Turbo Noob.. Best Quality kit for a 97 Civic/GSR hybrid?
08-11-2003, 07:58 AM
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Turbo Noob.. Best Quality kit for a 97 Civic/GSR hybrid?
I have a 97 Civic,gsr motor and 00 si tranny. I have never owned a turbo before and am looking at various kits. I am looking for the best quality and most reliablity. I plan on only boosting to 8psi since this will be a daily driver and my bottom end is stock. I was planning on going with the revhard kit, until I saw how they treated my friend when he had problems. So I guess it's down to Fmax, Drag Greddy, XS anyone else I'm forgetting?
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Re: Turbo Noob.. Best Quality kit for a 97 Civic/GSR hybrid? (porsche997)
The DRAG kit or the Greddy kit are great kits for what your looking for. The DRAG kit has been around for a long time and looks pretty good.
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Re: Turbo Noob.. Best Quality kit for a 97 Civic/GSR hybrid? (HighPerformance)
I have same car and motor as you, right now I'm pieceing my kit together after researching out what I think is best for my application.
First question I ask is are you mechanically inclined? I just kept researching away until I found what I thought would be most reliable, good power setup. IF your not very mechanically inclined just buy one of those kits and be done with it. I personally don't like most of the kits because most come with shitty parts like crappy manifolds (although a lot of companies have gotten better at this) small piping, shitty oil feed/return lines, or sometimes piping you still have to cut and have welded still.
I found:
Manifold from Tinker219 on hondatech (he can make it many ways, log, full race etc....)
Turbo from Precision turbo or Cheapturbo.com (I went with cheap turbo t3/t4OE 57 trim .60a/r turbine .63 a/r compressor)
Oil Feed/Return from Flamenco-T on hondatech (he can custom setup if you like)
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Piping from JC Whitney, got 1 24" U bend, 2 12" U bends, 1 90 Degree bend and have muffler shop cut/weld.
Intercooler from Tjn115 or auctioner1010 on ebay.
Piping Clamps/Couplings from RoadRaceengineering.com I got 2 1 foot couplings and cut them myself and about 12 t-bolt clamps.
Search out the rest on hondatech and ebay and save about $1000
First question I ask is are you mechanically inclined? I just kept researching away until I found what I thought would be most reliable, good power setup. IF your not very mechanically inclined just buy one of those kits and be done with it. I personally don't like most of the kits because most come with shitty parts like crappy manifolds (although a lot of companies have gotten better at this) small piping, shitty oil feed/return lines, or sometimes piping you still have to cut and have welded still.
I found:
Manifold from Tinker219 on hondatech (he can make it many ways, log, full race etc....)
Turbo from Precision turbo or Cheapturbo.com (I went with cheap turbo t3/t4OE 57 trim .60a/r turbine .63 a/r compressor)
Oil Feed/Return from Flamenco-T on hondatech (he can custom setup if you like)
HONDATA
Piping from JC Whitney, got 1 24" U bend, 2 12" U bends, 1 90 Degree bend and have muffler shop cut/weld.
Intercooler from Tjn115 or auctioner1010 on ebay.
Piping Clamps/Couplings from RoadRaceengineering.com I got 2 1 foot couplings and cut them myself and about 12 t-bolt clamps.
Search out the rest on hondatech and ebay and save about $1000
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