can a 97accord I4 take a turbo?

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randomlinh

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oh c'mon.. i think a turbo in my 95 camry would kick ass. biggest sleeper in the world. this is all my friend's fault.. him and his damn mr2... and the same engine..... too bad 5 grand and the fact it's auto don't mix w/ the idea.
 

boyRacer

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Not worth it man. My friend's friend did it... and he thinks he's the sh*t... he dropped $3k into it and he's still slow.
 

Vic

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Originally posted by: jjyiz28
so after i beef up the internals, how much boost do you think it can safely take??
This is just for anyone considering this type of thing:
If you put a turbo on your engine, you want to beef up your fuel system before you beef up your internals, just FYI. Bad air-fuel ratios under boost lead to detonation and melted pistons.
 

thedarkwolf

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Originally posted by: lnguyen
oh c'mon.. i think a turbo in my 95 camry would kick ass. biggest sleeper in the world. this is all my friend's fault.. him and his damn mr2... and the same engine..... too bad 5 grand and the fact it's auto don't mix w/ the idea.

Just buy something that is already turboed. My turbo charged car cost a whopping $800 and is cool as hell.

Oh and its a dodge caravan :D
 

Ikonomi

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Originally posted by: thedarkwolf
Originally posted by: lnguyen
oh c'mon.. i think a turbo in my 95 camry would kick ass. biggest sleeper in the world. this is all my friend's fault.. him and his damn mr2... and the same engine..... too bad 5 grand and the fact it's auto don't mix w/ the idea.

Just buy something that is already turboed. My turbo charged car cost a whopping $800 and is cool as hell.

Oh and its a dodge caravan :D

Haha, my mom's turbo V6 Plymouth Grand Voyager rawkz?! The funny thing is burning your friends who think their cars are hot. "Dude, you got beat by a MINIVAN." What a dependable beast it is.
 

thedarkwolf

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Originally posted by: Ikonomi
Originally posted by: thedarkwolf
Originally posted by: lnguyen
oh c'mon.. i think a turbo in my 95 camry would kick ass. biggest sleeper in the world. this is all my friend's fault.. him and his damn mr2... and the same engine..... too bad 5 grand and the fact it's auto don't mix w/ the idea.

Just buy something that is already turboed. My turbo charged car cost a whopping $800 and is cool as hell.

Oh and its a dodge caravan :D

Haha, my mom's turbo V6 Plymouth Grand Voyager rawkz?! The funny thing is burning your friends who think their cars are hot. "Dude, you got beat by a MINIVAN." What a dependable beast it is.


All the turbo ones are 2.5l 4 bangers and no grands were ever officially made. There are a few out there though.
 

Ryan

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Originally posted by: Ikonomi
Originally posted by: thedarkwolf
Originally posted by: lnguyen
oh c'mon.. i think a turbo in my 95 camry would kick ass. biggest sleeper in the world. this is all my friend's fault.. him and his damn mr2... and the same engine..... too bad 5 grand and the fact it's auto don't mix w/ the idea.

Just buy something that is already turboed. My turbo charged car cost a whopping $800 and is cool as hell.

Oh and its a dodge caravan :D

Haha, my mom's turbo V6 Plymouth Grand Voyager rawkz?! The funny thing is burning your friends who think their cars are hot. "Dude, you got beat by a MINIVAN." What a dependable beast it is.

Teh only thing your mom's van burns is oil (an massive amounts of it since it's a Plymouth).
 

thedarkwolf

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Originally posted by: rbloedow
Originally posted by: Ikonomi
Originally posted by: thedarkwolf
Originally posted by: lnguyen
oh c'mon.. i think a turbo in my 95 camry would kick ass. biggest sleeper in the world. this is all my friend's fault.. him and his damn mr2... and the same engine..... too bad 5 grand and the fact it's auto don't mix w/ the idea.

Just buy something that is already turboed. My turbo charged car cost a whopping $800 and is cool as hell.

Oh and its a dodge caravan :D

Haha, my mom's turbo V6 Plymouth Grand Voyager rawkz?! The funny thing is burning your friends who think their cars are hot. "Dude, you got beat by a MINIVAN." What a dependable beast it is.

