord

FA5civicSI

not all stock turbo cars have front mounts , but im pretty sure they do have intercoolers

HiProfile

Some came w/o intercoolers. They're called dinosaurs, or if you're a Dodge guy, early Shadow ES's if memory serves me right - the amazing 66bhp per liter 2.2L motors. The intercooled models made ~79bhp/Liter. Your EX also makes 66bhp per liter and a D16Z6 makes 79bhp/Liter, just for reference...

Any intercooler will help, even a DSM sidemount. Most Hondas will have that cavity w/intake hole in front of the right wheel to stuff a Gen1 DSM sidemount in there.

turbo97coupe

some greddy kits are non intercooled ,but i would def not drive it without tuning . if your peicing the kit together why not atleast pick up a cheap OEM side mount off a factory turbo car.

edit:i just noticed the guy above me said the same thing seconds before i did


Modified by turbo97coupe at 3:29 PM 11/2/2008

rustydusty1717

greddy kits don't come with an intercooler. but the kit only runs at 6 psi. i ran my car without an intercooler on the greddy kit for a week and then i got one and made a huge difference plus it's a lot safer having one.

quicksilver1689

the advantages of an intercooler make it a no brainer, only disadvantage is space and cost, which is pretty minimal compared to how effective they are.

rustydusty1717

it's not very safe either. especially if you're gonna be running high PSI. detonation sucks.

FunnyVictor86

at minimum you should at least get a small DSM side mount ... i believe the Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX came with them

rustydusty1717

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yoRt

i just turbo'd my sol with a budget of $6-700 and im done and have spent about $1200

but boost is fun

rustydusty1717

$1200? that's cheap. i'm at about $8000 but that's including my head work, gauges, BOV, intercooler, exhaust etc etc etc. i'm also gonna be running over 300 WHP.

FunnyVictor86

seems like alot of money for that amount of power or is that including your bottom end build too?

rustydusty1717

just top end. really don't even need to touch valve springs, retainers etc for 300 whp but i wanna be a safe. plus it really isn't that much money to do them and having a heavy duty mechanic as an uncle really comes in handy

FunnyVictor86

very true, there's nothing like peace of mind while smashing down the gas pedal