Engine/Transmission/etc reliability + FI

awkwardturtle

Does that $5500 include a full 3" exhaust, a 3" downpipe, tial bov/precision WG, AEM gauges, gauge holder, stage 4 clutch, $700 engine management, a full tune, 1000 CC injectors, a bigger fuel pump, a boost control solenoid, etc? Yeah, that's what I thought,

If you factor out the engine management/tune, exhaust, gauges, clutch, injectors/fuel pump, etc, the core kit was only <$4500. That's about as cheap as you're going to get a fully hand-made kit. Look how much the greddy TT kit costs for this car? It's all mass-produced cast manifold garbage, and it's 8+ grand if I'm not mistaken. The kit I got is the cheapest "nice" kit you can get for my car before you step down to greddy junk. The cheapest quote I got from a reputable shop (Full Blown Motorsports) was $4500 for the kit, and that was literally just the piping they fabricated and the turbo, so easily add on $2000 or more for the rest of it. A full race kit is probably $2000 more than what I paid total as well. If you want to argue that FR is a waste of money and whatnot, then I donno what to tell ya, but we aren't speaking the same language.

Anyways, I'm not here to argue over Civic kits. I have zero doubt in my mind that I know more than you do about my specific car and turbo'ing it, so we'll end it here. If you think $7500 to completely turbo a Civic SI sedan with quality parts is outrageous, then whatevs. I'm here to learn about turbo'ing a 370 now, I've already conquered the SI for what I wanted.