Thread: Looking to turbo my ef civic!

First off,
Whats in it now and is it injected?

Next whats your budget?

tried searching, its been covered before and there are mnay threads on this topic with lots of helpful info

So You Want to Turbo Your Honda? read on.



I hope your civic isn't a carby model. Converting an EG to vtec is 10 times easier.

Why an EF anyway?

There's a turbo EF9 (B16A) Civic on Trade Me at the moment. It would be a lot cheaper to buy that than to start from scratch on yours.

so much fuc*ing round with a carby model just flick it and buy a injected model

What "help" do you need??

Regarding a cert, yes you will require one. What else do you need to know? Give us more info

As said don't waste your time with a carby model unless your wanting to turn it into a dedicated track car and run a fuel cell and larger fuel lines ect.
Sell it and buy one with a b16a already in it then turbo it.
But IMO a ZC can be just as much fun, Just spend the money you would swapping the engine on Rods, pistons, rebuild and quality turbo parts and it would be much better/reliable then a budget b16a turbo.


Budget wise youll be looking at:
Using current carby car and converting + vtec converting = 5K
Using already injected non vtec and converting to vtec = 4K
Using already injected and already vtec = 3K
Using already injected non vtec and not converting, Rods/pistons = 2.8K
Using already injected non vtec and not converting, = 2K

Then you need extra for cert and what ever needs to be fixed for cert.
Those prices are factoring in what Id be charging to tune it. Most likely it would cost more to be tuned since your in Dunedin and I dont know of any one that tunes down there so cant say there prices.

The two options for tuning in Dunedin seem to be APET and Turboshop. Not sure on prices sorry.

Ive got nealy everthing for you to do it check the link.

http://nzhondas.com/engine-gearbox/1...rbo-parts.html

The ZC would be about a brazillian times better than the carb'd engine, but you still need to look at all the other things like brake upgrades. Having owned a carb'd EF I can tell you the stoppers on them are pooooooz compared to a 4 wheel disc setup.

Honda Crx/Civic 1988 SI Full Wiring Harness | Trade Me
and
Honda Crx/Civic 1988 SI Gas Tank Set Up | Trade Me

there is more aftermarket parts for the b series ds you can have alot of fun with and make realy good power

where are you getting the forged engine from ? recipts or super cowboy build ?

I'm going to be Mr Negative Trivium here, but in so many of these cases the reason said person buys a carbie EF is because they have feck all money to spend. So being able to spend the kind of money needed to turbo this car is going to make things hard. If you can save a bit every week thats sweet, but to B + T swap a carbed civic, and make it reliable, then you'd be looking at 5k plus..... Thats a lot of money to throw at a $1500 car

As well as the b16a + all the turbo bits, you'll need a brake upgrade. Fuel lines and tank from an injected civic. A cert (around $400) and tuning ($400+).

Personally I'd say what I always say in these situations. Price it out, save all the money up, then see if you still want to go ahead with it.

OP: Nobody's saying it's not worth doing, only that there are much cheaper ways of going about it. But hey, it's your car, so if you want to convert your carbied EF (that's probably stock as a rock) to a turbocharged EFI machine, go for gold. Just don't be surprised when:

a) It's a helluva lot more work than starting with a car that's already fuel injected (along with better brakes, interior, etc etc); and
b) It's quite the expensive and time consuming proposition.

People here have seen similar things done or done it themselves. The final cost and time cost (no small thing) often makes something like buying a stock standard Integra Type R a much cheaper option, in the long term. Just sayin'.

Mod for mod, the B16a gives you more over a ZC. There is a lot of fun in turbo'ing a Honda. There is NO fun is converting an EF from carb to injected. If you do do it, the easiest way to do it is to have a complete injected shell to transfer everything.

I prefer the facelift EF over the pre-facelift. The wrap around indicators, the inverted bonnet bulge, the darker tail lamps, the better coloured and shaped interior. It really is worth an extra grand to have all those things to start with.

Originally Posted by smashYOU

If it's a ef sedan carby I wouldn't mind swapping you my ef sedan zc turbo???????

just sold one of theese lol

back on topic go for gold

iv got an efi tank a zc loom and a disk brake rear end + a knocky dohc zc and some other stuff for an ef hatch and some crx stuff to.
also a vf10 subie churbro and evo intercooler.

PM me if your keen and we'll cut a deal