prison_snitch

i wanna turbo my stock 92 si with a greddy kit. the reason is im a newbie to turbos so i think my first turbo should be bought as a kit so i can get familiar with everything, rather then peice everything together.

but the thing is my motor got 180k on it... as far as i know its been taken good car of. used for commuting and oil changed every 3 months but still 180k is high... how reliable would it be if i turbo'd it as is?

all stock i ran 16.4 not even an intake not shure if thats good or not but just to give you an idea of the condition of motor. this is with average driving

boostedcivicsir

compression and leakdown. if they check out ok, boost away.

oscarmayer

^ what he said.

make sure you have a fresh timing belt on the car as well.

Fially since it's such a high milage motor, I woudl not recommend going much over 7-8 psi. reasons are the wear and tear on the rings and walls is alreayd there and sealing proeprly will be an issue, but 7-8psi on that kit will net you around 170ish wheel power.

igo4bmx

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by oscarmayer &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Fially since it's such a high milage motor, I woudl not recommend going much over 7-8 psi. reasons are the wear and tear on the rings and walls is alreayd there and sealing proeprly will be an issue, but 7-8psi on that kit will net you around 170ish wheel power.</TD></TR></TABLE>

isn't that what a compression test will tell you?

elguluso

personally if you can refresh the block (get new rings, bearings, etc) that way you can enjoy your turbo setup for years to come so long as you don't boost too high (in that case build it and boost very high then)

ExVtec

turbod16.com

blown_LS

Personally i would refreshen that motor before turboing it...thats just my opinion.

Hybrid96EK

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by prison_snitch &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i wanna turbo my stock 92 si with a greddy kit. the reason is im a newbie to turbos so i think my first turbo should be bought as a kit so i can get familiar with everything, rather then peice everything together.

but the thing is my motor got 180k on it... as far as i know its been taken good car of. used for commuting and oil changed every 3 months but still 180k is high... how reliable would it be if i turbo'd it as is?

all stock i ran 16.4 not even an intake not shure if thats good or not but just to give you an idea of the condition of motor. this is with average driving</TD></TR></TABLE>

Well, the option of rebuilding the block is entirely up to you. Parts are cheap and if you do the labor yourself assuming you know what you are doing, you will save a good amount of money. If you need to pay someone to rebuild it then I wouldn't waste my time. I would personally run 8psi on it daily and if it blew up, get another one. They are easy to come by and cheap. At 8psi it will make plenty of power to please. Just make sure you have a good way of tuning it.. otherwise you will never get the results you expect.