i know this has been done but...

[panda[cRx]]

like i said what do you want as a result? how much power? how much money do you want to spend?

i you want a car with decent power figures that isnt gonna blow up on you you are realistically looking at popping open the engine.
if you just wanna run 5-6psi or something that may not be required.... only thing is you wanna do it on an old engine with most likely alot of kms.

as said before checkout other peoples setups and make some goals for what you want..... so far you are saying like you just want a turbo to be different

if you dont even know what you want and dont do research do u think ur gonna ge a good result from slapping together any random parts?

and no not all 92-96 civics are carby. an si would be a good base for boost (1.6 dohc non-vtec)

[rnbguy]

okay i want 6psi

[rnbguy]

only thing confusing me now is, engine work, changing compression, is that done when i chang the ecu or does that need to be done by a mechanic

[pepper]

honestly, do 95% of the research yourself as most people will lead you down the wrong path. Its your money not theirs so they can suggest anything. Have a look around on what ther people have used for engines in the same car. Then look at what size turbo to go for(trim). Then look at engine management.
Once you have an idea, write it all down. Check with others to be sure it will work. A few technicians on here can look over your stuff and tell you what you could achieve.
B series are probly the easiest to work with as many parts are interchangeable like looms, gearbox, mounts, clusters ect..

this is the best advice

from some of your questions if I were you I'd find a good mechanic

[rnbguy]

man anyone on this forum actually answer questions? lol its cool ill figure it out this post has taught me nothing other then to use the internet?

[panda[cRx]]

if you gave detail in your original post you most likely would have received a straight up helpful answer straight up

you post a question without detail and expect answers without detail

[Mr_will]

okay i want 6psi

saying you want 6psi means nothing. if you were running 6psi on a high compression engine, that could still be making serious power, whereas if you used low comp pistons, or one of those stupid thicker gaskets, you would be making a fair bit less power.

its very obvious that you havent really done any research of your own yet.

i suggest spending some time reading, here, and on www.hondatech.com.au, or www.g2ic.com to get some ideas about turbo'd hondas.

then you can figure out a proposed setup, and people will be far more willing to give you their opinions and thoughts

[Krisi-G]

yusss agreed with MR.will there is a million things to say but actually putting pen to paper is a differnt thing..do the search then hit action man goodluck with it all any probs feel free to PM me

[Muzz]

man anyone on this forum actually answer questions? lol its cool ill figure it out this post has taught me nothing other then to use the internet?

Its not the people trying to answer, its the questions your asking.

heres one for you: i want breakfast, what do i need?

Its imposible for anyone here to give a good well thought out answer to your question, when all you seem to want is "a turbo civic".

For you to be able to ask questions that will get decent responces you will have to take everyones advice and do some research of your own, till you can begin to ask worthwile questions. No one will spoon feed you here, we're not going to tell you what car to buy, what parts to get, work out the best turbo for your setup etc.etc.

As everyone else has said, do some reasearch, theres so much shit out there on the net for you to read, if you want a good result in the end youl want to know whats what for yourself. Its obvious to all of us that you have no idea of what your after any more than "a turbo civic" and you want us to tell you what to do and what youll need, without doing any research of your own.

You havnt even begun to tell us how much you want to spend, the main variable of all of this!
Do you want a reliable turbo setup thats cheap, letting performane take a back seat over cost and reliability?
Do you want to keep the engine internally stock? and just do whats necissary to run a turbo system reliably?
Are you happy to spend a few grand beefing the internals of the chosen engine to push out huge power figures, even before spending money on the turbo kit?
Do you want the best possible components, or are you happy to just have it work reliabily?
Do you wanna run with turbo nissans on the drag strip?

All we know so far is that you want a turbo civic, help us help you

The best thing to do would be for you to work out which car and engine you will be using first. Id say from assumptions, based on your questions, that you truly just want a civic that has a turbo, the finer details dont matter, ill also assume that your not looking for massive power figures.

If this is so your best bet would be to get a civic or somthing with an EFI d series engine.
Leave the engine completly internally stock, bolt on the turbo components (turbo, mani, wastegate, bov, dump pipe, IC etc etc), ecu, and get it tuned.

Theres no need to reduce the compression, for a small budget turbo kit, that wont be chasing huge power figures. The fact that your asking weather or not it is changed by the ecu, shows that you really need to spend a couple of weeks/months researching, learning and teaching yourself about turboing engines. i sugest reading as much as you can in the honda-tech.com forced induction forums. Unless your happy to hand your car and a wad of cash over to a mechanic, and let him do all the work, it would pay for you to try and gain some basic knowedge and understanding of boosting an engine.

Work out what engine you will be boosting, how much you want to spend and what sort of performance/power you want from the engine. Research what turbo setups others are using on your chosen engine, and what it cost them, what power limits there are when keeping the engine internally stock.

The thing is the more reading and research you do, the more you know/understand, the better your choices you will make, the better your setup will be for a given amount of money.

[rnbguy]

there u go, welcome back forum spirit, thats what i wanted to bring out, if someone asks they want breakfast, u ask em what they feel like, sweet or savery, etc...

u asked u want fast or average i answer gradually.. i will do more reading, i just want a turbo thats all, the cheapest way to put a turbo in old shape civic... not after anything more then just the turbo,, if i wanna boost it later i might, doubt it...

is it possible to put a turbo on a carby?

[teaseR]

u might as well buy a turbo and masking tape it to ur engine...
theres ur turbo
you know nothing atm

*shaking his head*

[NeRV]

I think its best that you buy a pre-built civic, theres a few turbo civics on carsales.com.au it will save you money, time and hassles. Ive spent months reading on how to boost your honda and im still learning everyday, so dont rush things, just sit back and read, not just from this forum.

Heres a good link http://www.hondatech.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=399