hey all im going to be selling some stuff and im probley going to end up with about 2,300 or around there and i found a greedy turbo kit for 1,400 on some site. my question is how much would it cost to have a mechanic shop put in a turbo for me im not very mechanical at all so i wouldnt want to be experimenting on such an expensive and sensitive item

thanks for any help
jj

 

Performance shops are going to rape u on installing a full kit. The shop i went to to get a price charged 70 per hour and they said the total cost would range from 500-900 depending on how long it took. i was able to find a mechanic who did work on the side to install my full kit for 370. if i were u i would try to find someone with mechanical experience to put it on and not a shop. good luck!!

 

turbo kits arent hard to install at all.. most of it is just time cosumeing. i would ask so of your friends ( if they have ventured into turbo'd hondas) and do it all as a group. easy and cheap

my .02

 

oil line is the trickiest part. Do it urself.

 

usually it gets tapped into the oil pan directly down from where the turbo is mounted and about 3/4-1inch down from the top of the oil pan flange.

 

if u install it urself i will provide u with as many pics as u want. I installed my own kit, its not too hard, just tedious.

 

install it urself! save ur money for a good tune. its what really matters

 

Im in the same boat as jjones. I dont know a whole lot about engines or mechanics of a car in general. But I do know a good bit about how honda motors are setup. I have been reading constantly for about 6 months about turboing a civic. I was thinking about trying and install my setup in a couple of weeks when I finally have everything together. Do you guys think its something I could pull off if I got some good instructions and pics from some of you guys? I know there are alot of you that installed turbos yourselves but Im assuming you guys are pretty knowledgeable about cars. I just dont want to get a good way into it and find out that Its a whole lot harder than it seemed. Let me know what you guys think.

 

hell yeah it was[:@], but its all good now

 

isnt there a dyi for installing a turbo on this site?

Edit: Found it

looks kinda complicated to me...
https://www.hondacivicforum.com/m_111723/tm.htm