turbo and carb ?'s

i was wondering if it would be a good idea to turbochager my car and if it was possible? if so what's the best turbo to use?

also can i put aftermarket carburetors on my dualcarb engine? if so what can i use?

if anyone can help that'll be cool!

Hey, nice user name. Sounds like some promiscuous girl.......:flash:

and that would mean what?

Go ask your daddy or mommy......

if you think i'm a girl than i'm changin my user name!

No, I don't think you're a girl!! A "fast" teen would mean someone you can get into bed easily, and just happens to be a teen.

ah ****. ok.

you got a answer to my ?'s?

Nope, sure don't. I don't think anyone else does at this point, or they just haven't posted.

that's cool.

Carburated turbo hmmmm....no.

To design a reasonable turbo setup, carbonated is not the way to go. Most carb's require some special work in order to get them to function under a blow-through design. Now, I think a carb would be reasonable if it was done like Cody did.(http://ns.netmcr.com/~mdouglas/civic1200/1200_hybrids.html) He's the bottom one. He's got a single sidedraft and it's a pullthrough design, so you don't have the internal pressure issues that are normally encountered with carb's. I don't know specifically about your set up but I know most carb's are a pain.

You can pick up a used Haltech Fuel Injection system for like $600 and do anything you want with it. It's not really that difficult to program, or setup.

If you're really not very afraid of electronics, try the Megasquirt system. It's got much better interfaces than the Haltech, and only costs about $200. The kicker is that you assemble the hardware and install the software (download from online), comes with everything, you just have to put it together.

But The best way to blow-through a carb is to add some sort of fuel enrichment after the carb and leave the jets alone. If you jet the carb for the turbo, the car will run like crap off-boost. The best way to do it would be to run a secondary fuel system with some injectors after/under the carb that are triggered under boost. There's a pretty good little unit here (built in MAP sensor):

http://www.034efi.com/034SupECU.html

The setup won't be cheap though since you're going to have get all the fuel component hard parts (including a secondary fuel tank).
From civic 1200.com

you know it shouldnt be too hard to retro fit a EFI from a newer honda, what engine is that? 2.0L? honda is notorious for interchanging parts over several year spans. do some home work im sure there is something that will bolt right up. and if not your options are to build your own FI or www.force-efi.com run you about $1,500 for a custom built set up. dont get me wrong the carb set up could work but i think it would end up costing more in the end, but if you really wanna go that route try an air cooled VW aftermarket race shop they turbo charge carborated cars all the time. and they could hook you up with some webers too. get rid of the crappy hitachi carbs you got now becuase they wont work for the turbo
good luck

well....i guess i could convert it to EFI, but i would have to get a custom hand made hood becuase it would be stting on top of the engine. there's no extra spacein the engine hold. lucky:um....the 2.0L is the Si engine and i have a 1.8L DX engine that is dual-carb and the Si is FI besides Vtec. also i was thinking of putting a set of Holley "Street Avenger" carb with 770cfm(if they will fit). which in total will give at least a 800HP gain(hehe), est. of corse.

you dont want an holley carb on your import (great for american mussle) get yourself webers if your gonna upgrade the carbs.( are you sure the si in that year is v-tec i dont think so) anyway i think that you can swap the head from a 2.0L accord si engine 90-92 it non Vtec SHOC and use that EFI im alomost positive that the block stayed the same for 6 years but dont quote me let me ask around to see if one of my honda guru buddies knows exactly what years and models swap.

ok i was right the si is not a v tec and you can swap the heads and injection out, The interchange for this is 85-86 Prelude fuel injection, 87 Prelude fuel injected (vin 3), 86-87 Accord fuel injected. It will also fit 88-89 Accord fuel injected if the induction and electrical system is changed.
BS 1.8 12V SOHC 2bbl Carb 1955 98hp@5500rpm 110tq@3500rpm '86 Accord DX/LX (USA)

BT 2.0 12V SOHC PGM-FI 1955 110hp@5500rpm 114tq@4500rpm '86 Accord LX-i (USA)
'86 Prelude Si (USA)
it's the same block