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Old 07-29-2008, 11:33 PM   #5 (permalink)
Vince-HX
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Originally Posted by whokilledthejams View Post
Aftermarket turbos on any NA vehicle are an iffy proposition at best. You'd be better off taking the same money, and getting a 2nd car as a toy.

...that is unless, of course, you <i>enjoy</i> having connecting rods punch holes through your engine block.

Good tuning is key to a long healthy life on a stock engine. For example there are two civics here that push 200+ hp and 170 tq on bone stock engines, and I mean untouched One engine, d15b, was making about 175hp for 30,000 miles and started to smoke but still ran fine, engine had 215,000 miles total. D16z6's have been know to push over 300 hp pretty reliably. I recommend using Neptune or Hondata for engine mngt and have a good tuner @ hand.

You are going to spend @ least $2500 for a good quality kit installed yourself and tuned professionally. So yeah, its a bit of pocket change.


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I see not many people have boosted hondas in the past. You'd need to work out the tuning yourself, would be easy if you got rid of lean burn, but very possible.

Actually leanburn can still be had on a tuned turbo vtec-e engine. It can even be tuned to be more efficient than the factory tune

A coworker of mine is going to install a dual stage vtec d15b this weekend and use Hondata S300 and Locash for tuning. The engine has leanburn, vtec-e, and a normal vtec and can be tuned from top to bottom with the s300.

The head ports and valves are pathetic compared to a d16y5 hx engine but still respond well to forced induction. Imo 175hp is the reliable limit for a d15.

A few companies sell custom rods and piston kits for a d15 that allow much higher boost pressures and people have had 500+hp on them.
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