There are a couple of things on my mind. I have a 2002 accord coupe I-4 auto. The only mod i have is AEM cai. Now I want to be faster. So I was thinking of getting supercharged. Or would turbo be better? I dont want to spend alot of money. So can someone just give me a quick explaination on which one does what? And if anyone has one for sale, let me know. And also let me know the prices for the turbo and supercharge (on average). Does anyone have any alternative (cheaper ones) to make my slow mobile go faster?

 

there's no supercharger for inline 4

go turbo, your only choice.

if you dont plan to spend alot of cash, stick to bolt on

 

actually you could get a supercharger to work in a custom ati procharger style setup... you are gonna lose your a/c though to get it.

anyways go turbo...

 

turbo is not only the best option for the f22, it's the only one.

turbo - creates boost using your exhaust gas.
supercharger - creates boost using a belt-driven pulley

turbo kit for your car would be between $1800-2800 depending on what you buy, or you can peice together a turbo kit with junkyard parts and stuff for about $1400.

have fun.

 

Bolt-ons, and nitrous.

 

Would it be safe if i put nitrous? And how much would a fairly good kit cost? How much hp will i have total with nitrous?

 

The search feature is your friend. The price of a kit will depend on how big of a shot you are going for. Drag-On on HS is running a 65 shot Zex kit on his auto. He is still using the stock internals. Basically, don't spray below 3500 RPM, or you can say goodbye to your pistons, etc. And you would have to stop spraying when you're about to shift.

 

only bad thing is the cost of filling up like every month or so...

 

why would you want go turbo on a such a new car?? i assume you still are under 36K. i wouldn't do anything till you get close to that mark, no point in voiding your warranty so soon. also look at the reliability issue, i assume you count on this car to go to and from work/school everday. a turbo honda should not be your only means of transportation. if you want faster sell it, while it's still worth something.

imo, i don't understand why so many people buy a new accord and want to dump so much money to make it faster ie. forced inducion while at the same time destroying your resale, voiding warranty, and making it less reliable when you could have just bought something faster from the start.

.02$

 

I was under the impression that if installed correctly a turbo would not sacrifice reliability depending on the amount of boost.

Anything over 10 p.s.i. will need constant attention.

Up to 6-9 p.s.i. is okay for daily driven cars. Mainly reliability comes down to installation. If the people know what they are doing. If everything is done correctly and tuned properly there shouldn't be a problem. The hardest part is finding someone who knows what they are doing. It won't violate the warranty, unless the damage is due to the modification...

There isn't anything wrong w/ modifying a car once you get it, if that's what ya wanna do. Because once he turbo's his car he's already faster than all the cars that's already like his.

 

don't bother with anything. Your tranny will blow up. Lots of them do without any forced induction.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by AccordDriver03 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I was under the impression that if installed correctly a turbo would not sacrifice reliability depending on the amount of boost.

Anything over 10 p.s.i. will need constant attention.

Up to 6-9 p.s.i. is okay for daily driven cars. Mainly reliability comes down to installation. If the people know what they are doing. If everything is done correctly and tuned properly there shouldn't be a problem. The hardest part is finding someone who knows what they are doing. It won't violate the warranty, unless the damage is due to the modification...

There isn't anything wrong w/ modifying a car once you get it, if that's what ya wanna do. Because once he turbo's his car he's already faster than all the cars that's already like his. </TD></TR></TABLE>

turbocharging a motor that was designed for NA is never going to be as reliable as if the motor was stock. like you said finding competent people is part of the equation too. why risk it with a new car?? sell it for something faster while you can.

i guess i don't understand why some of these people bought the 4 cylinder accords over a lude or V6 when they had the chance to if they really wanted more power.

 

FYI - the owner of honduh.com (new web board) is claiming to have a prototype JRSC on the way for his 6th gen Accord! I've contacted JR a few times, and they skirted the question, but he is claiming to have it on the way. If it's smog legal, I may consider the SC as an FI option even tho it's less power, as I'm in MA and we now have wonderful dyno emissions testing.

