Im trying to decide what the next step is going to be with my car. I have a b18a in a 90 crx. Right now i have a turbo kit that i put together for it...but im starting to have doubts about it because its my daily driver and i dont wanna blow the thing up. Well a friend of mine REALLY wants my kit...so he asked me if i want to trade some stuff for it. My kit consists of a revhard mani with a t3/t4(both have less than 4k miles on it), a custom spearco IC, hks ssq bov, all piping, msd inline pump and a 12:1 fmu...and a bunch of misc stuff. He wants to trade me a built ls head with dual valve springs, crower 404's, valve guide seals, and a slight p&p and a skunk2 IM, plus used DC 4-2-1 headers, aem intake, a VIS cf hood, and some used slicks wth very few passes left on them. I drive this car ALOT...so i want it to be reliable. I know that it would be alot faster boosted....but the reliability thing is what im concerened about. What would you guys do? Im not made of money so i cant just replace the engine if it blows...id have to save up for a while. Im torn on this man...i dont know what to do. Thanks

Sean

 

Personally, what I'd do is wait a little while longer (save up $) and get a hondata or some sort of engine management setup installed in the car...tune it for low boost and your good to go.

 

i'd probably save the whole entire setup, get another engine, build it up and swap it in. :-)

 

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my thoughts exactly

 

That would be nice...only i dont have the money to do that and it would take me forever to save up. A built head would be nice...but so would a turbo.

Sean

 

Woah woah you cant give up now, you have purchased 75% of the kit you cant give up now. From your list looks like your lacking these items
*Downpipe - I saw a brand new revhard for $150 in classifieds
*Wastegate - $150-175 used $200 new
*Oil lines- Pm Flamenco-T

Dude go donate some plasma and cut your expenses back for the next month or two and you'll be done before you know it.

 

Actually i have all of that...i have the complete kit. Im just worried about it blowing up because ive been reading alot about that lately. I just want somethign thats pretty fast yet still remaining daily driven. And that is alot of stuff that he awnts to trade me.

Sean

 

Okay well then save and get hondata and get it tuned. To tell you the truth in the last year i have seen less and less "My motor blew" threads. With the increase improvment in standalones and mor eand more experienced tuners go ahead and fininsh your project. Besides its an Ls, even if something does happen you can pick up an ls block for $300-350. Remember "Turbos don't blow motors stupid ****'s with turbo blow motors"