why the %$^ 01+civic turbo kits cost sooo muuchh????
 

3,200 and up, what the heck they think we are??? :yell:

supply and demand. :shrug:

3200$? i thought they were around 2000$ for the SF kit? or maybe its just been a while... either way it is the best HP mod you can do so of course it is going to cost alot!

i know the TSI kit was quoted at $3000. That is pretty crazy though, when that kit only does liek 5lbs of boost. maybe if it came with a turbo that was worth something, then it wouldnt be so bad paying it. but now, you gotta buy the kit and then get a decent turbo. and by decent i mean with at least 12lbs of boost.

stock internals on the d17 can only take 7-8lbs of boost i thought?

the problem i think is that these kits out right now for our car cost as much as a Carb Legal Greddy Turbo kit (if they made one for our car). not like i am saying the kits out there are not proven, but as least get it carb legal and still have decent gains.

I think its just greed. If your one of the only shops in town you can set your own prices! If someone got smart they would make a decent base kit and charge 1500-1800 for it.

The volume of buisness from such a price would be huge!

If your looking for a killer turbo then 3000+ is ok I guess (depends) but guys like me who are just looking for a few more ponies dont need the extra stuff that most high end kits include.

if turbo kits were 200 dollars, then even your mom would have one....
and who wants your mom's car?

from what i hear our cars can handle 13 pounds on stock internals. im runnin 8 pounds right now.

man, my mom has a grand prix GTP SUpercharged
 

She has a Grand Prix GTP Supercharged, so is good at blasting some stupid ass tiburons and corollas xrs :tongue:

What kidna power are you gettin from the 8lbs?

damn i would want to life in the state!!if you say 3000$ here its like if its for
nothing!here in belgium you will have to pay alot more! because it's get shipped
wen i arrives here you have to pay like 21% taxes and 7% import!
So it wil be like an 4000€ to pay up!!

^^ that sucks!

Yea my mom has a BMW M3 but I like your mom as a ride much better

my kit was $3,200........but, i got about $5,000 into it

it's not that the kits are expensive, it's just that you're really poor.

I could be wrong, but I believe TrueHonda.com sells a turbo kit for 7thgens for about $600....but I'm not 100% sure.
~Mike D.~ :cool:

ya its called an imagination turbo

ok i was wrong its not truehonda its this site,... http://www.turbocalculator.com/sale-turbokits.php
~Mike D.~

that is just the turbo and fmic ......not a complete kit

if i had admin rights i would have already lock this thread and banned the noob.

im pretty shure that would only work with d15/d16, our manifold is different right? if that kit worked people would be all over it, with aems ems out now thats all you need + some odds and ends, oil and fuel system...

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Yeah I'm almost 100% positive that the manifold is for the d16's. Even so, if you wanted to you could have a machine shop fab you up a manifold for a couple hundred bucks and some IC piping for a couple hundred bucks and you'd have a turbo for 2000. Then you'd need to grab a ems for fuel.

hmm..is forced induction too much stress on an auto tranny ? what would be safe for running boost on an automatic?

Build your own damn kit! It'll cost soo much less!

i thought it was much more expensive to build the kits from scratch?

Thats what I think, give it a year or two they should go down

civic01vtec for your 2F2F question. I thought that was a purge for the NOS set up that he has in it. I believe it has nothing to do with the blowoff valve. I've seen a setup like that before but the guy told me that was from his nos not blowoff valve.

4psi with tranny cooler