I've been hell-bent on saving up for a GSR motor and then building that up. But I've been recently (new to the imports, sorry) reading up on mini-me buildups and then slapping a turbo on it. The only way I'd do this is if it will still be pretty reliable as it has to be a daily driver. My d-series engine only has 30,000 miles on it now so if I go through with the turbo setup, it will probably have about 35-40k miles on by the time its ready. Any opinions are greatly appreciated.

 

when i was boosted i had no problems for 2 years on my d16y7. only reason i yanked the turbo was cuz i got it used and it was already pretty worn so the miles i put on it did it in, so i decided to go a different route.

 

if your not running alot of boost, its ok. I'm running 7psi on my D16Z6 w/ 150k miles and its really nice. No problems, no bogging, nada. Im 100% happy with it.

As far as reliability goes, do some searching, people boost d16 daily drivers all the time. Its a great block to boost, and unless your running too much boost, should be fine!

 

did you run the turbo on just the y7 or did you do a mini-me swap?

 

whats a good turbo kit that you guys would recommend?

 

if your looking for a kit, go with the greddy if you have the cash.

if your looking for a complete kit, go with the edelbrock. Thats one badass turbo kit for the d16. Its a chunk of change but.. its a GREAT kit.

 

talk to user ricey mcricerton on this board...he ran 13's in his turbo y7 hatch . One thing I would suggest is to at least get a y8 or z6 intake manifold.

 

yeah, after reading the extensive write-up on the mini-me, Im definately getting the EX tranny/head/intake mani first. Probably by the end of april all that will be in (if i decide to go that route). Would I have to get a different short-shifter for the EX tranny or are they basically the same with different gears?

 

any opinions on the type of cam to use or any preferred internals to get the most outta the mini-me?

 

If you have the money get the edelbrock kit. It comes w/ a manifold and everything you need to go turbo. I just received mine and it is a perfect kit.

 

mine lasted at 10psi for 10k miles and the only reason it blew was because of my stupidity in running 20psi. Even then it only bent a valve.

 

yes, another one boooostin.

 

if you have the money i would suggest the edlebrock kit.

 

boost the d series

 

it will be as reliable as your tuning under 8psi daily driven should have no probs and since you are new to the turbo game i would run a greddy or apex kit. also instead of dropping the money on the tranny/vtec head (not that i think they are bad decisions) i would suggest putting that money into pistons/rods(about $700) and then you can run more boost safely.

 

you wont be changing your linkage if you just put in the ex tranny. So NO you dont need a different short shifter. Aren't mini-me setups high compression?? if that were the case a d-series would need hellacious reinforcments to run anything close to 8lbs. Get the edelbrock kit if ya got the cheddar