Build motor first or buy turbo kit first?

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Old Jan 7, 2007 | 07:22 PM
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what should i do first?
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Old Jan 7, 2007 | 07:40 PM
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it really depens on what your hp goal is and what your going to use the car for... if its a daily driver IMO anything over 400 is a waste on the street and your gonna have terrible traction issues, you can have more fun with 300, if your wanting something around or less than 325 for daily than i'd say leave stock internals and just buy or piece together a turbo kit, tune it and have fun on the streets


so whats your goal and use for the car
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Old Jan 7, 2007 | 07:41 PM
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Default Re: Build motor first or buy turbo kit first? (trav95civic)

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by trav95civic &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">it really depens on what your hp goal is and what your going to use the car for... if its a daily driver IMO anything over 400 is a waste on the street and your gonna have terrible traction issues, you can have more fun with 300, if your wanting something around or less than 325 for daily than i'd say leave stock internals and just buy or piece together a turbo kit, tune it and have fun on the streets


so whats your goal and use for the car</TD></TR></TABLE>

sorry i assumed you was talking about a B series lol, what motor are you talking about?
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Old Jan 7, 2007 | 10:48 PM
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Default Re: Build motor first or buy turbo kit first? (WalkerGSR1)

keep it stock, blow the motor, and then rebuild it, ... but be sure to piece together a kit or buy a kit that is able to be upgraded. You dont want to have a built motor and then be stuck with a kit that can only push out 300whp.
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Old Jan 8, 2007 | 01:50 AM
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i already know what kit is the peakboost with gt 3076, i just wanted to know what to do first
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Old Jan 8, 2007 | 03:56 AM
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turbo kit first & get it tuned !!!!!!
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Old Jan 8, 2007 | 06:46 AM
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Boost it 1st, that's what i did and i'm happy
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Old Jan 8, 2007 | 06:51 AM
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boost the stock motor, with a good tune...

then when you want more power, build it
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Old Jan 8, 2007 | 06:55 AM
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boost it stock with a nice kit or piece one together yourself and get the right stuff first.

Then build your motor then when you have your built motor you will have the right stuff to meet your power goals and you didn't waste money with a crappy kit in the begining.
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Old Jan 8, 2007 | 07:20 AM
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Default Re: Build motor first or buy turbo kit first? (WalkerGSR1)

why not collect all of the pieces & do it all at once?
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Old Jan 8, 2007 | 07:22 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by DJ_SaNdOz &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">why not collect all of the pieces & do it all at once?</TD></TR></TABLE>

lets be realistic... no matter how much patience any of us have, we all want boost NOW!!!! and if you dont want it, you are missing out on it !!!!
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Old Jan 8, 2007 | 09:21 AM
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i dont think peakboost makes crappy kits
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Old Jan 8, 2007 | 10:05 AM
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Default Re: Build motor first or buy turbo kit first? (dturbocivic)

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by dturbocivic &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

lets be realistic... no matter how much patience any of us have, we all want boost NOW!!!! and if you dont want it, you are missing out on it !!!! </TD></TR></TABLE>

My car has been sitting in the same spot for something like 20 months. I have boxes of parts sitting in my living room waiting on the boost build Obviosuly it's not my DD, so if it is a DD maybe it would be different. Mine would have been done sooner but I used part of my car money for tattoos, vacations, and now I am funsing a wedding so I will continue to wait.
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Old Jan 8, 2007 | 11:29 AM
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dang.. listen to them.. boost + tune.. and when you done with those two save up money for parts for a build.. Buy a turbo set up that will be ideal for your built motor. Boosting is fun.. once you boost you cant go back..
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