i have a question for some of you veterans to keep you on your toes... i have a little over $3000 to spend on my R and i dont know what to do. Go N/A or go Boost?

 

i would say boost.

but 3000 wouldnt cut it for boost. you would need just about 4000.

with N/A it wouldnt get you much either...since the gains arent giong to be as much as what you can do with a turbo.

 

keep in mind that my R is stock and is used as a daily driver. but you think 4000 could cut it for a full turbo setup? I might be able to rustle up an extra grand maybe because im selling my other car and i will be getting a nice amount of money for of it. what kind of turbo would you recommend?

 

4000 is a minimal setup but complete.

do a friggin search.

 

Turbo

 

boost, if you shop around you can prob put a good set up together for under that .
i would go custom though.
pm if you need anything .

 

Check out SouthernFloridaPerformance. Get ya set up for around $4000.

 

TURBO. DON'T LISTEN TO THESE GUYS. FOR CHRIST SAKE THERE IS A GROUP BUY IN THE FORCED INDUCTION FORUM ON THIS BOARD FOR A TURBO KIT FOR $2300. WITH HONDATA AROUND $2900.

 

thats the maxrev kit if i rember right and it doesnt include piping and soemthing else.
but if you really try you can easily get a turbo on your car for $3k and under. now wheather or not you want a good standalone and higher qualty parts or not is a diff story.
Iwent custom becuase i didnt like what the kits were offering i got better stuff for cheaper

 

IT INCLUDES PIPING YOU JUST HAVE TO WELD IT. AND FOR $2900 YOU CAN GET THE HONDATA S200 WITH THE KIT.

 

Is that price installed and tuned?

 

NOPE. INSTALL YOURSELF. DYNO A FEW HUNDRED DOLLARS.

 

From the kinds of questions this guy is asking, he's obviously now qualified to install a turbo himself. Unless he has a friend that's a mechanic, installation will run him at least $600-700, and dyno time another $200-300.

Your caps lock key is broken.

 

YEAH I SEE THAT. I THOUGHT WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT KITS THOUGH.

THANKS, I DIDN'T NOTICE THAT.

 

ya'll remember that guy that put together a turbo kit for $1200? thats another option

but seriously, if you can't decide, maybe you should learn more about your car first, its an amazing machine even in stock for. just a thought

 

Go turbo.
I put together a sweet custom turbo kit for around $2700 but that with with big hookups through many people both online and through a local shop, I did all the wrenching myself. Even full kits available on the market will run you About $3000 plus all the little odds and ends that pop up.
Save a bit more to have some "backup" money incase you need any weldking done or need to do anything else.
M
HTH

 

why not take the money and spend it on track events? This will be much more rewarding than having to sell the turbo kit in a few months to repair a busted motor.... Just track the car once. One weekend, bone stock and you'll be hooked.

 

how did i knwo that one was coming
why do you assume he will have to take it off in a few months to repair a broken motor? because Type R's are meant to be NA and auto xed

 

IMO, its much more gratifying to use the car at its full potential at the track, instead of dropping a large sum of $$$ on the car that can introduce a mess of problems. There are many more ways to do a turbo setup poorly than there are to do it well.

 

that is true , but in the same line of thinking by racing the car can mess things up too and make even more headaches.
things dont break for no reason.
im sure noone here bought this car to baby it? almost everyone here races and aalmost everyone here has theirs modded. they understand that things will break . . . at least i would hope they do .

back to the question though. I think you should decide on what your goals are with the car. hp levels, daily driven , how much you can shell out to fixc it when it breaks etc etc etc . and go from there. I went the N/a route , I went the nitrous rute and now on the Turbo route. it gets addicting, but my style of driving and my golas for the car require alot more money and work than the average Joe in here with a Type r .
What IM saying is weigh the options with the car and make the desicion you are most comfortable with and can afford.

 

ITRs are meant to be tracked, end of story. If you dont want to, thats cool, its your car.


I agree with RJ, learn your car before you credit your slowness to a lack of power.

 

I'd get a JDM front end

 

thats true to , but its doesnt have to be autocorssing all the time . I do both occasionally. but in my heart i am a drag racer. . . knowing the car is key though. **** i have quite a few hundred 1/4 mile passes on this car along with daily driving , long mountain runs. . .fun and some autocrossing , so i can say i know what my car can and cannot do in all aspects

 

doing what you love

 

You bring up some good points, and going turbo will end up being a ver expensive path, IMO. Theres much more than just the cost of the "kit" which is often incomplete and requires you to buy more parts (ECU, etc).

And then if you decide to track the car you will realize you wasted alot of money on a turbo kit and now you realize that the stock brakes might not adequate since youre making lots of power, and your stock tires/suspension/diff cant put down any of that power either....