i want to turbo my civic, but even if i redid the seals, strengthen pistons, rods, ect, would my engine be able to handle it?

 

people boost d16y8s all the time. 8 PSI seems to be the average on stock internals.

http://www.homemadeturbo.com
http://www.turbod16.com

these are your new friends.

 

thanks dude, ill check these links out and see what i can find... o yah, i kinda figured it could be done if the boost wasnt set too high

 

ive heard of people getting to 10-11 psi on stock but its kind of risky.

 

thats what im afraid of.. even with aftermarket internals i dont want my engine to be torn apart from too much boost, but at the same time i want to get my money's worth from buying a turbo.. but if i want that, ill probably have to get a DOHC engine instead of a SOHC

 

I just boosted mine, y8 in a 94 EG Sedan. Pulls alot harder than stock. It's not a street sweeper, killing everything you come in contact with, but with good components and tuning, it will be a good, dependable daily, and at the same time, jump when you press the gas. I'm happy with mine. for SOCHA POWA!

 

tuning is what you need bro, i just tubo'd my jdm sohc vtec zc.
i love it.

 

different setups bring different results.

Dont look at psi values, look at whp. Stock internals, good tune 220-240 whp is starting to push the internals.

and then there is jeff evans with a completely stock z6 at 375whp and 20+psi.

 

and for people people that dont believe 375 completely stock

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread/1722429

 

i agree with that. i need everything to be tuned when i rebuild the engine. my friend's dad works at honda as an engineer or something and his dad had his civic tuned by the fine people at honda and his car is damn fast for being a SOHC, i was impressed beyond a reasonable doubt lol

 

That 375whp is crazy. But that's freakin Evans Tuning for you. He always produces crazy numbers. The the Sohc-T on Pinks, something like 460+ to the wheels on stock sleeved D.

 

there are D's going into the 400's now all day on stock sleeves

 

That post says he peaked out at 400+ @ 29psi! That's insane!

 

this would be considered "mild" i guess, but problem free.
i put a greddy kit with intercooler, boosted to 7psi using the stock kit at 160k miles on the engine.
stock cat, tsudo catback.
had to change to ARP head studs, but other than that i push it HARD and have 0 engine issues.
regular maintenance was done tho (all belts changed, almost all gaskets replaced, valve adjustment, etc).

 

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http://www.homemadeturbo.com
http://www.turbod16.com

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15psi. Stock motor other than the ARP headstuds and bigger injectors.

If you just want a quicker car & you're not looking to go ***** out try to find something like a GReddy kit. Small turbos that will spool fast & you don't have to worry about having a built motor.

 

I'll probably get flamed for this...but I'ma say it anyway.


It has less to do with the build of the engine than you actually think. A turbo can run on a SOHC like 10psi daily on stock internals...it could also probably run 18psi daily on stock internals (not including the fuel system of course) how? Tune. The tune's basically what determines it. Yes it's true if you go over a certain psi/hp your engine won't be able to handle it even if it's tuned perfectly, but the majority of the time, mostly for daily drivers, you can run 15psi every day on stock internals w/o the chance of throwing anything if it's tuned right.

You said you reinforced the block. Good. Turbo it, and <u>make sure you get a good tune</u>. It'll hold together quite nicely.

 

why would you get flamed for it. You bring up the most important part and the most overlooked part that ppl forget when turboing.

Dave

 

basemaps FTL

 

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I agree.

I'm trying to finish putting this low budget setup back together after pulling out it's old LSVTEC

D16z6
.48 trim T3
DSM 450cc Injectors
Nextgear Intake Manifold Gasket
ARP Head Studs & Rod Bolts
Chrome Standalone
KRB Fabrications Ramhorn Manifold / DP
Zex Sparkplugs

@ 15 psi





Modified by .Radical_Edward. at 1:41 PM 10/2/2006

 

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Dont look at psi values, look at whp. Stock internals, good tune 220-240 whp is starting to push the internals.

and then there is jeff evans with a completely stock z6 at 375whp and 20+psi.
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Thank you!! I'm getting sick of these people talking in psi. Run 2000000000 psi as long as you dont go over 220ish whp. Stock that is, on this particular motor.

 

Oh and turbo y8 is an excellent choice if your looking for a fun dd.

 

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I wish i would have gone with a ram horn.

 

anyone using a Mini ram horn or shorty mani's?

 

wow this thread just made me change my mind again. first saved up half *** amount of money and almost a whole used t-bo kit for my d16 motor and then paid $350 for it on ebay. lone behold the guy was late i gave him a really hard time. and hes like yeah i sent it. i got a garret td-04 thats good that has an internal wastegate, obdo ecu which is useless for me. gauges with no instructions to install them, injectors that im not sure if there the right ones still. I was also supposed to get piping, inter cooler, bov and he didnt send all of that put a complaint on egay and they didnt do anything about it. and so my new plan that i just established was to save up for a b16 but now im just going to go for a turbo kit again and see if i can get a really good tune and run it at 10psi. prefferably a greddy. any suggestions sorry if i am attempting to steal your thread. if i am tell me.

 

a friend of mine bought a turbo kit, complete for 1600 from emotorusa.com? Its not SSAC, has like a rev hard style manifold, ive only seen the underhood setup once on his D sereis at night. But looked decent and was performaing great. All he needed to the ecu and he fuel setup and a tune and hes been trouble free for 3 months now.