92SiJdmH22

i looked and couldnt find anything about this...



well..
i feel dumb for asking this,
but how is a turbo set up if its just the turbo and no intercooler, no piping, ect.

spin_r_g

You should. Just a turbo with out anything won't do anything for you. If you were to get a turbo manifold and bolt it up you'd get a turbo spining but the air just dumping into the engine bay.

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92SiJdmH22

well i just dont mean the turbo only..
like if i get a turbo manifold, downpipe and the turbo.. thats all i need right?
later i can add the intercooler and bov ect... right?

Tee-Dot

You might as well throw the turbo in the trunk and leave it. It'll give the same amount of hp.

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92SiJdmH22

if you say that then your also saying a stock turbod car... the turbo does nothing?

the 1.8t jetta has no intercooler.. no bov.. ect..

Tee-Dot

If there's no piping, then it doesn't do anything.

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Tee-Dot

Btw, here's a pic of the stock intercooler from a 1.8t that you say doesn't exist.

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92SiJdmH22

So this would absolutely do nothing?

eBay Motors: Honda Prelude H22 Manifold T3/T4 T04E Turbo Kit New (item 190270460729 end time Jan-28-09 19:10:18 PST)

Tee-Dot

Also, I don't have a pic of it, but the stock BOV for the 1.8t is made by Bosch.

You have to have a BOV in order to relieve the boost pressure, otherwise the car will continue to build boost until something breaks.

So, in a roundabout way, I'm saying you need to put down the crackpipe.

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Tee-Dot

No. You need all the associated piping, wastegate, bov, intercooler, injectors, exhaust, engine management, turbo timer...etc...etc...

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spin_r_g

It won't do absolutely nothing. It'll take money out of your bank account. If you bolt in on it'll do what I said earlier. It will spool and dump air into the engine bay.

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Tee-Dot

$200 for a turbo kit.

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92SiJdmH22

Wow. honestly I don't know much yet and I'm still learning ****, and just because I don't know something doesn't mean you guys have to be assholes.
Thanks.

Tee-Dot

You are quite welcome. And have a lovely day!

Next time, try spending some time in the FI forum.

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92SiJdmH22

Well..
What about this?

eBay Motors: PRELUDE H22 VTEC DOHC T3 T04E TURBO CHARGER KIT WG Bov (item 200301705597 end time Jan-28-09 17:04:27 PST)

Tee-Dot

Seriously. Any ebay $500 turbo kit is a piece of ****.

If you want to build a reliable turbo setup for your Prelude, you'd better plan on spending thousands of dollars and hundreds of hours in research, assembly, and tuning. It's not just something you throw together in a few hours.

Again, you need to spend some serious time researching in the FI forum.

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92SiJdmH22

well thats why im asking..
I don't know much.. just want some direction..

Tee-Dot

I'd say step one in turboing your car is to buy another car, because a daily-driven turbo car is going to cause you to become friendly w/ your public transportation system.

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Tee-Dot

Start here w/ your research. Read every thread.

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zlively127

i have a buddy with a civic si with one of these turbo kits, he finally blew it after two years.. it was seriously a big suprise to me.