Turbo?

hey whats up?.....my boy got a 96 civic hatch Dx...he was thinking about doing a swap to a Ls Vtec...but then he was also thinking about turbo charging his stock motor....he will also had things like cat-back intake heards chip...what do you think is better...and also would it be able to let know me about what he will run with both the Ls Vtec and the turbo charged stock motor?.....thank you....

why doesn't he go for a EX-Vtec cuz there's more parts available ....

[AzCivic]

Put in a GSR engine and then turbo.

Originally posted by Civic98
why doesn't he go for a EX-Vtec cuz there's more parts available ....

EX-VTEC???? The EX motor IS a VTEC motor, I think you are referring to a mini me swap, which is the VTEC head on the non VTEC block. The LS/VTEC frankenstein setup will push plenty more than the mini me setup, but personally, I wouldn't do either. Both those setups will yeild about the same gains as if you just bought the whole motor and not just the head, and is less reliable unless done correctly. To tell you the truth, I wouldn't turbo that motor OR get the LS/VTEC setup, I would get a DOHC VTEC motor swap, but that's just me. It all depends on personal preference. Also, I can't give you a time he would run on these setups since I don't know how well he can drive.

i wouldn't do ls/vtec unless you, or the shop building it, seriously knows what you are doing. i would go w/ a gsr and turbo that thing.

times would depend on how you build the ls/vtec, or if you just slap a 6-7psi turbo on the stock motor.

[sohc_vtec 2NR]

i believe the LS (non vtec) motor would be a great platform to turbocharge.. i'd recommend to turbo an ls engine instead of doin' an LS/vtec setup....

Turbocharge the LS motor. It's 10x cheaper than the B18C1, and when you pop the hood, people think less of it because it isnt a GS-R engine. The tranny is also better.

Originally posted by Turbo_LS_Hatch
Turbocharge the LS motor. It's 10x cheaper than the B18C1, and when you pop the hood, people think less of it because it isnt a GS-R engine. The tranny is also better.

and where do you get YOUR info from????

Originally posted by Turbo_LS_Hatch
Turbocharge the LS motor. It's 10x cheaper than the B18C1, and when you pop the hood, people think less of it because it isnt a GS-R engine. The tranny is also better.

imo, the ls tranny has too long of gears w/out some serious power to make it through those long gears.