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i have heard that turbo charged engines require more maintenence. what exaactly would that mean?[IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-confused.gif[/IMG]

 
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it means u gonna spend twice or more money on maintenence if u put turbo in

 
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It's because u will always have to check on it...cause there might be more problem ..
dat's why...

 
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when you get a a turbo, you're gonna be pumping a lot more air into your engine, and from that extra air, you're engine will be generating a lot more power, which leads to more stress on the motor. and if you do decide to alter your fuel settings, there's a lot of play in that area.
I'm sure there are many threads on info on turbos, search and you'll see what i'm talkin about

 
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You don't necessarily need to spend to spend THAT much more...
Just make sure you don't skimp when it comes to gasoline and oil, and get a turbo timer.
Aside form that, just inspect all hoses and fittings regularly.
Today's turbo applications, whether factory-installed or aftermarket kits, are far more reliable and efficient.
If afternarket, installation and quality of components will be what make or break the kit.

Edit -- Of course, do also get at least these gauges: Boost, Oil pressure, A/F mixture, and EGT (Exhaust Gas temperature).

 
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well what is the purpose of knowing the exhaust gas temp?

 
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edit: what i wrote was a little off so here is exactly what a EGT gauge does (taken from extrememotorsports.com)

An EGT gauge is an alternate way of determining your air/fuel ratio. Unlike air/fuel ratio gauges, which read out the value of the stock oxygen sensor, the EGT gauge measures exhaust gas temperature to determine if your car is running lean or rich. A high temperature implies a too-lean mixture, which can damage your engine.

 
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To warn you of and prevent you from running lean.

Read for yourself

Some more...

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thanks jon.

 
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With a turbo I would...

- change the oil and oil filter sooner
- change the plugs sooner
- monitor all guages
- wait for turbo to cool down (turbo timer is nice for this)

Basically just monitor everything for wear and tear and make sure that dangerous situations do not exist.

 
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definatly turbo timer...

 
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what does a turbo timer actually do? im not to familiar with turbos and all.

 
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All it does is keep the engine running for a while until the oil temperature goes down. Well, some kind of temperature anyway. Probably oil. They also bumdle them with other features. Clock? Various playback, warning gizmos. They're simple things, so companies want you to get the most bang for your buck.

 
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Besides what everybody else has said, the other major problem with tubo is heat. Turbo will a basicly shorten the life on anything thats plastic or not sheilded. The stock radiator's life well be shorten because they are plastic. If you stay somewhere like florida, your engine bay mite get so hot that your battery pops.

You realy don't go throught plugs faster but you do need to keep and eye on your oil quailty.

 
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Shorten the life of anything plastic? [IMG]i/expressions/laugh2.gif[/IMG]
Shorten the life of anything that isn't shielded? [IMG]i/expressions/laugh2.gif[/IMG]
The stock radiator is plastic? [IMG]i/expressions/laugh2.gif[/IMG]'

Dude, please read up on turbo's before saying anything else.

 
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I have a turbo kit on my 3gen prelude now! Yes, honda stock radiators are plastic the core is metal.
I've had my power stearing hose go. It was new. Others I know have had problems with
their alts cooking sensors suddenly going crazy when egine bay temp goes up. Most of my heat problems are doubled because it get so hot in Florida.

I've had turbo in my lude for about 3years now.

Just so you know I only speak when I know what I'm talk about most of the time I just read posts.
All the things I've listed I have seen first hand no hears say crap! They are wore case. I've know of some people who haven't
had any problems.

 
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Ah, okay. Gotcha. Yeah, unshielded plastic parts will get damaged. Especially near the turbo. Like the fan shrouding. A heat shield around the turbo is a good idea. Our radiators aren't plastic though. They're all aluminum. Sorry for laughing at that. It just seemed like you had no clue what you were talking about...

 
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You'll be amized at how the addtional heat make things "age" fater. I've only opened my civic's hood 2 times cause I get yelled at by friends and famliy cause they think I'm going to add mods. I would be very surprise to see honda go to solid metal radiators. Most auto manufactures use plastic to cut costs. Right now It's pretty sad to see how much honda (america) has cut coners. My main gripe right now is these cheezy @ss climate control buttons If I even much as fart too hard my ac button goes off or the in out side air thingy goes off.

Anyways I'll check the radiator to night when everybody is a sleep. If my girl catchs me, I wont get any nooky for a week.
I can't even change the dam oil [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-disgusted.gif[/IMG]
At least she let me keep the lude

 
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Hehe, "age" faster. That's actually a good way to put it. Heat = motion = time? Anyway...
Honda has definately cut some corners. For example the damned thing that holds the spare tire down in back.
It's spot welded at only two corners. Guess what happened with mine? It tore off!
I epoxied it back on, but it tore off again. I'm epoxying it back on one more time.
If it comes off again, then I guess I'll have to weld it?

Hehe, no nookie! [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif[/IMG]

 
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I checked, the end tanks are still plastic. Funny the first thing I noticed about my rearend was how unforgiving it was when I went over bumps. Yet another thing honda cut coners on when they redid the civic. I guess you would have to tig it back on? Never had much luck with epoxy. I would just unscrew it an let it flop around. Rather do that instead of risking a hole when It rips out. You talk about spot welding being shabby. What about all the friggen epoxy glue the use to hold our cars together. I epoxy is suppose to be better then welding cause it allows even amount of flex but come on.

 
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Well yeah, the reserve tanks are plastic. That's not the same as saying that the radiator is plastic though.