Civic-EG.com Forum 3.3.1

- Wed Sep 23, 2009 5:22 pm #146499 My eg is a nonvtec. Other than manifold, pressure regulator and the typical things that come in a turbo kit, what would i have to do to my engine to ensure safe operation? MONEY IS AN OBJECT, I want to run about 10 psi safely, Can anyone help??

With that aside, without getting forged pistons, what would be a safe boost limit?????

- Wed Sep 23, 2009 5:52 pm #146520 Well 10psi is cutting it pretty close imo for the stock block.But personaly id just put vitara pistons and rods and do a block gard thats pretty cheap and easy. Were yer gunna wanna put some decent cash is in the tuning, to me tuning is most important! other than that you can always do the build as you break method!

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- Wed Sep 23, 2009 6:01 pm #146530 I agree, tuning is most important. I would research more on turbo setups and how they work. Instead of designing your system to work around a certain psi, you should build your system around a horsepower number. Also what is the car used for? (drag, auto-x, street, dyno queen...) From there you can figure out what kind of turbo you want which is a better starting point than a psi #

Also is your engine d15b7 or d15b8? If it's the b8, then I would not even bother boosting it. The b7 has a little more potential, but not much as the rods are pretty skinny on those motors. The more WHP you make, the sooner/more likely your engine is to go boom. Lower miles is always better when boosting too

If money is an object, you are better off piecing together your own kit which will require a lot of knowledge & research, or chancing it on an ebay turbo kit. Limited budget and turbocharge usually don't belong in the same sentence as reliable

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- Wed Sep 23, 2009 8:04 pm #146608 x2 bump honestly if your just looking at a fun and reliable daily i would put your money into a good b swap put some decent bolt ons and a good tune and ull be very pleased with it...but what does suck about that is you dont get the sweet pppppssssshhhhh sound of the bov =plol!