questions on turbo / super chargin' my civic

[tegy_boi]

I think turbo kit is more reliable for civic.
You need at about 3k at least to spend.

first of all.. turbo will cost u less den supercharging your engine, depending on wat kits or parts you wanna get. Supercharging your engine is mOre reliable than Turbocharging it. But turbocharging will get you more power depending how much you pay for. but with 2 grand i hope u find all the parts to make it run safely..
UNLESS u can get second hand parts or find dem for cheaper.
=)

[Q_ball]

Seriously, if your budget is 2k, dont bother!

[jdm_kid]

dont forget u have to get it tune ! and thats like $700ish !!
if ur gunna turbo ur civic then dont be a tightass other wise its just gunna give u problems

[Ru$kI]

with regard to the D16Y5 engine....my 96 EK is an automatic....which uses CVT transmission...so maybe the manual is SOHC VTEC and the auto is simply SOHC...but that woud seem stupid as they both have the same engine code, meaning they have the same engine. if you go to http://www.dohc-vtec.com.au/pages/specs.htm it shows there that the D16Y5 engine is simply an SOHC engine, where as the coupe is the SOHC VTEC with an engine D16Y8

[Geekstar]

nah its only SOHC. ive got a manual n yeh no vtec =(. oh yeh GREDDY have bolt on civic turbo kits they're bout $2.5k+ish thats just the kit not installing tuning, etc etc. but yeh if you really want turbo sell your ek n get a FC rx-7 13B!!

[Q_ball]

Show me the link for GREDDY bolt on turbo kits for 2.5k?

[Geekstar]

http://www.greddy.com/, click on TURBO menu(on left) then BOLT-ON TURBO KITS, the price is up a bit $2.6k+ my bad.

[Q_ball]

www.greddy.com is an American site, so the prices are all in US$.
Double the prices listed, and you'll get a rough idea as to how much you'll pay for a kit like that in AU$.