for all you people with a swap or turbo, if you could do it over, would you go to the other side? i dont want to turn this into a swap vs turbo issue, thats not the intent of this post. i want the people with experiences on a turbo or a swap to share their info, their headaches. not just the "all motor " or "the pshhhh ownz j00". looking for real informative answers that you really dont know about until you actually go and do it. enlighten us!

 

i put a b18b1 motor in my eg hatch and then i supercharged it. i thought the supercharger was okay at first, then it just sucked. it didn't give the power i wanted to have.

i then sold the jrsc and thought about going getting a gsr motor and selling my b18b swap.

then i ran into a good deal on a turbo kit for my motor. i thought i would give it one more shot with boosting and see how it turns out. i bought the turbo kit, installed it, and now, i wouldn't go back to wanting a gsr motor now.

boosted ls =

 

I had a GReddy turbo kit on my Y8. If I could do it all over again, I'd swap the motor. There's no way I could've <u>legally</u> passed CA smog. If I swapped to like a B16A or B18C1, I'd be legal. If I went that route, who knows what mods I would've bought.

 

buy a better motor that didnt burn oil..

 

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Considering I got a solid 3 weeks out of my boosted EF, and my EG just got a GSR, I'm going to have to say swap. The power of boost is NUTS! But seriously, I don't have to overthink startup and monitor every aspect with the GSR. Jump in and go. Plus, it all plugged right in.

 

sorry im new at this stuf... what about the startup?

 

startup? what do you mean? what you should do first?

 

wasnt the greddy kit that was made for the z6 smog legal?

 

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Yeah, but when I put it on my Y8, it voids its 50-state legality. If a cop bothered to check the CARB EO, he'd see that it's only emissions legal for the 5G Civic, not my 6G. And I ditched the GReddy blue box, and my fuel setup definitely wouldn't pass smog unless I thoroughly tweaked the a/f. Oh, I'm in Sac, too. Nice to see more Sac members on H-T!

 

Turbo'd a C1 instead of going B16 to LSVTEC to B18C/B16head turbo

 

///M

 

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that's kinda funny. i'm thinkin about tradin my civic in on a beemer

 

id do it right the first time and not get over my head and have my car in the garage for a year just buy a full swap and dont be a cheap *** like me it never pays off. oh and give your self a good swap to do stuff to, gives ya more room in the future to do mods, and you wont have to make a crazy *** sohc

 

buy a hatch...not have to do a rice-&gt;clean conversion...bought koni's first hand...saved more at the begining

 

hm i was planning for a turbo setup pending money(which would be a year+) but after reading about the reliability of a swap, im rethinking. yea i know about how if you tune it right then the turbo is just as reliable and whatnot... hmmmmm well at least i have something to think about during school

 

if i woulda had more money....i woulda got something RWD like a 240 and swap an sr20...oh well

 

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thats my post civic plan. or mayb keep the ka and just boost the **** out of it