GReddy Bolt on kit??? - Honda Prelude Forum

black'n'white · 01-18-2006, 02:41 AM

Anybody running this kit? is it worth the 3600 bucks? ive been thinking about going turbo but have to keep it carb legal...

BLACKISWHACK · 01-18-2006, 04:37 AM

greddy has been trying to carb legal its kit, but it never worked, so yeah greddy kit isnt carb legal

forbidden710 · 01-18-2006, 10:58 AM

UMM last time i saw the price of the kit its 2300 or sometihng around there... look on turbokits.com or some other places but yes no were near 3600

PearLude98 · 01-18-2006, 11:19 AM

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/GRedd...spagenameZWDVW

about $2300, comes with e-manage.

i was thinking about getting the greddy kit as well. But i think it spools up too quickly for my liking, and i wouldn't want to be in boost all the time with stock internals.

keahistight · 01-18-2006, 01:47 PM

you guys are forgetting that the price of the turbo kit for only 2300 is WITHOUT the Greddy intercooler kit. The intercooler kit is another 1200. Also, you are incorrect that it comes with emanage. The Greddy kits come with Greddy BLUE BOX which is a piggy back UNTUNABLE box. Emanage is always sold seperately.
So, yes, the Greddy kit is around 3600 before install and other misc cost such as gauges and Timer.
Also, the Greddy kit is not carb legal. Any kit with a BOV is not carb legal even if it HAS a carb EO.
About running the kit and being in boost all day.... thats fine. I ran that kit for around 15K miles on a stock block at 115K-130K. The turbo does spool rather quck though

JaXx4k · 01-18-2006, 01:51 PM

^^ but it dies out up top... for $3600 u might as well piece your own kit together..

mista33 · 01-18-2006, 03:27 PM

^^^^...it does save money and you wont have to worry about ditching unneeded parts later on like i did

keahistight · 01-18-2006, 04:00 PM

^^ (to the 2 above posts) why do you think I switched from Greddy to a custom set up??

sharkcohen · 01-18-2006, 04:45 PM

Yah, I'll probably regret getting the Greddy kit as much as I regreted the JRSC. But, I need to install the Greddy kit before I can regret

keahistight · 01-18-2006, 08:38 PM

Seriously dude, how long are you going to wait to put that on??

sharkcohen · 01-18-2006, 09:19 PM

No money to buy the extra things I want to get it installed. It may be a while.

black'n'white · 01-20-2006, 12:16 AM

So the GReddy kit isnt carb legal???? huh.. what does carb EO mean then? everyone keeps commenting on the kit bein legal...

KahnBB6 · 01-20-2006, 04:18 AM

I was under the impression that the basic kit (with the intercooler option) was legal ONLY for Base 1997-1999 Preludes. Any SH models or 2000-2001 models are excluded.

Is this completely incorrect now?

keahistight · 01-20-2006, 10:57 AM

black'n'white & KahnBB6: That has always been completely incorrect. The Kit for the Prelude was NEVER carb legal. The only carb legal kits that I know of are for the civic B16. The prelude kit has never had a carb EO and it never will. Greddy was pursuing it for over 5 years and they will not continue to do so for a kit that sells 1/20 of what their other kits do.
The SH does not work with it becaue the DP is longer and ATTS is in the way. As for the 99-2001 models, the ECU was changed so the piggy back (not emanage as some one thought) will not operate with it correctly. That is why those are excluded.

DIZAVE619 · 01-20-2006, 12:19 PM

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Originally Posted by keahistight

As for the 99-2001 models, the ECU was changed so the piggy back (not emanage as some one thought) will not operate with it correctly. That is why those are excluded.

You mean for the 2000-2001 models, not 99.

keahistight · 01-20-2006, 01:46 PM

^^ yes.

Twiggz · 01-20-2006, 01:52 PM

I just called Greddy again... they are still waiting for the CARB # to be issued. so some day it should be legal.

I hope before my next smog check damn it

keahistight · 01-20-2006, 02:14 PM

^^ hahaha ... I have posted this many times before. I called Greddy over two years ago and asked the same question. I spoke to Duong. It wasnt legal when I spoke to them then, it still isnt now and it will never be.
The thing with CARB EO is it costs a lot to have it pass. After near 8 years of that kit being available it will not suddenly pass. This is especially true for a kit that sold 200% less than their civic kits.
We all must accept the fact that there is no street legal kit for the honda prelude just like many other of the cars out there.

Twiggz · 01-20-2006, 02:21 PM

guess Ill be paying $300 for my smog test again

black'n'white · 01-20-2006, 06:44 PM

So what do you do when its time to smog the car??? Just pay the dude off under the table to make you pass? I would hope u dont have to go back to NA every time u smog your car... if thats the case then forget it