04civicman87

Hey guys i'am having a hard time deciding whether or not to turbo my motor or go with nitrous. If a turbo what should i go with? If nitrous then what? Give me some feed back.

04|5spdCivic

you need to know what you want. if you want somthing cheap that will give you power. you dont need to tune it too much. but you should get it tuned a little bit to make sure your running safe. for less then a thousand dollars you can have a nice reliable nitrous setup.
on the other hand nitrous will eventually become more expensive then turbo because you have to fill the bottle like say once a month. thats 50 dollars a month for however long.
if you want somthing you can have for along time save up for turbo. otherwise get nitrous then save up for turbo.

eye_see_you

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you can spend money all the time you want your bottle filled or you can get a turbo and always have boost but remember that you always will have some costs for boost due to it being a N/A car from the start and honestly .. turbo is better

no replacement for displacement

civic01vtec

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n2o = $500 plus refills

turbo = $5,000

eye_see_you

iTrader: (13)

thats not true either .. a kit can be had for less shopping around makes the difference.

civic01vtec

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True, i got my kit for $3400 but i got about $5000 into it.

04civicman87

About how much will a custom turbo setup cost me?

ajhdragon

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if you piece together a turbo setup. you can probably do one for around $3000 includeing downpipe, full exhaust and management system(exp e-manage)

spoonJDMlX

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uh, n2o = very very unsafe...a leak and your done

but turbo, atlest you can kinda turn it off witha b/c.

plus turbo sounds sexy witha greddy BOV

Thuener

swaps are the most reliable way to go, otherwise turbo it up.

Matulin407

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i would say turbo, im in the same boat, but i found my destiny. It wil be boost

and probally will be the end of me. Or atleast my car.

Nick

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U cant turn off a turbo with a boost controler. U can only go as low as the w/g spring.

exturbo6

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id say if your going to turbo go with Dezod turbo kit...it comes with everything youll need in one shot..if i went back to a turbo id buy his kit..just my .02


http://www.dezod.com/pd_dezod_motorsports_d17.cfm

http://www.dezod.com/pd_dezod_motors...ge_1_power.cfm

http://www.dezod.com/pd_dezod_motors...ge_i_turbo.cfm

Thrasher086

I'd pay more for the turbo. Sounds nicer on the car and makes it legal.

Boilermaker1

iTrader: (16)

A custom turbo set up depends on too many things. Mines looking at running about 3400 + the tuning. Then a new clutch and more than likely a headgasket and ARP studs just for extra insurance. So the 5000 number is probably about right for a comprehensive job. and thats w/o installing. Do the work yourself.
If you pick up someone's used kit, I've seen them below 2K, but some of that stuff in these kits needs upgrading. A used Dezod kit would be a pretty good score if it comes with everything.
The turbo is a huge chunk of the price, a less espensive turbo will keep the price down (mine was over a G, it didn't keep the price down). I've seen T3s for as low as 299, prolly rebuilds, but none the less a basically "new" turbo from sources that a lot of people don't have complaints with.
The thing will nickel and dime the **** out of you though.

Mutha Fn FBM 85

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if you have the money go for the turbo.