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#2187167 - 01/03/08 04:10 PM turboing my civic
badbuddha88 Offline
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I'm thinking about buying the greddy turbo kit for my fg2 civic si, but i don't know much about it and can't find much about it. does anyone know the power output at the different psi, and how much psi can the stock motor handle? also, i've searched youtube, and have not found anyone with a blowoff valve for it. i know that blow off valves can be put on turbos, but is there a reason why no one is putting one on the 06+ civics? i honestly, love the sound of the valve, and would like to put one on, but not to hurt the performance of my car. any answers and thoughts? anything would be greatly apperciated.

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#2187214 - 01/03/08 04:22 PM Re: turboing my civic [Re: badbuddha88]
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I thought you needed some sort of BOV or diverter valve in order to prevent compressor surge (is that the right term?)

IDK, anyways, the Greddy kits have been giving people about a 30-80hp increase.

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#2187217 - 01/03/08 04:23 PM Re: turboing my civic [Re: badbuddha88]
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go to procivic.com or turbo-kits.com a greddy kit is about 240 hp and they have a turbo kit from ajp at 8 pounds u right at 360-370 hp..
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#2187244 - 01/03/08 04:30 PM Re: turboing my civic [Re: CivicSi07]
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Read this thread, Lots of useful info about turbos.
http://www.8thcivic.com/forums/forced-induction-nitrous/28255-boosting-fg-faq.html

The greddy kit does come with bov.

greddy here
http://www.corsportusa.com/store/catalog/product_info.php?manufacturers_id=27&products_id=1092

ajp here
http://www.ajperformance.com/product_info.php?cPath=90&products_id=137789
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#2187288 - 01/03/08 04:44 PM Re: turboing my civic [Re: NighthawkSiSedan]
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is the aj kit at 8psi, running on stock internals? and if 8psi give me close to 400hp, then how much am i boosting on the greddy?
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#2187304 - 01/03/08 04:50 PM Re: turboing my civic [Re: badbuddha88]
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about the same amount of boost. The ajp is just better designed, probably better and bigger turbo. Yes stock internals. Search on youtube for the ajp civic. Should come up with one in mid low 11s i believe. and all on stock internals.

Edited by NighthawkSiSedan (01/03/08 04:51 PM)
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#2187343 - 01/03/08 05:01 PM Re: turboing my civic [Re: NighthawkSiSedan]
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the one with 500 some hp is running on diffrent internals i believe
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#2187356 - 01/03/08 05:05 PM Re: turboing my civic [Re: CivicSi07]
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and greddy kit is 6.4psi safely on a stock motor u gain 55 hp, and its direct bolt on 3295.00 http://www.turbo-kits.com/06-09_civic_turbo_kits.html, and one of my buddys said one of the turbo kits is having a problem when u put the car in netural it will stall... and i think he said it was for the 06 si's with the greddy kit. im not sure about this but that is what he said, he found it on some forums about si's
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#2187375 - 01/03/08 05:09 PM Re: turboing my civic [Re: CivicSi07]
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http://youtube.com/watch?v=1YzzoRBrEeQ&feature=related

Here is a vid of the 500hp one on 20psi STOCK internals.
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#2187485 - 01/03/08 05:33 PM Re: turboing my civic [Re: NighthawkSiSedan]
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all the turbo kits on 06+ civics have A/F problems. greddy is the worst of the bunch and AJP is notorious for bad customer service and parts delivery. the lack of tuning for this car is the problem, not so much the kits themselves. MHO would be to wait for a k-proish device if you want turbo or if you are impatient (like me) and need boost now. the comptech s/c provides similar power to the greddy kit
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#2187538 - 01/03/08 05:43 PM Re: turboing my civic [Re: HabaneroSedan]
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Thats the route I eventually want to go(comptech). I still want to keep my reliability and just want a decent power increase. Hab, what was your best 1320 with the reflash?
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#2187688 - 01/03/08 06:32 PM Re: turboing my civic [Re: NighthawkSiSedan]
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 Originally Posted By: NighthawkSiSedan
what was your best 1320 with the reflash?
14.4 @ 96, 1800 ft.
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#2188058 - 01/03/08 08:24 PM Re: turboing my civic [Re: CivicSi07]
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 Originally Posted By: CivicSi07
go to procivic.com or turbo-kits.com a greddy kit is about 240 hp and they have a turbo kit from ajp at 8 pounds u right at 360-370 hp..


DO NOT BUY THIS KIT!!!
My buddy has it and has spent thousands and it still cant be tuned right
http://www.8thcivic.com/forums/forced-induction-nitrous/68203-turbo-specialties.html

Go with the GReddy kit...another guy I know has it. Here's a couple vids i shot while I was in the back seat...you can PM him on 8th for more info heres his profile link
http://www.8thcivic.com/forums/members/turbocivic.html

http://youtube.com/watch?v=cXfGPvUg_cE
http://youtube.com/watch?v=DwWOSFM94eI
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#2188532 - 01/03/08 10:49 PM Re: turboing my civic [Re: zachys]
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im just going to stay N/A untill my warrinty goes away... then all the turbo kit's will have all the bugs and what not out
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#2188752 - 01/03/08 11:36 PM Re: turboing my civic [Re: CivicSi07]
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Maybe its better to just stay away from FI until some real engine management is figured out?


