[fiberglasscivic]

When they say 500 that's if your lucky enough to have the cash available to get it before someone else and that's only the motor. Swapping isn't as easy with a Honda as it is with some other cars. Not only to you need to swap motor mounts and small parts but you also have to swap ecu's, harnesses and a crap load of other things especially with the VTEC engines. I won't say it's as hard as swapping to a 4G63 from a 420a but its close. I think the biggest difference is that there are many companies that make kits to do the swaps. I didn't post in the Honda section because it's all the same crap over and over and no one is really into using the mitsu turbo's. "Oh your going to go turbo?! You need a Garret T66 pushing 20+ PSI!" Screw that. I don't want a drag car. I want a little more power than 102 hp at the fly. If I wouldn't have asked you guys I wouldn't have know that I needed the coolant lines. I haven't seen that on any of the Honda sites or any of the Honda forums. The D series is a good low compression engine that will hold well to a turbo pushing small boost. I just want to get into the 200-230 hp range at the wheel. My trans can handle 300.
I also thought that the turbo would have a longer life if you used a turbo timer. Is that only on heavier applications? And for the boost controller, wouldn't the wastegate work just fine or is the controller used to control the wastegate. (This is why you guys are my turbo experts.)