Teh only thing your mom's van burns is oil (an massive amounts of it since it's a Plymouth).


Actually if its burning lots of oil its probably a 3.0l v6 and thats a mitsubishi built engine.
 

thomsbrain

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i've heard people arguing that a turboed accord 4 is a better alternative than a modded H22A, but i know nothing of such things despite sorely wishing my own accord had more power.
 

Rogodin2

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Buy a car with a turbo stock:

Saab SPG has 175hp stock (only comes in manual and eats most other cars at 30-120 with a few mods-BOV, APC adjustments, RRFR, Wastegate adjustment, Timing adjustment, intercooler cooling, my $1300 spg is very very fast and nice (leather interior, power everything, sunroof, heated seats)-much nicer than any 2002+ honda).

Raced a stock 944T 91 and 91 m3 at highway speeds+ and broke even.

You ricer boys crack me up.

Couple of 900SPGS (mines a bit less tuned but these fellas are hitting 220+)


pics


rogo
 

bernse

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Originally posted by: Rogodin2
Buy a car with a turbo stock:

Saab SPG has 175hp stock (only comes in manual and eats most other cars at 30-120 with a few mods-BOV, APC adjustments, RRFR, Wastegate adjustment, Timing adjustment, intercooler cooling, my $1300 spg is very very fast and nice (leather interior, power everything, sunroof, heated seats)-much nicer than any 2002+ honda).

Saabs, while a nice enough car are stoopid expensive to fix and not reliable. I knew of 4 people with them and every single one was a lemon. Something always needed to be done to them.

No thanks.
 

LAUST

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Originally posted by: rbloedow
Originally posted by: Ikonomi
Originally posted by: thedarkwolf
Originally posted by: lnguyen
oh c'mon.. i think a turbo in my 95 camry would kick ass. biggest sleeper in the world. this is all my friend's fault.. him and his damn mr2... and the same engine..... too bad 5 grand and the fact it's auto don't mix w/ the idea.

Just buy something that is already turboed. My turbo charged car cost a whopping $800 and is cool as hell.

Oh and its a dodge caravan :D

Haha, my mom's turbo V6 Plymouth Grand Voyager rawkz?! The funny thing is burning your friends who think their cars are hot. "Dude, you got beat by a MINIVAN." What a dependable beast it is.

Teh only thing your mom's van burns is oil (an massive amounts of it since it's a Plymouth).
Either one will do it. I have never seen so many mesquito wagons as what has rolled out of the Dimestore-Crapsler corp.
 

randomlinh

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Originally posted by: thedarkwolf
Originally posted by: lnguyen
oh c'mon.. i think a turbo in my 95 camry would kick ass. biggest sleeper in the world. this is all my friend's fault.. him and his damn mr2... and the same engine..... too bad 5 grand and the fact it's auto don't mix w/ the idea.

Just buy something that is already turboed. My turbo charged car cost a whopping $800 and is cool as hell.

Oh and its a dodge caravan :D


oh, but that's no fun :(
 

Ikonomi

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Originally posted by: LAUST
Originally posted by: rbloedow
Originally posted by: Ikonomi
Originally posted by: thedarkwolf
Originally posted by: lnguyen
oh c'mon.. i think a turbo in my 95 camry would kick ass. biggest sleeper in the world. this is all my friend's fault.. him and his damn mr2... and the same engine..... too bad 5 grand and the fact it's auto don't mix w/ the idea.

Just buy something that is already turboed. My turbo charged car cost a whopping $800 and is cool as hell.

Oh and its a dodge caravan :D

Haha, my mom's turbo V6 Plymouth Grand Voyager rawkz?! The funny thing is burning your friends who think their cars are hot. "Dude, you got beat by a MINIVAN." What a dependable beast it is.

Teh only thing your mom's van burns is oil (an massive amounts of it since it's a Plymouth).
Either one will do it. I have never seen so many mesquito wagons as what has rolled out of the Dimestore-Crapsler corp.

Nah, it doesn't burn oil at all. Actually, we've never owned a Chrysler that burned oil. Every Ford and GM we've owned did, though. The van has, however, embarassed guys who think their 1991 Escorts and 1992 Dodge whatever-that-convertible-is can race. What, you thought it was beating cars with actual engines?