I read the sticky on turboing an 05 civic and other posts which all seem to agree that to build a very powerful/reliableturbo setup on this generation takes a lot of money, careful tuning, etc, etc. But most of the turbo kits I see for my model are advertised as being able to bolt on and run at 6psi on a completely stock engine (with no management system or anything). If I wasnt trying to build a monster 20psi street-eater, wouldbolting a kitlike these onto a stock engine work well and be reliable enough to allow the engine to survive several hundred thousand miles too?

 

i really dont know, i dont trust those kits OR the people who write that ****. every car will react different and the D17A2 is very tempermental.

 

anyone who says that it'll run fine with NO management needs a swift kick in the nuts

 

i think hes referring to a piggyback

 

tuning is the biggest part in how long your engine will last. if your gonna spend any decent money on a turbo kit spend it on tuning so your car last more than a couple weeks

 

Your engine will run on the piggyback but your only getting half the cake wkithout a proper tune

 

ya just get a tune it will save you money on maintainace or how ever you spell it, it will save gas get more power and protect you motor more

 

Yup pretty much as I suspected. NO shortcuts when boosting!

 

nope,