Drove a turbo Civic today....

[mrhonda]

I drove a turbocharged '99 Civic today, yeah.......it was pathetic! This thing couldn't get out of its own way! It sounded cool when the turbo spooled up, but......it just didn't seem to go anywhere. WTF??? Seemed like a waste of money if you ask me.

[BustedLX]

What was wrong with it? That seems to be the only thing people want me to build for them. I've had great results with SOHC Vtec turbos. Low 14 second cars all of them. Not bad at all I thought.

[mrhonda]

Really??? well....not this one, I don't think this one would have broken 20 seconds! This thing was a dog! I don't know, I think I would have opted for a B series motor swap instead.

[accordztech]

isnt that for some turbo setups on some civics, the power is only at really high rpms?

but i seen turbo civics that really pull..HARD...

is it ur friends? or?

[1CrawlinAccord]

That's odd. I have been in two turbo Civics so far. Both pull hard as fuck! The first turbo Civic I got to ride in was a 94 coupe that had a B18C1 block and a B16 head and was well built. Thing ran mid 12's all day. The other one I have taken a ride in was a 90 hatch that had a 1.6L single cam, no vtec motor. The guy is known as Turbo Tom. That should give you a clue on what his specialty is. That car runs mid 13's all day. Both pull hard as a mutha'. There might have been something wrong with the car you were riding in. All I know is that from past experiences, turbo Civics are beasts.

[mrhonda]

This was a Civic EX (D16Y8) with a bunch of bolt-ons and the turbo. Now, had it been a B16A or B18C with a turbo....that would be a different story. This particular SOHC turbo motor.....SUCKED! I don't know, I thought it would be much more impressive than that. I drove it around the block a few times, of course I didn't say this out loud, but I was thinking...."you gotta be kidding, thats it???!!!" Like I said before, it sounded cool, but it didn't even come close to impressing me.....especially for how much money a set-up like that costs compared to a stock twin-cam motor, which I know would have completely stomped all over this thing.

[Accord R33]

mabye it had something wrong..most of the guys who have turbo civics are pushing at least 200HP ish.

[mrhonda]

Originally posted by Accord R33
mabye it had something wrong..most of the guys who have turbo civics are pushing at least 200HP ish.

from a D series???

[Accord R33]

yes

[h22sparkle]

on top of that he either isnt caring about the motor or he went to the wrong tuner or worse tuning it himself . When cars arent tuned they run like shit, what size is the turbo by the way and is this with an intercooler or without last but not least what fuel management was he usin?

[deevergote]

I raced a turbo Civic yesterday... The thing ran 11.415. The guy was so shaken up that he stopped as he was exiting the track. I pulled up next to him and asked if he was ok... He was practically shaking, and said "That thing is CRAZY!"

I think he said he spun his wheels in 4th...

[h22sparkle]

Boost happy

[deevergote]

Race Built
They were pushing the thing in the staging lanes because it's low end wasn't enough to creep...

And yes, it seems it's true that the high power turbo B series (which I'm positive he had) are mainly high rev engines.

[92cord]

I know a kid that has a civic ex and he put on a turbo and ran a second slower. I thought it was funny.

[WiKKeDV16]

then of course something is wrong.. and he had no right turbocharging that civic if its running a second slower something is definetly wrong