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s/c still suck... spend that 2200 on an all oem lsvtec build that will get you that same 200hp and be much more reliable, and i bet you still save money
and also, it is not fucking rocket science to figure out what turbo to use for your goals. You want to road race your civic? look into fast spooling ball bearing turbos such as the disco potato and what not, then if you decide you ever need to go a little faster, just turn the knob on the boost controller and get it retuned....
now what happens when the novelty of the sc on your civic wears off and your wanting more.... spend more money to buy pulleys that will only give you like 2 more psi? gotta love the ability to upgrade
and the
facts show, superchargers arent for honda's. They are for mustangs, camaro's and other v8 applications.
The novelty will eventually wear off, but I doubt I'm going to want more. However, as long as the SC is in good shape I can upgrade to a 10 lb kit and still be able to romp on it... last I checked that was a 4 pound upgrade, and it's more than I'll ever WANT on even a built engine. You talk about boost controllers; last I checked those where 200-400 bucks. What'd you spend on your DIY kit now? 1400?
Of course, after the novelty wears off, I'm thinking of going inside the engine itself for a full build. Last I recall, depending on the trim a disco potato would hold and carry boost on a b16, but if you started wanting more than 10 psi of boost, you'd have to get something with a larger trim anyway.
You've given me no
facts on why SCs aren't for honda's. If they didn't give you some gain, nobody would make them FOR honda's. Step out of B's shadow and stop downplaying another type of forced induction because you don't think it's worth any time. After all, have you EVER done it?
Modifying cars is expensive either way you look at it. I would rather try something different, something that I've wanted to have. Boost. I researched turbo applications for two years, all the while trying to look at compressor maps only to retain headaches from that and trying to get straight answers on here. I researched nitrous for 3 months. I don't feel like doing an assload of plumbing, installing a window switch and mounting a bottle inside my trunk. I researched supercharging for 3 months. Turns out that supercharging is fairly cheap for the amount of hp you are claimed to receive. From 14x whp to 193-195 on 6 psi? How is 50 whp, for a kit you get EVERYTHING in, a waste of money?
blah blah SC's take a lot of power to make it, and a turbo would net you 200+ on that same setting.
Not everybody NEEDS a car with massive power for daily driving. No way in hell I want a 250 whp Civic in the middle of an 8 inch snow fall.
My all around point is, nobody cares what your OPINION is on supercharging. You've never even done it, so stop downplaying it like it's the worst thing you've ever tried to do. But I am glad you've at least made him aware of all his possibilities.
driver: I didn't mean to imply a DIY kit is rummaging through the junkyards looking for old used, possibly rusted parts, etc. But it does take a lot more time, and you're right people get anxious. Same reason why DIY'ers will throw a turbo and all of it's components in, go drive it around for a few days and then get it tuned. They just get anxious and start blowing shit up.
