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ive been boosted for a yr, 7 psi and my tranny is on its last strings. i have a spare tranny and a spare engine. the engine i would like to build for more boost, but i want to know what u think the max the stock tranny can take with a tranny cooler.

and do u guys think a t3 super60 is too big for our little 1.7's? and where is a good site to buy turbo's at a resonable price? 500ish....hopefully...?

 
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if you do a simple SEARCH, you will get many many results...


a stock d17 will not want anymore than 5ish psi in it to be safe...

 
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or dont turbo a civic

 
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Yeah, there's always that.

 
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Eh. stock can probably hold a lot. Why do you have it rebuilt by that one place, damn i forget what its called. Top 10 or something?

T3 S60 .42/.48 AR is a perfect turbo IMO. PM ME i know place you can get one for $450 shipped

 
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stock tranny cannot take boost, it cant even take a stock engine for more than 50-100k miles. you need the TCI master racing rebuild kit to replace the defective and weak oem clutches. then you will have no problems (with a cooler too ofcourse).

 
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i went to the site n they got ntohing for honda....??

 
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i might be wrong but i think there talking about this one link below

http://www.compperformancegroupstore...ct_Code=559100

 
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yea thats the one

also i recommend ARP HEADSTUDS regardless ive seen people blow/lift headgaskets at like 6-9psi $100 insurance

 
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The head doesnt lift at sub-15psi levels, people blow headgaskets from **** tuning and blame it on the parts. Stock headstuds are fine for most of these daily drivers.

 
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yup^

here is the kit you want karizzle. comes with all the stuff you need including the new clutches.

http://www.lonestarracing.com/shop/p...oducts_id=6939

 
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the price aint so bad for these rebuild kits. now i have 2 questions

1. since i wont attempt to tackle this job myself, how many hrs u think a garage would charge for this job?

2. and the big question.....how much psi can this rebuild kit take? cuz if its worth it, i have a spare d17 vtec sittin here at home that id wanna build for roughly 15psi

 
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Book time is just over 9 hours.......so 9 times approx $80/hr = $720 labor approx, + misc stuff

You cant judge how much PSI it could handle no matter what the application. 7 psi would be a conservative amount it could handle . Im sure it could take more but as you increase HP it lessens the life. You could say it could handle 25psi ONE time but it may blow the second time or 200th time at that psi . You just never know.

 
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ok 1 last thing. if i have a slipping auto tranny, like rly bad condition, will this rebuild kit restore it to mint?

 
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i disagree with this statment.
yes OEM Honda parts are very durable but the gasket, even on a stock D17engine has been known to leak on a 7thgen. there are plenty of members on here that have had it happen including myself. i blew mine @ 12psi on a conservative tune. in every case i am aware of it is the first thing to go after boosting.

 
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the question shouldn't be how much psi can it take, but how much power. 7 psi on one turbo can be something completely different on another.

 
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yeah, better than new. you can actually shift above 4k rpm without hesitation. it will be solid shifts without slip.

 
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Wow, this is one of the more informative threads I've run across in awhile. +rep.

 
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15psi will be unrealistic if you ask me. If anything on your T3 Super60 i'd aim more for 10psi.

You could do that on a stock engine too, ARP headstuds including (trust me spend the $100 now put them on then cost $800 for a new headgasket, my friend learned the hardway) and your TCI overhaul kit.

Or you could have some fun and...

Stage II cam
VS&R
Darton Sleeves
Wesico pistons
Crower Rods

but then you run into the problem of what to tune it with.

K-Pro isn't for auto and neither is AEM EMS, You'd have to use standalone which Emanage, PCS or AEM PIC would be the only option.

 
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i currently have emanage blue. you think that would be ok for 10psi?

and when i said 15psi, i wasnt talking about my current kit. i wouldve got everything new again. start from scratch.