building the motor up.

[7th_gear]

okay so I had a couple threads awhile ago about my goal of a 300whp civic si(2006) im leaving for basic training and occupational training on Jan 4th, so I'll be banking around 1200 a month (with 0 living expenses), which I'm deciding to pour into this obscene goal of mine. After careful consideration I held back on my impulse to start buying components, especially a turbokit. So I have a pretty good idea about what I'd like to do and what I want this car to look like aesthetically. But before I get ahead of myself with aesthetics, I'm going to build the engine first( credit to speedfoos) my beef is between building a turbokit of my own which can be beneficial to the quality of parts, thus the long life of my engine, as well as the price(cheaper). Or buying a kit that is guaranteed to fit my car from day 1. I know what components I'll need in order to have a working boosted setup, BUT for the life of me(and PLEASE dont tell me to search) CANNOT find a grouping of parts that will function in harmony!!!, this is driving my crazy, and towards pre-mature baldness. Something is always not going to fit! Now before you ask me, I'll tell you. I want to run this turbo around 7-9 psi, because It will be a daily driver and i DON'T want to replace it for a while. I have no objections to ANY manufacturers and or parts pertaining to the build of the turbokit. ANY suggestions for a complete turbokit (while wasting YOUR time will save MINE, and my hairline) would be GREATLY appreciated. I also realize that I cannot simply drop a turbokit in and be done. Having said that, I would like to essentially make the engine bulletproof, I have no intentions of taking this car to the desert and stretching this bitch out to a billion miles an hour. I want to ensure that If and when I choose to dust some punk at the lights A component does not shoot out of the side and clobber some poor lady into a coma! I have every intention of putting new internals in, BUT having read my demands if you haven't gotten bored by this phase of the post, which internals would you say I would be best off sticking too, and which should I avoid, all feedback is once again, appreciated, as long as you don't tell me to read more, I'm just asking for some opinions. Anything else you can think of getting me toward my 300whp goal would also be great. If all goes well the build will be off the ground with about a 10k limit in April(10k to start mind you) The build will be done at my base in Ontario, which is equipped with a full machine/auto shop!! which is great because at my swearing in ceremony(Dec.10th to any who care) I met a pvt who is attending the same training who is a licensed mechanic and has agreed to do ALL work free of charge, so long as I get him greatly hammered from time to time while we are there. He also has a RX-8 which is ****ing QUICK(insert flame here) haha. Anyhoo to those that managed to read this far congratulations, you have a long attention span! start your suggesting.........NOW!

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