i have a 89 civic hatch Dx d15 engin and i wanna know if its worth turboing? it has 105000 miles so i dno if its still to low will i blow my engin? what should i do should i just swap the motor? please let me know if you have any suggestions thanks

 

How much money do you have?

 

i dnt really want to swap the engin but like i have only tops maby alittle under a grand to spend on this

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by swiss217 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i dnt really want to swap the engin but like i have only tops maby alittle under a grand to spend on this</TD></TR></TABLE>I wouldn't do it then

 

Worry about MPFI swap first. Then start other things.

1k total, on a dx I don't see a turbo setup happening unless you are crafty or get deals like no joke.

 

what should i do then to make this car faster?

 

yea i no some people that can get a full turbo kit for a couple hundred but will the turbo mess up the engine?

 

if its the stock dual point motor, i would even worry about turbo it honestly,cause you wouldn't get much of a difference.
like people have said throughout your post, worry about the mpfi conversion first,and then get a stronger motor.

 

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See how much nicer that is after a few seconds of work?

Once you get the mpfi out of the way, yes you could turbo the motor. Really a mini me is also not a bad idea to look into.

 

first, do the mpfi swap, or complete motor swap... that alone will get you more power....

 

is a pm6 for the mpfi conversion a good choice?

 

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Really a mini me is also not a bad idea to look into.
</TD></TR></TABLE> Boost and mini me very soon... thats the way I am going

 

Call up this guy buy his MPFI stuff and do an MPFI swap. Take the rest of the money buy a new motor with good compression or rebuild the old one. If you have any money left over get an A6 cam and send it to delta and/or buy a header.

Once all this is accomplished start looking for a possible turbo. Unless you just wanna throw money at a turbo setup that will destroy your motor. Then you would have to rebuild/buy a motor and be out all the money you blew on a busted turbo system.

 

Or you could just check out http://www.homemadeturbo.com. There's a guy on there with a DPFI turbo setup. He says it's fast as hell. I'm a little skeptical though.

 

it sounds like you dont have that much money to work with. so I would do the mpfi swap. and while your at it convert to obdI min me swap like a z6 head. then just bolts on. Im sure that will be faster than how your sitting right now. Idk where you live but if you lived in so cal or near I would go to hmotors. $400 for a sohc zc cant really beat it.

if you want better speed of the line a get an si tranny.

 

gut the interior, remove all the AC, remove the stereo and speakers... your car just got like 5% lighter and it costs nothing.

Do mpfi swap and get a full exhaust. Yes, you want to use pm-6 ecu. I don't think 100,000 mile motor is too high mileage. I would turbo it and start saving for a replacement motor.

 

hey do what you want.... i would do an mpfi swap the start saving for a turbo set up or piece on together