(or go comptech)

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#2188780 - 01/03/08 11:42 PM Re: turboing my civic [Re: TJ213]
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unless u have lots of $$$$ to blow then its fine ahahahahahaha
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#2188783 - 01/03/08 11:42 PM Re: turboing my civic [Re: CivicSi07]
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im alwas shit broke... xD
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#2188995 - 01/04/08 01:32 AM Re: turboing my civic [Re: TJ213]
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 Originally Posted By: TJ213
Maybe its better to just stay away from FI until some real engine management is figured out?


(or go comptech)
my feelings to a T
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#2190257 - 01/04/08 01:15 PM Re: turboing my civic [Re: HabaneroSedan]
badbuddha88 Offline
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a/f problems? air and fuel problems? so are you saying that supercharging my car would be better?? does comptech have better customer support and is the supercharger currently a better bet for the fg2 civics?
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#2190320 - 01/04/08 01:30 PM Re: turboing my civic [Re: badbuddha88]
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i went with comptech for several reasons.

-they have a history of reliabilty and quality.

-low boost setting (until i can tune the damn thing myself)

-personal preference of an sc'd honda over turbo

-i see very few complaints, if any at all, about the kit.

-it comes with a hondata reflash and i am a hondata fanboi
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#2190661 - 01/04/08 02:57 PM Re: turboing my civic [Re: HabaneroSedan]
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Does comptech still have a website? I can't find theirs anymore.
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#2191088 - 01/04/08 04:37 PM Re: turboing my civic [Re: HabaneroSedan]
badbuddha88 Offline
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does the s/c take a bov? or is it not needed? any suggestions on a place where i can ge the kit for around 3000?
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#2191098 - 01/04/08 04:39 PM Re: turboing my civic [Re: HabaneroSedan]
badbuddha88 Offline
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also how do you boost more with a s/c? i was looking at turbos more favorably, because i'm a little more familar with turbos, and plus, all motors on a ship used turbos.
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#2191278 - 01/04/08 05:35 PM Re: turboing my civic [Re: badbuddha88]
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 Originally Posted By: TJ213
Does comptech still have a website? I can't find theirs anymore.
http://www.ct-engineering.com/indexflash.htm
 Originally Posted By: badbuddha88
does the s/c take a bov? or is it not needed? any suggestions on a place where i can ge the kit for around 3000?
no bov valve and 3599 on corsport.com is the best you are gonna do
 Originally Posted By: badbuddha88
also how do you boost more with a s/c? i was looking at turbos more favorably, because i'm a little more familar with turbos, and plus, all motors on a ship used turbos.
smaller pulleys/belts will up the boost. comptech sells the pulleys, but it is not safe to use them with out a tune or at least more fuel
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#2192465 - 01/05/08 12:17 AM Re: turboing my civic [Re: HabaneroSedan]
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If I remember correctly its not possible to run a BOV on a supercharger, is that right?

There is a guy over on the TSX forum running a higher boost pulley on the Comptech S/C, but he also has new injectors and some extra engine management from Greddy.

S/C or Turbo you'll need at least a new tune and maybe new injectors (if the TSX guy is right) to run more boost, its just that you are using a different pulley instead of changing the boost pressure with a controller.

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#2192657 - 01/05/08 03:21 AM Re: turboing my civic [Re: TJ213]
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wow, u sure about no bov for a s/c?!?
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#2192666 - 01/05/08 03:41 AM Re: turboing my civic [Re: badbuddha88]
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hey, so i'm thinking about getting the greddy turbo kit. anyone been having problems with it? or is that turbo kit pretty good? i figure since its from greddy, it supposed to be good, and the crap people say about the kit, may be from poor installation? any suggestions, or insights?
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#2193076 - 01/05/08 11:49 AM Re: turboing my civic [Re: HabaneroSedan]
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 Originally Posted By: HabaneroSedan
all the turbo kits on 06+ civics have A/F problems. greddy is the worst of the bunch
already answered the same question when you started thread. greddy usually makes good quality shit, but they rushed this out to meet demand. thumbs down for the greddy kit
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#2193221 - 01/05/08 12:50 PM Re: turboing my civic [Re: badbuddha88]
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 Originally Posted By: badbuddha88
wow, u sure about no bov for a s/c?!?


http://www.mini2.com/forum/145922-post12.html

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#2193520 - 01/05/08 03:19 PM Re: turboing my civic [Re: TJ213]
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thanks
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#2193649 - 01/05/08 04:35 PM Re: turboing my civic [Re: badbuddha88]
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people on 8th civic talk a lot of sh!t about the GReddy kit
as far as im concerned its the best on the market right now
the AJP is more expensive and i have heard of a lot of issues with it
there are a lot of kits that will be out this year so if you can wait then i would.
but i think GReddy is a good company and after seeing the videos Zachys posted i want the GReddy kit
hahaha
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