questions on turbo / super chargin' my civic

Sup people..
I'v got a '96 Civic VTi EK.

I don't know much bout turbo or super charging civics.:confused: I want to turbo charge my civic. Just got a few questions....

1. Turbo charge or super charge civic?? And why??
2. How much $$$ for the kits each???
3. What's included in the kits (FMIC, piping, turbo etc. etc.)?
4. What other changes would i need to do to the car (eg. new sports clutch,
exhaust system all the way etc. etc.)
5. How much would it cost to install the kits?
6. How much more kw's will the car pull afterwards?

That's all the questions i got for now... I mite have more later~!!!

Any advice and feedback will be very much apreciated!!!

There are so many options, how much do you want to spend?

Generally...

1. Turbo charging will give you more power in the higher revs, supercharging will provide more torque down low. Its better to turbo a Civic.

2. Kits range from around $1500-$10000+ depending on how much power

4. An upgraded clutch will be needed if its a decent turbo, the most important is a brake upgrade for legal reasons. You may need to get higher flowing fuel injectors depending on psi.

6. Depends on how much psi and how much u wanna spend. 50kw->200kw+

say for example i only weant to spend around $2000 for the turbo kit...
What knd of turbos wuold i be looking at ???
Whould it be an aftermarket turbo or one from another car???

The engine is a B16A yeah? There are alot of options for this engine, google for B16A+turbo

Plus there is heaps of info in these forums, clicky:
http://www.ozhonda.com/forum/search.php?searchid=17698

A member called '_kris' has/had a turbo EK VTi-R, u may wanna PM him about specifics: http://www.ozhonda.com/forum/member.php?u=6449

http://www.ozhonda.com/forum/search.php?searchid=17698 >> link doesnt work eurodude

Dude u got a 96 EK sedan ay from what I can remember. I recall ur thread how u snapped up ur car for a bargain n a half. Well if i am correct, then ur engine is the same as mine, ie D16Y5. If i mixd u up wid sum1 else, then ignore the below bit :p

If u wanna do engine mods then i suggest possibly getting a DOHC VTEC engine to begin with...i've never heard anyone turbocharging / supercharging a SOHC non-VTEC engine since they by themselves arent really 'performance' engines. The D16Y5 only puts out 88kw stock.

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Originally Posted by Ru$kI

If u wanna do engine mods then i suggest possibly getting a DOHC VTEC engine to begin with...i've never heard anyone turbocharging / supercharging a SOHC non-VTEC engine since they by themselves arent really 'performance' engines. The D16Y5 only puts out 88kw stock.

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There are plenty of FI D-series engines around, maybe not in Australia, but definately over in the States!
If you turbo/supercharge any engine, it'll turn it into some sort of performance, regardless of what it's like b4 the conversion!
Turbocharging your D-series engine will increase performance considerably, however reliability is a different story (not saying that it cant be reliable tho, jst dont wanna go into detail).
Now, if you only have 2K to play with, i wouldnt go turbo at all.
Theres jst too many things to upgrade that 2k jst cannot cover.
Just support parts, ie clutch, brakes will be over 1k, leaving u with 1k to do pretty much nothing.
Save up more, minimum id recommend is 5k, THEN consider turbo charging your D-series motor.

what would be recomanded if ytou wanted say performance of about a stocko commodore.

but wanted to keep the d16y..

I have bought my ek1 but the engine is so young (45,000) So i dont want to scrap the engine for a b16,b18.


What would a supercharger kit cost say for running 7 psi safely.

Stock commodores arent all that - turbo chargin you ek1 will easily be better than a standard v6 commo!
Supercharger costs, NFI!
Turbo wise, it really depends wat sort of kit u get.
You can easily run 7psi on stock internals with a simple bolt on kit, roughly 4-5k, dependant on brands, and where you buy it from.

i didnt mean commodores are fast.. i just ment thats the sort of power i would be happy with.

So i could safely run say 7 - 9 psi on a turbo kit.

and cost 4-5k with installation or just for parts.

7-9psi should be fine, but theres a lot of things to consider, the tune, condition of the engine etc.
4-5k is jst for the kit, excludes installation.
Most places would charge roughly another 1k for labour with a bolt on kit.

o ok thanks for hte info.