so does anyone know a good turbo kit for a d16y8? ive heard of people just buying the parts and piecing it together themselves... anyone for or against it? do all turbo kits fail smog test??

 

greddy kit will pass smog at 5psi or whatever it comes with stock,i suggest you get the apexi kit,great deal for $1200 or whatever it sells for

 

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if you want a true bolt-on kit, try the A'PEXi kit or the GReddy kit. My GReddy kit required a little modification to a few small pieces, but it's pretty much a bolt-on affair. If you have the knowledge, patience, and know-how, piecing together your own kit can be very cheap and a good learning experience. But some kits still require ingenuity. CzanSOHC on this board runs the Max Rev kit on his Civic, and he had to do some modding, if I remember.

 

you get beat a lot with ur greddy?

 

go ahead and get a boost controller and some good fuel management too, because you arent going to be happy with 5psi on a civic. Trust me.

 

i have the greddy kit on my Y8 and it was real easy to install. i wish i had waited a little bit longer for the group buy for the apex'i kit. if its still going on u should get the apex kit...and genop is right, u should invest in good fuel management and a boost controller...

boosting is addicting

 

Well to be honest, the greedy turbo kit is by far the best Smog Legal kit. But if you want to piece things together it will take some time to come up with all the right parts. 5 psi is good for about 14.8 to 15.4 1/4 mile times on a fully loaded coupe with the d16y8. If you want more boost a intercooler and a fuel managemnt system will be needed this will easily net you 10 psi and high 13 to solid mid 14 depending on your tires and suspension. Anything above that buy a Max Rev kit or Apexi, Fmax, Rev Hard, or one of the more complete kits.

 

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WTF?

 

u said daily boosted and daily beaten i was just wonderin?

 

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oh, LOL. no, by "daily beaten" I mean the engine is flogged daily. well, not as of late, but when I was driving the car a lot, I'd hit full boost practically every day with redline about once every 3 days. I'm sure my engine loves me! but now the car's in "resting" mode for the next few weeks, so it sits around and looks real pretty in my garage.

EDITED for spelling.

 

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boosting is addicting</TD></TR></TABLE>

$1299 For the Apexi kit on Groupbuy Center! I order one for my wife and the kit came in Brand New in the box!! Quick Shipping Also..

 

I did the custom fab way and I had good results. But yeah for ease of install and peice of mind a kit is the way to go for the week of heart.............lol

When mine gets back in the road it will see full boost to redline frequently...........every day. And if it can't take it, oh well it will blow up and I'll drop another D series in that puppy boost that.

Good luck.

 

yea i was kinda gettin confused.. cool tho.. so can someone name alllllll the ish i need to get... besides the turbo kit itself.. such as complimentary stuff like fuel injectors, blaster coil, gauges, timer... etc ... thanx

 

It's mainly up to personal prefrence and goal. However here's my post and a couple of good sites for information.

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=461064
http://www.wabe.net/silum/turbo.html
http://pollito.no-ip.com/turbod16/index.php

 

Which kits/manifolds, still allow a/c, i've heard greddy and revhard do. You gotta have AC when you live in AZ.

 

I know for a fact Greddy,Apexi and soon the Edlebrock setup allows you to keep A/C. It gets pretty hot here in Florida as well!

 

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I don't know about that one... You must be able to drive really good to get a 14 anythin out of non-intercooled @5psi. More power to ya if you can do it . I'm just sayin, don't get his hopes up.

 

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I know that the FMax kit allows you to still have a/c, go to http://www.turbo-kits.com its pretty expensive, but the turbo can withstand 30psi (not on stock engine of course) but look in my sig and it comes with everything except the greddy profec,the tires and msd 6a. Retail is about $3600, but I got mine from ebay for $1700. The fmax is made specifically to bolt on to the car w/out any major mods. I have talked to a few people with this kit and they have been running 15psi daily driven car for over a year now.

 

I got the max-rev kit, and yes you can keep the A/C. For me it was hard as hell to install, but after all the pain and $$, it's worth it. I'm safely boosting at 6.5psi on stock internals using a v-afc for fuel management only.

It's nothing special or hardcore, but going from 110whp to around 200whp is good enough for me on my first car

 

oh okay if you want to compensate for a bad driver with bad shifting techniques then lets up that to about 1/2 second slower 5 psi =at least 15-2 to 15-7 with 5 psi of boost and 14-2 to 14-8 with 10 pounds of boost then alrighty its not exact just a overall estimate...with street tires of course

 

my boy had a y8 motor and boosted liek 9lbs on it. he used a garrett t3 turbo and made the manifold and got the piping from some kid. it was fast as ****.

 

The apexi kit is WAY to expensive for my taste, even though it is better, don't believe that group buy bullshit, all you pay for 1200 bucks is the exhaust mani, piping, and turbo itself... nothing else... you can get a almost full greddy kit for 1400, all you need is a intercooler and a BOV... i vote greddy for price

 

Wow, a bold statement my friend. Let's be rational and brake it down for a moment. Greddy Kit has everything you need to get rollin including the notorious blue box that makes your car run supper rich which = poor gas mileage. This kit will work perfect for a 92-95 with no problems. Now if this kit is for your 96 an up your going to have to worry about the check engine light unless you get the missing link and even then there is no gurantee it will no throw a code. So you will still be looking for some type FMU unless you want to run rich for ever and not take the complete advantage of the turbo.
Apexi Kit- It comes with everything the Greddy does except a better turbo and NO FMU (Blue Box). So you have a choice to purchase a V-afc which will still have you running rich as well until you get it tuned. So they are the same except for the stupid blue box and the Turbo's. If you are going to go Forced Induction do it right, and expect to spend some money have the car tunned properly and you want run into so many issue down the road. The kit is a really good deal becuase of the quality and potential of the BB Turbo that comes with the Apexi kit and it's cheaper than the Greddy. So it's all depends on if you like doing things right the first time or learning the hard way.

 

Thanks for the backup durretts ,,

I was just trying to keep the detailed guys happy! your right thoufgh with a good driver a 10 psi on a y8 your going to be fast as hell especially with slicks

 

so if i were to do custom... what turbo should i get? is t3/t4 worth all the hype... i want something that spools quick but not too small.. where i can feel the boost around 3000-3500 rpms