Serious opinions / help needed guys...

[type one]

Well in the end i want a turbo, and i know that a 3 " exhaust is what i'll need if i go turbo, and yeah, thinkin maybe saving is the best option... in your honest opinion guys, would it be easier to go a bolt on kit or get a custom turbo setup... i want a bit of power in the end, lookin maybe 200 kw

200kw = a bit of power?? wowsers

Are we talking 200kw atfw? How do you think your civic is going to hold this power to the ground? I think your best bet is to save your cash and do some more homework.

Go a Custom turbo on your d16y and hope that it does what a turbo should do - make boost. Don't concentrate on numbers, cos you will be chasing dyno figures around all day long.

[type one]

but a h22a conversion ur lookin at at least 5k arent u?

Hully

sorry had to quote this one as well. A turbo setup for your d (in Australia saxman - cos of our parts availability/expertise) will cost you approximately 5k with an a better than average ecu.

[CONAN]

450 a fortnight? wow you must be rorting it hard to be getting that much.
and if it was Lergit, then you should be using that 450 elsewhere other than a turbo.

but anyway, mr. living off the government, get a stage 1 turbo kit. run low boost, that should be fun for a while. And then get the usual stuff like exhaust, air filter etc. That should set you back around 3k depending on where u go for it.

But for now, I say you save up the money first, then see what it will allow you to do.

[iceman_vti]

How about you get a job and stop wasting tax payers money?

I have a job ^_^ as said before, i pay tax, so stop ya crying ... saxman how the F$%K did you do a turbo for under $1000!!! i find that almost impssible unless you have a turbo no bigger than a 5 cent piece

Hully

[saxman]

that was running a td05h 15g... the turbo that comes in the greddy kit. Happened to get a good deal on it through a friend. There are tons of people that pick up used turbos and run really cheap set ups. My new set up, with the T3 60 trim, custom equal length manifold, etc will be a bit closer to 1800-2kish

things are quite a bit cheaper here in the states. Just need to order your parts from here, and find someone to do the install and tune that isn't going to charge rediculous shop prices

[Waggy]

Saxman is from the US, so I'm guessing he is speaking in US Dollars.

1,000.00 USD = 1,322.88 AUD
2,000.00 USD = 2,645.76 AUD

1 USD = 1.32288 AUD 1 AUD = 0.755927 USD

^ Figures from Xe.com (current)

And keep in mind (and I'm not having a dig at you Saxman), a lot of American fellas get "ebay turbos", which are SUPER cheap but errr...haven't really got the greatest reputation. A decent turbo + installation + tuning from a GOOD TRUSTWORTHY dealer is probably going to cost 4-5k (like type one said).

[saxman]

Saxman is from the US, so I'm guessing he is speaking in US Dollars.

1,000.00 USD = 1,322.88 AUD
2,000.00 USD = 2,645.76 AUD

1 USD = 1.32288 AUD 1 AUD = 0.755927 USD

^ Figures from Xe.com (current)

And keep in mind (and I'm not having a dig at you Saxman), a lot of American fellas get "ebay turbos", which are SUPER cheap but errr...haven't really got the greatest reputation. A decent turbo + installation + tuning from a GOOD TRUSTWORTHY dealer is probably going to cost 4-5k (like type one said).

nope, xe.com is my friend to, I've been converting everything to AUD

and yah, a lot of people use the ebay turbo(or should I say SSAC/xs power/stone mountain), but most of the worth mentioning cheap turbo set ups are using genuine garrett turbos...

personally, I use a garrett T3 60 trim... everyone I've personally installed other than my old td05 has been a garrett T3 or one trim or another, no cheap knock offs here

[type one]

funnily enough there was a d turbo kit for sale on thiS FORUM one week ago... greddy kit with the turbo saxman mentioned tdo5 a la wrx... $1500.

by the way i much prefer oanda.

[saxman]

the td05h 15g in the greddy kit is actually a different turbo than the wrx... probably quite similar in size though. The greddy turbos are a bit different than the other ones sharing their type/trim just different housings/flanges for the most part

[type one]

hmmm, sounds like a technicality hehehe.

can it be replaced one for one if say for example, the greddy turbo goes kerplunk?

[saxman]

hmmm, sounds like a technicality hehehe.

can it be replaced one for one if say for example, the greddy turbo goes kerplunk?

nope, won't bolt up

you can, however, use the greddy 19t found in the kit for the b16 powered civics with some minor mods...

[Waggy]

Alright ok! I'm not that clued in on turbos.