i have access to a turbo manifold for very cheap from my best friends older brother, he got it from an eclipse he parted out a while back and it is just laying around, he is confident he can fit it into my r18 and run about 8 psi with it. my question is would it be very hard to find all of the other components besides the manifold that will fit my civic? and if anyone knows how much other parts would be that would be great. thanks

 

anybody?

 

eclipse manifold to k series? I dont think so, but I could be wrong

 

Turbo manifold off a 4AGE or 420A?

 

R18, not K20.

But this would require a lot of welding, and if it's just a log manifold in the first place, its the least of your worries. YOu'd need a lot of extra stuff and then figure out tuning.

 

you know a pic of the manifold would help,the universal turbo parts will run you about $1500 or more

 

ill try to find out the details of the turbo, all i know as of now is that its off of one of the older model eclipses not the ones with the body lines or the ones before that but before that.

 

This is a picture of the R18 cylinder head. The arrow is pointing to the outlet of the exhaust from the head. The "exhaust manifold" portion is integrated into the head's casting. The Mitsu manifold is a 4-1 design, and so will not work. For your car, you need a 1-1 adapter to bolt the turbo to this outlet.

 

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Your buddy cleary has no idea what he's talking about and I definantly would not let him tinker with my (brand new) car!

 

i see, well maybe ill buy it from him for real cheap and sell it for profit to save for a turbo that WILL fit

 

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The problem lies in the manifold (see picture posted above) ... the turbo would probably work but how you attach it to the head is the main issue.

 

ya my buddy was aware it wouldnt just bolt on, he said he could probably make it work.

 

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When you consider the potential consequences of screwing a job like that up "probably" just won't cut it. At least not for me.

I would consider means of fabrication elsewhere.