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boosting an automatic how much power can she handle??

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Old Dec 17, 2010 | 07:08 AM
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Icon2 boosting an automatic how much power can she handle??

i have a automatic ek9 with a d16y7 block with a greedy turbo only on 6lbs as of now i want to make more power but have really no clue to how much power the trans would be about to reliably hold... can anyone help me out??
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Old Dec 17, 2010 | 07:10 AM
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15 lbs?
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Old Dec 17, 2010 | 07:13 AM
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i have 45min freeway time to and from work... i only wanna run like 10lbs do you think that the stock d16y7 block and trans can reliable handle that??
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Old Dec 17, 2010 | 07:14 AM
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step 1: keep pushing it till it breaks
step 2: let us know what psi and what size turbo
step 3: get it stickied for further reference
step 4: ?????
step 5: PROFIT!!!
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Old Dec 17, 2010 | 07:34 AM
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lol^^^ agree
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Old Dec 17, 2010 | 07:34 AM
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Default Re: boosting an automatic how much power can she handle??

Stop looking at pounds of boost and start looking at horsepower. Turboing an automatic civic, especially one thats OBD2 is always gonna be a hack job though, just in terms of not being able to run a chipped and tuned OBD1 ECU.
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