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By CivicEG
- Sat Nov 29, 2008 6:19 am #80812 Hello everyone I am trying to boost my hatch and was waondering if there was a wed site that offered good kits? I am on a budget thanks for looking. :D

BTW: It's a D16y8
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By ej2rey
- Sat Nov 29, 2008 6:29 am #80813
CivicEG wrote:Hello everyone I am trying to boost my hatch and was waondering if there was a wed site that offered good kits? I am on a budget thanks for looking. :D

BTW: It's a D16y8


Xs power ebay turbo kits. You can get a complete one for around 650 to 700 bucks. That's where I got mine from and it served me well. But if you still on a lower budget then you can put together a poors man turbo from junk yard parts.
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By Sentry
- Sat Nov 29, 2008 6:36 am #80815 What's your budget exactly?
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By CivicEG
- Sat Nov 29, 2008 8:03 am #80819
Sentry wrote:What's your budget exactly?


About $800
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By teal_dx
- Sat Nov 29, 2008 3:25 pm #80837 If you do your research first, you can piece together a quality used kit for about that much.

With $800 your options are either a low quality new kit or better used components pieced together.
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By flyinryan122
- Sat Nov 29, 2008 5:36 pm #80873 shop shop and shop some more. i pieced mine together for 400 bucks, with new turbo, manifold, and wastegate. then used piping, intercooler, and greddy bov.
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By ej2rey
- Sat Nov 29, 2008 8:42 pm #80906
flyinryan122 wrote:shop shop and shop some more. i pieced mine together for 400 bucks, with new turbo, manifold, and wastegate. then used piping, intercooler, and greddy bov.


Damn dude that is cheap!

By xlr8
- Sun Nov 30, 2008 11:26 pm #81175 I just picked up a Jackson Racing Supercharger for $1000. Though its a little more money, the fabrication is virtually non-existent. Bolt it up and go, well almost. Pretty much the same fuel and ecu mods apply.

Just a though:)
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By biretsu89
- Mon Dec 01, 2008 7:30 am #81246 Imo .. stay away from ebay turbos.... its one thing for ebay exhaust and intakes.... but the turbos?... Do some research... I found out some ebay turbos die in one day O.o.... junkyard :?
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By ej2rey
- Mon Dec 01, 2008 7:56 am #81251
biretsu89 wrote:Do some research... I found out some ebay turbos die in one day O.o.... junkyard :?


That's so not true. Not even the cheapest made turbo will go out in one day. And if it did then just return it for another 1.
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By biretsu89
- Mon Dec 01, 2008 11:48 am #81263 :? ... iono... im just saying in my opinion it would be wise... I am just informing what I read.... I have no experience with them.... sorry

By Macster
- Tue Dec 02, 2008 8:51 am #81463 i myself would steer away from ebay turbos but supporting mods like intercooler piping should be fine and knock off waste gates and bovs too if your not running crazy high boost but definetly try a couple junk yards for like a turbo off of a DSM or somthing like that save a few bucks.
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By Sentry
- Tue Dec 02, 2008 1:35 pm #81479
Macster wrote:knock off waste gate

No.
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By york62
- Tue Dec 02, 2008 2:49 pm #81488 My opinion, junkyard build, i put my first kit together for $1200, and thats with tuning and everything, so my kit its self would have been around $900-1000. Keep an eye out for cheap parts online. Manage your budget, like spend a little more money on parts that are crucial to the life of the kit and a little less on parts that aren't as important... be patient. With the poor man's way you will have to do some more research to make sure you have all the parts you will need, but you should do research regardless of which you decide to do, knowledge is power.

Both ebay and the junkyard builds are going to give you joy in your pants when driving, but they wont last forever... just doesn't happen. So i guess my advice is research haha, loads of it.
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