 

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FYI - the owner of honduh.com (new web board) is claiming to have a prototype JRSC on the way for his 6th gen Accord! I've contacted JR a few times, and they skirted the question, but he is claiming to have it on the way. If it's smog legal, I may consider the SC as an FI option even tho it's less power, as I'm in MA and we now have wonderful dyno emissions testing. </TD></TR></TABLE>

I would go turbo, i know of a shop that can make you a nice custom set-up and probably will pass emissions too. http://www.trickengineering.com

 

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I would go turbo, i know of a shop that can make you a nice custom set-up and probably will pass emissions too. http://www.trickengineering.com </TD></TR></TABLE>

funny you say that, I was rolling down 93 up near Methuen when a Plymouth COLT came up and started riding my ***. I was like WTF, didn't feel like racing/f'n around, so I just kept going, he rolled up next to me & I heard the BOV pssssst, and he took OFF. His back window said trick engineering. Glad I didn't race him! I may have to go pay them a visit & check out the shop. Have you had any work done there? Good experience? thanks.... -B

 

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funny you say that, I was rolling down 93 up near Methuen when a Plymouth COLT came up and started riding my ***. I was like WTF, didn't feel like racing/f'n around, so I just kept going, he rolled up next to me & I heard the BOV pssssst, and he took OFF. His back window said trick engineering. Glad I didn't race him! I may have to go pay them a visit & check out the shop. Have you had any work done there? Good experience? thanks.... -B</TD></TR></TABLE>

yeah i have seen that car, total **** box huh. i didn't know it was turbo, i thought it was just a friend of the shops beater car.

yeah these guys used to work for performance racing in methuen. they did my swap. their new shop is near me and they will be dyno tuning my car soon. they do great work and are nice guys that are not trying to rip you off like the owner of performance racing.

 

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yeah i have seen that car, total **** box huh. i didn't know it was turbo, i thought it was just a friend of the shops beater car.

yeah these guys used to work for performance racing in methuen. they did my swap. their new shop is near me and they will be dyno tuning my car soon. they do great work and are nice guys that are not trying to rip you off like the owner of performance racing.</TD></TR></TABLE>

total **** box!! little red piece of crap, that's the ultimate sleeper - a colt!

Thanks for the info, they have a dyno there too, huh? definitely going to have to take a road trip and check them out. Wish I lived in NH w/ no emissions. Someday... I always like to hear from people first hand before I let anyone work on my vehicles. Do most of my work myself, prefer it that way!

 

^they don't have a dyno themselves, but they go to ***** in pelham, nh and he lets them use it. they help him out on stuff cause he sucks.

where are you located? the shop is probably 8 minutes from the 125 in haverhill, ma.

 

Why risk any modification to the car? AEM, Headers, Intake, Exhaust? Why use premium gas instead of regular? Why modify an RSX? Why put in a stereo system to any car?

All it boils down to is personal preference. He got the car and he wants to make it faster. Simple. New car or not. I'm sure there are people w/ new civics, rsx's, accords, suburu's, etc. that fix up the car once they get it out of the lot.

Honda's have been put through the turbo test for awhile now. It's not all that uncommon on honda engines. Mainly it's how you drive and who puts it in. I'm turbo'ing my accord soon, if i wanted a different car, I would've bought a different car. Why else do you think h22a/turbo is such a hot topic in the accord forums???

 

going turbo is a hell of lot different than adding bolt-on performance parts.

h22 turbo is such a hot topic, but look how many actually do it.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by KGAccord &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">^they don't have a dyno themselves, but they go to ***** in pelham, nh and he lets them use it. they help him out on stuff cause he sucks.

where are you located? the shop is probably 8 minutes from the 125 in haverhill, ma.</TD></TR></TABLE>

I'm in Peabody, MA - North Shore. Two of my buddies live in Methuen and I have another friend in Havehill, however, so I'm up in that area every now and then. Problem is I work 7-5 every day except Sunday (ok 8-3 Saturday), so I'm not sure when I could get there when someone would actually be there!

 

^i don't believe they leave right at 6:00 pm. if you are really interested i would call them and i'm sure if you tell them you can get their for 6:00-6:30 they will be there to talk to you.

 

I think I may do just that. I'd love to go up there to meet them and see what they have going on up there. I really want to go the FI route, I just don't want to have problems with emissions... Thanks for the info.