What should I look for when buying a turbo kit?
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What should I look for when buying a turbo kit?
Theres many turbo kits for sale on ebay and else where, what should I look for to know if its a good kit or not? I dont really want to pay 3000 for a kit, so if you know what kind of things to look out for let me know, thanks.
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Re: What should I look for when buying a turbo kit? (crx_in_it)
if i were you id peice together a kit, and DO NOT get an ss autochrome kit. or xs motorsports or whatever else is on ebay. go to homemadeturbo.com and check out that site youll learn alot. 
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Re: What should I look for when buying a turbo kit? (crx_in_it)
do it the right way get a drag, greddy, or rev hard kit. spend the extra and you get it.
so many people will tell you that you can only have 2 of the 3 things when it comes to a honda- fast, cheap, reliable
so many people will tell you that you can only have 2 of the 3 things when it comes to a honda- fast, cheap, reliable
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Re: What should I look for when buying a turbo kit? (urbansi)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by urbansi »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">do it the right way get a drag, greddy, or rev hard kit. spend the extra and you get it.
so many people will tell you that you can only have 2 of the 3 things when it comes to a honda- fast, cheap, reliable</TD></TR></TABLE>
why spend 2.5 or 3 g's when you could spend 1,000 -1500 and still have a reliable setup. why would this not be right? will this setup be on a bone stock motor?
and on a honda it takes a lot to get "fast". especially out of a d series. you need forged internals, upgraded valvetrain, port n polish, cam, preferably sleeved block, lightened flywheel, port matching, bigger t/b, lots of tuning, and the list can go on forever. your not gonna be fast with just a turbo. you boos the motor and parts will go out. i can tell you first thing your gonna need after that turbo will be a clutch. and then your gonna need suspension to back up that built motor and a nice drive train. my point is that yeah you cant be completely cheap if you wanna be fast but why spend that extra 1000-1500 when that could go into other parts.
so many people will tell you that you can only have 2 of the 3 things when it comes to a honda- fast, cheap, reliable</TD></TR></TABLE>
why spend 2.5 or 3 g's when you could spend 1,000 -1500 and still have a reliable setup. why would this not be right? will this setup be on a bone stock motor?
and on a honda it takes a lot to get "fast". especially out of a d series. you need forged internals, upgraded valvetrain, port n polish, cam, preferably sleeved block, lightened flywheel, port matching, bigger t/b, lots of tuning, and the list can go on forever. your not gonna be fast with just a turbo. you boos the motor and parts will go out. i can tell you first thing your gonna need after that turbo will be a clutch. and then your gonna need suspension to back up that built motor and a nice drive train. my point is that yeah you cant be completely cheap if you wanna be fast but why spend that extra 1000-1500 when that could go into other parts.
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Re: What should I look for when buying a turbo kit? (crx_in_it)
http://store.yahoo.com/cheapturbo/hobtukit.html
Very very nice B series kit, only a few more bucks than revhard and comes with stainless mani.
Very very nice B series kit, only a few more bucks than revhard and comes with stainless mani.
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Re: What should I look for when buying a turbo kit? (99teggsr)
yeah thats a nice kit but still that kit is lacking some things like<U> fuel management</U> plus getting it tuned. so its still gonna be expensive, DIY kits are nice but remember you most of the time get what you pay for
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