i am pondering the idea of turboing my HX just to get a few extra ponies out of her...im not looking to put down any serious numbers. Just wondering what would be the best turbo KIT to buy...Greddy with E-manage seems ok but will that piggy back work with the HX ecu???? thanks!!

 

i say piece together a turbo kit .........

 

if u just want a couple extra ponys, u dont need management. i boosted my best friends hx and it was just fine on 6 1/2 pounds of fury.

 

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what kit did you use?...or what did you put together? and how much did it cost you?? also how hard is it to put on a very simple turbo kit like this?? do i need to like drill holes in signifigant places on my motor or anything???

 

WTF? No engine management, where'd the boost maps come from?

 

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FMU....also known as a rising rate fuel pressure regulator.

 

Oh okay, I thought the days of FMU were dead, or at least I was hoping so.

 

If I were you I'd do a head swap before I boosted it.

The VTEC-E system is just...really, really shitty. Spooling a turbo on 12 valves? no thanks

 

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You are retarded for mentioning it and your freind is even more reatarded for actually doing that nonsense

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The VTEC-E system is just...really, really shitty. Spooling a turbo on 12 valves? no thanks</TD></TR></TABLE>

I guess.

I turbo'd my HX and I LOVED it. It was really fun. I ran 7psi daily and turned it up to 10 a few times. I used the greddy kit and AFC Hack. The hack made the car run like **** until I adjusted the timing witht her dizzy. The 2nd time I was going to use a chipped ECU but I stopped working, so I sold everything.

Personally I would build your own kit unless you can find a greddy kit for cheap. If you bargain hunt, you can get some good deals. I set my budget for $1400 (tuning not included...seperate budget for that) and I came out with a chipped ecu, a laptop for tuning, gauges, turbo, abs plastic to make my own gauge pods, intake for the turbo, fluids to change when I went turbo, ARP headbolts, FMIC, piping, etc basically everything you get in a kit plus more for $1400 which isnt bad since the greddy doesnt come with an FMIC or 450cc injectors, etc.

 

buy a slightly used turbo kit half price.... save money!! lol o yeah i got one for sale!

 

i made the kit i used to fabricate. and since ur not looking for anything fancy. dont bother with management. missing link and fmu, i know it sounds old and stu8pid now a days but its not a bad thing to use for little kit. the i made was pretty quick.

 

Please, DO bother with engine management, any basemap will beat a fmu, and it won't cost that much.

 

So...my question is still...if u buy the greddy kit with the blue box brand new for like 1400, and get an ex cat and ex catback i should be ok???i dont mind paying a little more to get brand new stuff....thanks