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Old Jan 26, 2004 | 06:52 AM
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how much power can i gain from a junk yard kit? its just a stock eclipse turbo bolted onto a honda motor but will it cause a big power increase? what kinda power can i look for?
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Old Jan 26, 2004 | 08:41 AM
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it will be better than an h/i/e you can bolt onto yur car....it will work good, boost is fun
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Old Jan 26, 2004 | 01:40 PM
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PM me if you want a good junkyard intercooler for cheap.
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Old Jan 26, 2004 | 03:31 PM
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how cheap is cheap?
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Old Jan 26, 2004 | 05:01 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Elite SiR &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">how much power can i gain from a junk yard kit? its just a stock eclipse turbo bolted onto a honda motor but will it cause a big power increase? what kinda power can i look for?</TD></TR></TABLE>

What year DSM? 1g or 2g? 14b or t25?
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Old Jan 27, 2004 | 09:12 AM
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which ever is best i'm trying to put together my first turbo kit and i wanna go with the juk yard kit for now and i need to know what i need to do it and how much power can i make with it on a 2000 civic si b16a2
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Old Jan 27, 2004 | 09:17 AM
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how cheap are you talkin about what what kinda intercooler?
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Old Jan 27, 2004 | 09:33 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Elite SiR &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">which ever is best i'm trying to put together my first turbo kit and i wanna go with the juk yard kit for now and i need to know what i need to do it and how much power can i make with it on a 2000 civic si b16a2</TD></TR></TABLE>

Not a good car for a dirt cheap turbo kit IMO. You're risking a $2800 motor there. In fact, you're not risking it. If you do a turbo on a b16a2, and you do it "on the cheap", then plan on blowing it. It would be better and cheaper to buy a whole car. Like a junk 90'ish Civic with a d15/16 in it for $1k, slap together a turbo kit for ~$1k. Then when it blows up you haven't screwed your high dollar Si.
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