turbo question from iraq

okay, i'm in the army and currently in iraq with 1st armored division. i will have about 7g's to spend on my 97 civic ex when i get home in 2 months and i was wondering which route i should take. the Y8 has about 85,000 on it right now but is still running strong. i want to boost it with the edel. kit but i am affraid to run boost on a motor with that many miles. is this a valid concern? i thought about doing a swap but i really want to be able to drive a boosted car. what should i do? i've thought about doing internals along with the turbo, but i would like to have some money left over when all is said and done. any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

1st thing you should do is get a leak down test done if that find then its not going to matter if you have 85,000 miles i seen people with 100k + miles on there car and get a turbo as long as you get it tuned and dont beat the crap out of and do the maint on it you should be fine

there's plenty of ways you can go. If you want to boost your d16y8 i suggest getting a compression test also. Then if all's ok boost it. Or you could get a b16a2 or b18b or b18c1 for about 3k and install it yourself and with the other 4k buy a turbokit. If you do this route i suggest you get a good fuel management like hondata, or AEM E-Manage. And stay low boost for a while 6-8psi. If you go the swap and then boost route i'm pretty sure that'll use up 7k. But if you turbo the D expect around 195whp-210whp w/ 10psi, with the B expect around 200whp w/ about 6psi. A lot of people will tell you to go w/ a b18b if you swap, but i suggest getting a b16a or b18c1.

I would say stay with the D. When you switch to any B series youll gain around 150 pounds. So thatll kill off a good 10-15 of your new found horsepower. And you also know what that engine you have has been threw (high rev damage, going over on oil changes and etc.) so i would stay with the D and get new pistons and rods, fuel management unit, fuel pump, injectors and call it all 9psi. It could be from $4,200-$4,600 and about 220-225 hp at the crank. (get a really beefy clutch) :2cents: