psegs80

Hey I have a 2000 civic coupe with a 98 jdm b18b with I/H/E with a ACT heavy duty pressure plate and steet performance clucth =stage 1!!! ( not dyno tunned)
I put that engine cause I figured it was the best bang for my bcuk!!! Now I've learned that this engine respondes very well to boost so I'm thinking of Turbo!!! I want to save some money so go turbo but I need to know apporx. cost, parts and setup!!!

Thanks for the feeback I want to do it right!!! ( for daily drive with a couple of 1/4 mile runs once and awhile...So I want a safe setup for engine life)

pissedoffsol

you can piece together a turbo from anywhere inbetween 1000 and 100,000.

you'll probably end up in the 3-4k range though....

the key to long life, reliability, and daily-driver duties, are to get it tuned correctly by a pro with a real management system (no vafc hack or fmu).

200-225 whp is what i'd shoot for for a nice, pretty quick, daily driver on a stock ls.

sure, you can go more.... but you really don't need it, and it starts to eat at reliability the more you go.

psegs80

Thanks man....I know a place that a very well know for dyno tunning so That's covered!! What I'm wondering is stuff like do i need to swap out some internals and what are the turbos that work great with thta engine??

pissedoffsol

you don't have to touch the motor for a 200-ish power range.

just get a nice small turbo (t3/t04b .57/.63 seems pretty good) and an efficient front mount, and get an EMS like hondata, or DIY w/ crome, etc and proper fuel, and you're good to go.

maybe look into the peakboost kit. lots of guys are running those and like them a lot.

psegs80

Thanks Man!!!