xwhitchx

I need input, not flaming.

ok i have a stock (jdm vtec) d15b in my car right now, and a friend of mine has given me a turbo set up for the car. I have been wanting more power out of my car for some time now. So I was going to boost the engine at 8lbs, and have it tuned. But I would like to get the car barr'd for the turbo set up in it, but there are no c.a.r.b. stickers on anything I have. The only resone I want to barr' the car is because I live in Cali. I dont know if I can even get barr'd for turbo.

So I was looking in to selling the turbo set up and buying a b16 swap. I know I can get this barr'd because lots of people have B-series barr'd.

This is the cheapest place I can find a full B16 swap that I can pick up.
http://hmotorsonline.com/shop/sc2000...age&item=30005

so here are my questions:
1. Can I get my d15b turbo barr'd?
2. Would I be better off getting a B16 and getting that barr'd
3. Anyone know were I can get a full B16 swap for less then this. I live in Riverside county.

Thats all and thanks for looking over my thread.

szczerbanator

B16: Fast
D15 Turbo: Faster

Hmotors is the best place IMO for engines. Especially if you live in cali, you can go there and pick out your engine.

jeffsciv23

d series 10lbs will turn you out

xwhitchx

What about getting the car barr'd with turbo? Can I do it?

Linked

i dont live in cali but i think getting a car barr'd is only for engine swaps.

adding a turbo to your car is similar to i/h/e upgrades and you dont need to get barr'd for those

xwhitchx

Will i have to get a c.a.r.b. sticker or somthing? I just dont wan't the cops to give me tickets or impound my car. I love getting my hood popped when the cop is thinking there going to get me for some thing ilegal under there and there is nothing they can do.

vangsta-715

bump

xwhitchx

Thanks for the bump.

es01civy

You can still find greddy kits that are carb legal, but your gonna spend the $$ for that carb eo number... Even with carb legal parts you still can get harrassed by cops for modifying the vehicle. My neighbor is a cop and i live in cali.. he always tells me just dont draw attention to yourself and you will be fine and this is coming from a CHP

suwhoop

save the sohc!! sikee do lsv or b20v

Linked

z6 @ 300whp!

JDM-sol 89

First you should move and then you can do what ever you want. And it will probably be cheaper lol

nothing_shocking

Exactly. Screw Cali

xwhitchx

Thanks for the imput.

Lambo123

the turbo route would probably be faster than the b16. might be less reliable but, hell its a d-series. people use them as doorstoppers at this point. easy to replace.

mortificationrock

Yeah living down here sucks *****. What im gonna do is get an ls swap and get it barred. Then go lsv. If they pop me i have the permit and they might not be able to tell.

I was also thinking of going turbo D but im stumped as to pigs and all. Plus i drive my car anywhere from 150-200 miles a day. So im more prone to cops. Im indecisive as to what to do. If anything you can let me have that turbo and ill boost my **** up....LOL

rubikscube

According to who?

tootybaby

I live in Cali also. I think you should just sell that turbo kit you have right now and put a little extra money to get a carb legal greddy turbo kit. Just my opinion. Single V-turbo at 8lbs over stock B16 any dayyy.

apexi_rsx

turbo the D will be fast and reliable if tuned correctly and as fast as if u had a K swap. 210hp on stock block is very achievable. Cali does suck you could always buy my carb legal edelbrock certificate.......

mortificationrock

CARB legal cert? For what ? I might be interested

tootybaby

Ohh yeahhh, forgot that edelbrock make carb legal turbo kits also.

mortificationrock

Yeah but they expensive as hell. For that price i would just go B or maybe even K...LoL

xwhitchx

Yeah looking over everything I think I'm going to go with the B16 and get it barr'd. I looked at the edelbrock turbo kit and its $3500, I can get my B16 full swap for $2000. So I thinking I'm going to go with that. I'm happy its easy to do an engine swap, so I dont have to pay for that. =P

DKYamada

IMO b16 feels like a fast(er) single cam...
but i think if you were to go b series your options are greater then if you stick with d series.

dont get me wrong, even when i had a d series with a greddy turbo, it was fun, but def. lacked the power of a GSR for example.

i recently picked up another civic and no doubt about it, im already building a ls-v for it.

xwhitchx

Yeah I was going to get a ls swap and get that barr'd then go ls/v but I think i just wont to go with the B16, for now that is. If i didn't live in cali this wouldn't be a problem. I might be moving to Oregon in the next 3 to 5 years. What are the laws there about all this?