i got a 97 civic sedan and is thinking about turbo charging it or swapping a motor

which one will be better? turbo charging it or swapping the motor?

 

Both are great, but you will have more potential for the future in the swap. They cost about the same unless you Backyard/ junkyard the turbo set up. You can boost for less than a grand these days

 

if i turbo charge it how much faster will it be? how much hp will i gain?

 

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To hard to specualate there are way to many facotrs out there.

 

icic... aiite thanks for your advice

 

Depends on what you want, but I say boost it. You can safely get 200-225 hp out of a stock block d16 with a good tune.

 

Boost the explitive out of it.

 

Yeah, I say f the swap. I am putting together a setup myself right now. Spent $300 and got a .42/.48 t3 turbo, downpipe, log manifold w/ wastegate support...just spent $130 for 450cc injectors, obd2-obd1 conversion harness, and dsm bov. All i need is the pipes, lines, ic, and I'm chipping my own ecu...

Aiming for 190hp with 8psi

 

swap it. N/A

 

Do you want to be slow? (swap) or slightly less slow? (boost)

 

dued honda tunning mag even said that a d16 can beat a DOHC turbo almost stock D16's rule

 

BOOOST

 

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Don't ask us questions like this without telling us the mileage, modification level, budget, trim level of the car and whether or not you have a hot sister. You can make anywhere from 140whp to 210whp depending on the engine, the boost level, the tune and where your sister puts her mouth.

 

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Don't ask us questions like this without telling us the mileage, modification level, budget, trim level of the car and whether or not you have a hot sister. You can make anywhere from 140whp to 210whp depending on the engine, the boost level, the tune and where your sister puts her mouth.</TD></TR></TABLE>

you are bad but funny!!!!!!!!1

 

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How am I to interpret this flagrant befouling of the English language? Are you saying that a d16(Y8 I'm assuming) can beat a turbocharged DOHC motor? Or are you saying that it can ALMOST beat a turbo'd DOHC, and that stock D16's rule? BTW, in what issue did you read this? I'm subscribed to HT and I never read anything like that.

But enough of that.

A guy I know turbocharged his D15B7 and from what I hear it's fast as hell.

 

Yes, That's truth! I beat DOHC all day with my D16z6 not boosted yet

 

So let me get this right? STOCK FOR STOCK; My 99 civic Si would most likely lose to say a civic EX? hehe

 

Maybe the other guy's a shitty driver? Or are you that good?

 

hmmm interesting stuff, didnt know the D series could be up with the DOHC


Modified by dangerranger21 at 12:04 PM 6/10/2006

 

Actually I would like to see videos of D series turbo'd Does anyone have any or links to them?

 

try http://www.turbod16.com and go to the video section.