drover

Hello, so I currently own a 2005 Honda Civic LX, and I was concerned about adding a turbocharger to my car. I have read on other forums that doing so is fine as long as you don't have an automatic transmission which is fine because I was planning on switching mine over soon to manual. What I am concerned about is the engine. Most Civic's come with 1.7L or something close but mine is a 1L and I was wondering if boosting it could cause any damages since it is so small. One thing to note is that I am completely new to this so any advice would help. Thanks!

toyomatt84

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How certain are you on that 1L displacement? The smallest I know of, is the 1.3L that's paired with an electric motor in the Hybrid model.

drover

https://www.vehiclehistory.com/paging-vin-report-data/specifications.php?vin=1HGEM22535L804217

toyomatt84

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Well, I already see an issue. Does your car have a sunroof? Is it a 2 door?

drover

It doesn't have a sunroof but it is a two door

toyomatt84

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Well, at least your VIN describes your car accurately. That site you link to, however, does not.

Here's an accurate depiction of your car: https://honda-tech.com/forums/vindec...EM22535L804217

drover

Oh, so it is a 1.7, well I feel like an idiot, thanks for the help however,

toyomatt84

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No worries. But, I should caution you, doing a manual swap and then turboing the car seems a bit costly when compared to getting a manual car first.

drover

Yeah, a buddy I know told me just to get a new car but I'm going to be heading to a scrap yard and grabbing the parts and converting it myself so it shouldn't be too bad anyway. Well I'm going to be getting a couple buddies to help me out since I know very little about all this

DumpdEJ6

Not a knock against you, OP, but I've never understood why people don't just sell the auto (which has better resell value usually) and buy a manual car instead of going to all the work of changing transmissions. Maybe I'm just lazy, but converting auto to manual is almost the same amount of work as swapping engines. Aside from disconnecting the wiring harness and taking out two motor mounts, it's pretty much identical. Seems like a lot of work that could be negated by simply buying an original manual car.

drover

I would happily buy a manual but my parents don't want me to sell my car until I get an actual job and stop making student wage so

utn

Doing a auto to manual conversion would take a lot more time (especially downtime with a non-functional car) than selling your car and buying a manual one.
Or you could buy a manual car while you have your current car, then sell the auto one after you have the manual car. So zero downtime.