lazy bum shaughn

Did any of you guys turbo your first car? You may know a lot of the technical things about turbo and all, but how is it really owning and maintaing one?

SIXTYdashONE

No but i turbo'ed my last honda.. lol

Trac226

I did (and then it got stolen). I think most of the people on this board have turbo'd their first as well. That's the glory that is honda-tech. I think tuning issues become more an issue than maintenance.

Boostless97Lude

my Lude is my first Honda, yes, it's turbo, but my 2nd 3rd and wth Hondas are not

2nd- 92 Civic VX, meant for B16 swap, sold shell bought #3
3rd- 95 Integra LS, used B16 head from Civic Project, made LS/VTEC
4th- 93 del Sol S, bought it for $400, it's a beater

i love my turbo Honda, it's the shizzle

Teg4e

I turbo'd my first and only Honda, and it's been holding up fine so far. It's my grocery getter, daily driver, winter beater, and street racer all in one. It's not really anymore maintainence than it ever was. More frequent oil changes and double checking my lines underhood is the only difference.

Mentally though, I'm much more paranoid about any noises I hear. If I go over a branch I might think 'gee, I hope that didn't snag my oil return line'...but my car's running fine later so it's not a big deal. As long as everything goes right, turbo cars are only slightly more maintenance than a stock vehicle.

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lazy bum shaughn

Thanks for the replies guys.

I see a lot of guys have a lot of boost knowledge here, do you guys really have that many problems with turbo?

ZentraediEK

I turboed my first honda and it's been the best choice I've made for the car. I'ts a daily driver(school, girlfriend, home), about 75-100 miles a day. Havent had any major problems yet, but I'm a conservative driver.

I wouldn't trade my car for anything!
96 hatch + 2000 GSR(stock) + Drag Kit = 250hp

lazy bum shaughn

Have you had any experience with boost creep?

HXMan

LOL...topic seems funny to me.

I turboed my first honda.

avividmemory

Nope, i wrecked my first honda...2nd time around the teg has lasted a little longer hehe

E Swift

Yup this is my first honda, and yes, it is turbo.

shadowdawn

This is my first and only honda, its turbo and also my grocery getter, ride to work and school, daily driver, drag/street racer. Just like someone else said there really is no extra maintenance unless you drive it like you stole it every day, then you can count on something blowing up fairly quickly

swrdply400mrelay

This is my first car, Honda, and turbo.

Tinker219

My first and present Honda got the treatment...

BudaKai

Nope. Mine blew up from giggle juice. This was in '95 when I couldn't afford to rebuild it.

B18EG6

first car, first honda, first turbo

ZentraediEK

No problems with boost creep, thanks to TIAL.

Hammett

yes this is my first honda + turbo.

sivik2nr

Well this is my first Honda, and I'm in the process of building a custom kit ... T3/T4 hybrid, custom portmatched manifold and downpipe, plan on running a low boost of like 7-8 psi, and a high setting of 10 psi.. ( i'll probably keep it on 10 though... )

M-EJ1

First honda here, yep... 95 EX coupe... turbo D16Z6... 5psi on the greddy kit with a type-s BOV and some autometer gauges to keep track of stuff.

alpha

This is my first Honda and I am working on getting boosted. Right now I have a block at GE and allot of parts sitting around here. It's a 00 Si.

Tetsuwan Atomu

my first honda and it's boosted too...but I am beginning to hate my car with all the little problem that's happening....so might be de-booosting...

pfcfutrell

My first honda was a '91 'lude with the B21A1 and I wrecked it way before I was making enough money to even contemplate forced induction. My second Honda is my '91 'rex with the B18A1 and it getting a full build and forced induction while i'm in Kuwait.

lazy bum shaughn

Do any of you guys regret going turbo?

What kind of problems do you run into?

Were yall worried at first when boosting?

alpha

I'm not boosted yet because I am trying to do most of my build right the first time so I can have minimal problems on the amount of boost I am going to run. I don't think I will regret being boosted as I already know how much time, effort and money goes into this.