Hey guys im gettin into buildin up my civic.first off id like to know the potential of a d15 motor and any advice on what i should do to it.

 

Welcome to the forum. The D series motor has no potential unless you boost, supercharge, or use nitrous. If you cant afford any of those I would work on the suspension then.

 

What is the main purpose of this car? daily driver, drag, auto-x, road race, show? The end use of the car would dictate the direction you should go in.

-Oliver

 

The use of my car would be like drag/show.
but say i put turbo what is the max power and top speed i could get out of it and also what are the downfalls, i really want to go in that direction but i dont really wanna put money into something thats ganna bone my car in the long run.

 

A properly built/tuned turbo car will be reliable, something that is slapped together with junkyard parts under the old oak tree may have issues down the road. One thing to consider when doing a turbo build is getting a set of lower compression forged pistons. Most piston manufactures make a turbo specific application with a beefier ring land and they can be had for a reasonable price. Also I would consider getting a set of Eagle rods, they will hold about anything you can get out of a SOHC and usually run in the $300 range. I guess all I am saying is if you don't have the money/time to build it right, how can you built it twice?