Swap or Turbo

[94civic]

I don't know if if i should swap for a b16a sir2 or keep my stock d16 vtec motor beef it up and throw on a turbo kit. what do you guys think. you think i can have a ten second car with the d16 or it has no chance.

[90CRXZCSi]

I would definitley say go with the motor swap. You can fine tune a DOHC motor way better than a single cam. A single cam runs both the intake and exhaust valves, but with a DOHC, you have 1 cam for intake and 1 cam for exhaust.

[SRHguru]

Well, you can get 10 sec.. out of the D16, it will just take a lot of work and money. But, even with a B series engine it will take quite a significant amount of work and money to get to the 10 second barrier.
Hope no matter what you choose, you have a LOT of money. Good luck with that.

[SublimeLAD]

Go with the swap. Maybe I'm saying this cause I'm partial to the B-series and hybrids....but still the DOHC is much better to work with

[94civic]

what do you guys think of the fmax turbo kit.
http://www.rollhard.com/fmaxhonda.htm

You think my stock engine can take it.

[evil_elmo]

this is the way i look at it

turbo you will find you might run into some problems and you can only run about 7psi on stock internals also its still only a single cam when a b16a is twin cam and sound damn cool when you hit VTEC

[civicx_xracer]

Kind of off topic but somebody put that the D16 has vtec on intake and exhaust but I beleive it is only on the intake side on the SOHC. On topic...since I havce the SOHC I would say torbo charge it but if you have the money for the swap and a turbo well, there ya go

[MLodsin]

YOu are correct, the SOHC has vtec only on the intake, not on the exhaust. I would suggest you swap it, will bring you more power in the end and you will start out with power from a stock engine.

[civicx_xracer]

haha! I knoew I spent all of my time learning about civic's for a reason:shocked:

[praxis]

Originally posted by 94civic
what do you guys think of the fmax turbo kit.
http://www.rollhard.com/fmaxhonda.htm

You think my stock engine can take it.

The FMax was made to accomodate the stock motor. It has 8psi of boost. You are not supposed to have to do any modifications internally. Although, if you have high mileage (like most of us) it is possible that you could have some problems. I have not heard any thing bad about these turbos. You can't beat the price or ease of installation. You may want to think about a 3" exhaust, though.

FMax...

[hobbesboarder]

read poweredbyhonda's thread about his D16 it will convince u to keep it. as for turbo get motor work first then turbo. U will be satisfied with your outcome.

[madtownhonda]

you can boost 10-12psi daily if you know how to tune and manage air/fuel....I say go for it...turbo's make all sorts of cool sounds and create all types of wild HP....I've seen 200 whp out of the greddy turbo kit, stock internals