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Im just really curious, ive been reading a lot of threads on here lately, and was just wondering who on here is haveing or has had problems with turboing their civic? if so what is/was it?

 
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not to sound mean, but if someone does have a problem.... it is posted here in the FI forum

 
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I had a fuel line pop off once but that was just stupid carelessness put a good clamp on it and it's been fine ever since.

 
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are there any auto vics that are boosting on here?

 
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probably, but im just crouis. *bump*

 
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Money

 
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yeap I am on 12psi and no issues as far as boost or engine yet. I had tranny problems but thats built now thanks to TCI Auto and I have a spare tranny that i'm planning to send to Level 10

 
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yeap i'm auto and boosted. running 8 daily and 10 racing. but i'm going to put a 5-speed in this fall.

 
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Isnt that a bit much on the Tranny?
Do you have a tranny cooler?

 
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Hey eye, did you like send it to them and they put like 3 grand worth of parts in, what exactly did they do to it? I see they have alot of seperate parts listed on their website, so I'm just wondering

 
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i do have a tranny cooler. so 8 is fine but 10 is dangerous. that's why i tell everyone i'll be the first to find out how much boost the auto can handle. when it does go i don't really care because i'll drop a 5-speed in it. mainly because 1st gear is soooo slow in an auto since it takes forever to get up so the turbo can spool. so off the line the car is slow but if i'm moving just a little bit then i can take off right away and stock srt-4 can't take me. if their boosting around 17-18 then they have me by a car length. but for an auto i think it moves real well.

 
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1st gears slow? Crap first gear goes by in like 2 seconds in my car, it's second gear thats slow, but that's cause the auto has much longer gears

 
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do you have a performance torque converter? i mean first is all right but not untill about 3500 or if it drops from 2nd or 3rd into first then the car goes crazy fast.

 
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oh yeah you got me there LOL

 
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what exactly have you put into the tranny i'm thinking of just putting in a torque converter right now, where did you get yours and how much if you don't mind me asking?

 
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so like how does it work for you, right now the stock one if i mash the gas 1st goes by in like 2 seconds, 2nd is meium fast, and 3rd is like i never get out of it lol, hows the new TC treating you? Just wondeirng cuz I'm going to get mine soon

 
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cooler lol thats it, im looking into doing the rebuild since im buying a second auto tranny. I figure rebuild that usuing some level 10 stuff, than swap trannys out for no downtime =)

 
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the tranny cooler definitly helps. i didn't even get one with a fan and all of that crap i just mounted it behind the grill so air could hit it nicely and it would still be hidden. the car shifts i'd say better with the cooler and turbo on the car.
as for driving it like i said from a stop i'll mash it and it will pull like stock untill about 3500 then the turbo kicks in and later vtec and the car is gone....... when it shifts into 2nd the rpms don't drop under about 4000 so it will keep pulling in 2nd and 3rd untill about 115mph and after that i'll slow down because i don't want to kill myself.

 
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So, what do you have done. The cooler and a performance torque converter? Where did you get the tq converter from? I'm trying tog et all the facts on good products before I buy mine. My tranny cooler is actually mounted to the left right behind the old foglight hole, so it funnels air down there. It looks really sick =)

 
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i thought you had a torque converter thats why i asked. i'm still debating on getting one or just doing a 5-speed swap. but level 10 stuff is really good.

 
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You have a torque converter don't you? Who made yours?

 
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yes i have a tq converter but it's the stock one from honda. i don't know if i'm going to put a performance one in or a manuel tranny instead.

 
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Oh weird lol. I meant my stock one also. It goes by crazy fast like hiting the gas rom a dead stop 1st gear goes thorugh in like 1 and a half seconds. LOL I kinda wanna rebuild my car with an auto tranny rebuilt so when i sell it the vin matches with the transmission lol

 
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yeah i thought you were eye_see_you he has a built auto tranny. i thought about the vin number thing too but i don't think it will matter too much unless i sell it to a dealer which i'm not going to do.

 
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ok I think i'm pushing my auto more than others are... I'm running 12 psi daily on my auto and have had it to 15-16 psi a few times running it. The tranny has been rebuilt with TCI auto parts and no issues so far. I'm also running Red Line fluid instead of the regular stuff. No tranny cooler yet because I've had no problems with that I was having issues with slipping before I even boosted so it was just the know Honda tranny problem.

Now my spare tranny that I got is goign to level ten for building and i'm thinking of adding the tiptronic controller to the tranny as well.

 
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Yeah, but what parts did TCI use? I mean there are a ton of parts, but a "rebuild" looks like it would conists of the PTS kit and the new toraue converter

 
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if you upgrade the torque converter. I had my tranny rebuilt with just the TCI PTS kit which is just upgraded clutch discs from what I seen.

 
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ah, and it's working good?

 
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So far what i'm understanding is that I need to build my tranny before I boost. do you guys have a list of parts I need to do that?