Hey guys, Im a noob (1st post WOO) so dont flame me too much.

Here's the problem, my family owns a 98 LX 4-cylinder (manual) and are thinking of giving to me for college. My question is, with 120k miles on the odo, is it safe to turbo? I only want 6-8 psi (just to wake the car up a little bit), but ive heard horror stories about stuff going boom on higher-mileage engines. Thanks in advance for any help you can give me on the subject.

 

You should be fine.

 

higher mileage for honda is like 200k+ you are beyond fine. hell you could run 12 safely with good tuning

 

DOOOO ETTT!! yeah you should be fine as long as you tune that thing, and ive heard of boosting motors with more miles than that.

 

High mileage for Honda is non existent... Turbo anything and everything

 

stop guessing, you could blew a brand new motor up if you dont know what you doing.

Do a compression test and leak down test, how should we know how good is your motor? odo dont tell me how you been driving your car, it just a simple mileage counter.

 

Agreed, get on in the FI forum and find out what you need to do to boost this baby. Could go with a pre fabbed kit or go custom like myself. Find a friend or something with a turbo vehicle and every time he yanks a stock piece ask for it at a low price. IMO this is the cheapest and easiest way to go turbo. Just make sure it is tuned correctly when all is done. Also, find a good muffler shop or something to do your piping right. good luck

 

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well said... do research and go custom... it aint cheap but its well worth it!

 

Thanks for the help, guys.

A mechanic friend of my dad's is going to do a full checkup on the engine in a month, and knows a good turbo guy who lives an hour or so away. So, if fundage permits, I should be boosted by the end of June.

 

mos def