Are turbo civic's fast.....
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Are turbo civic's fast.....
2 day i just walked a turbo civic( the one with the big headlights, no hatch bout a 96 or 97 i think) i know it was a turbo cuz he postioned his car perfectly for me 2 hear the bov, and he had the smallest intercooler in the world. so i took him down to my hi skool drag spot, and put him in the mirror. he had a car length off the light but after 55 he got the tail light special by a car and a half . i think maybe sumthin went wrong with his car or maybe him, cuz i got STOCK 88 GXL. but when i passed him his engine sounded fine actually pretty nice too. one of the better sounding civics on the road
so how fast do yu guys think turbo civics are i guess he's got basic t3/t4 setup?
so how fast do yu guys think turbo civics are i guess he's got basic t3/t4 setup?
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It all depends on how they're setup. Id think even a very small turbo civic should be able to walk a stock N/A FC, but maybe not. Ive seen some with intercooled T-28 setups that are making like 200whp. Just such a small turbo that runs out of breath at even marginal rpms. But there are some T04 and larger setups that can make significant power, alls it takes is $$$
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He probably runs mid 13's, high 13's if he's got a t3/t4 that's properly tuned. But it really depends on which Civic is turboed, the SOHC ones are going to be plenty slower than the DOHC Civic's. Tuning does make all the world too. But if you walked him in a stock GXL, no matter what engine he had in there, if it was turboed he either wasn't boosting or wasn't tuned because stock they don't run too much slower than a GXL.
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i'm building a custom turbo kit for my dx civic hatch.
its probly going to run me around 5-600 for everything.
i'll be running 14's.
consider this, my car should run 17's stock(although its more like 16's). and 600 will get me in the 14's.
think about when you plunk 5 or 10grand into it
its probly going to run me around 5-600 for everything.
i'll be running 14's.
consider this, my car should run 17's stock(although its more like 16's). and 600 will get me in the 14's.
think about when you plunk 5 or 10grand into it
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Originally posted by Dougie_fresh_007
yeah it all depends on the driver tho... i have seen the local siviks wit the turbo runnin 15s hahhaahah...... some kids jus cant drive
yeah it all depends on the driver tho... i have seen the local siviks wit the turbo runnin 15s hahhaahah...... some kids jus cant drive
really good tires are also a MUST
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Originally posted by T88NosRx7
civics can be fast, just can't be cheap about it.
civics can be fast, just can't be cheap about it.
civics are ALL about goin cheap style!!!
course if you dont mind plunking down fat wads of cash in em, you get your moneys with(if you do it right).
but screw that, i'll take a custom turbo setup over a $3,000 revhard kit anyday!!
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Sometimes people will buy a old turbo from someone that upgraded their Eclipse or something to a larger turbo, so the turbos only good for about 30-50HP or so, Not a bad mod for only 400-500$ so his story isnt too unbelieveable.
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Originally posted by Dougie_fresh_007
yeah it all depends on the driver tho... i have seen the local siviks wit the turbo runnin 15s hahhaahah...... some kids jus cant drive
yeah it all depends on the driver tho... i have seen the local siviks wit the turbo runnin 15s hahhaahah...... some kids jus cant drive
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... Either that thing's not turbo'd or your car isn't a GXL... lol
... Either that thing's not turbo'd or your car isn't a GXL... lol
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Or he may just have those nifty little buggers that you can buy really cheap that make a sound nearly identical to a BOV, but doesn't do anything for your car. I'm sure they're all the rage with the ricers.
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Originally posted by Tad
i'm building a custom turbo kit for my dx civic hatch.
its probly going to run me around 5-600 for everything.
i'll be running 14's.
consider this, my car should run 17's stock(although its more like 16's). and 600 will get me in the 14's.
think about when you plunk 5 or 10grand into it
i'm building a custom turbo kit for my dx civic hatch.
its probly going to run me around 5-600 for everything.
i'll be running 14's.
consider this, my car should run 17's stock(although its more like 16's). and 600 will get me in the 14's.
think about when you plunk 5 or 10grand into it
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so basically that civic was not turbo. Next time ask the guy to pop the hood and look for a turbo. Because turbo civics are faster than stock 88' gxls, no matter how bad the driver in the civic, it still should have beaten you if it really was turbo
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call it BS if yu wanna but aint lyin, im startin to lean towards the fact that he was bad driver. even i knoe my limits in gxl, but my question was how fast are turbo civics hence the the name of the thread
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na, even with a turbo, they go from 110 hp to 160 yipeee....i wouldn't even call that average.
na, even with a turbo, they go from 110 hp to 160 yipeee....i wouldn't even call that average.
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i would say next time check under his hood. intake kits exist for civiks that look exactly like intercoolers but are smaller and well, aren't intercoolers. or, he could have a really shitty, untuned ghettorigged setup on a dx motor, or maybe he broke something. who knows, not i.
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I've seen fast civics in the 'turbo" Magazine, just not personaly, sure, lots clam, to be fast, just that I have yet to see it. BTW I live in Canada, so it's a little different here. We have 13 sec. honda's and they think they are the SH&t. But I did see a 9.3 sec. street integra, from seattle that blew everyone who saw it away( it may be second nature in the US circuit)!!!!But I don't live there and don't know the cars there. I just know that 9.3 what freeken fast......well in my opinion, don't know what the rest of you think?
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yall aint gonna believe this i found him 2nite at the 7-11 and i saw this pist-on enige. all hes got is cold air intake, headers, catback(so he says), and upgraded cams. it was sohc. and all that bov noise came from this ricey speaker that sounds like 1, and the "intercooler" was like an oil cooler or sumthin like that. he said he made it so..... so yeah i got smoked buy his noise and his appearance, but he saw my taillights so its all good