want to build up my car

[cavalierboy02]

ok im pickin up a 89 accord and im lookin at slapin a turbo on it.

how much boost can these motors hold and what kind of injectors do you all run

im looking for speed and i want to go cheep the turbo kit is going to be a junck yard kit i got a turbo off a ford tbird that ill be useing and im going to go cheep seen its just a toy to play with and im only dropin 300 on the car needs a water pump and body sucks but im not lookin for looks just speed

now im new to honda motors so any info will be great

jeff

[MessyHonda]

make sure you pick up a fuel injected car...or you will be hating life


to the site maing!

[Civic Accord Honda]

sup dude and welcome to 3geez

[ZackieDarko]

https://www.3geez.com/forum/search.php before asking any qusetions

[gfrg88]

look in the FAQ section



and another thing, theres fast, cheap, not reliable... and theres fast, not cheap, reliable... not fast, cheap, reliable. choose one.....

[cavalierboy02]

i dont really car much about the car its just going to be a race car lol i want it to hold up but im not going all out and dropin 5grand on it lol i may when this motor blows i may do a swap but rite now im not to worry about it i have my cavalier i drvie evey day and my nissan im building for looks now i want to go fast i was going to build the cavalier but theres more honda parts out there and cheeper

[MessyHonda]

we dont have alot of aftermarket but yeah....your turbo will have to be custom...but if you get junkyard parts it might work...just not very reliable.....so yeah like i said make sure the car is a lx-i or and se-i

['89AccordLX(Rus)]

i dont really car much about the car its just going to be a race car lol i want it to hold up but im not going all out and dropin 5grand on it lol i may when this motor blows i may do a swap but rite now im not to worry about it i have my cavalier i drvie evey day and my nissan im building for looks now i want to go fast i was going to build the cavalier but theres more honda parts out there and cheeper

You are aware of the fact that there is basically no aftermarket support for these cars, right? And your chances of "slapping" a turbo on are low because you'll need to fabricate nearly everything except the turbo itself. These cars can be fast, but just have a look at stories of AccordEpicenter (member) or other turbocharged Accord owners and you'll see that they went above and beyond "slapping" things onto their cars to achieve the results that you seem to be after. As mentioned before, do a search and you are bound to come up with several examples of different turbo setups done in the recent past. Good luck with your 3G

[SQ is the SQUAD]

we have a turbo section, most of our turbo threads are in there. i am not going to be a homo-fag and tell you to search cuz i think it makes me look cool, i am going to give you a few pointers.

go to the turbo section and check out the other ecm options and project odb1 conversion thread. if you want a tunable ecu for your turbo setup you gonna have to dump the vac advanced distributor and convert to odb1. as far as turbo manifolds go noone really makes them. i have enough supplies to make 3 or 4 manifolds but i decided to hold off until spring time to weld them up. so basically your going to have to find someone to make u a custom one. you should also looking into upgrading to a b16 intake/fuel system. the manifold will bolt on if you modify 2 of the lower mounting holes. there is a how to. best bet is to dump ps and ac if you plan on running proper piping. you may also want to ungrade/downgrade to a 92-95 civic radiator with a slim fan seeing there isent much space. there alot more to it though

[shepherd79]

there is no such thing as cheap turbo for our cars. the manifold itself will set you down to $300-750 depending if you are making or someone else is making it.
lets not forget downpipe, full exhaust, charge pipes and so on and on.
you can do hack on management that can get you runing to about 10 psi (walking on thin ice).
most people that have turbo in their accords spent a few grand to make it run right.
Our blocks are cast iron and they can hold 25+ psi with no problem with upgraded internals.

[ghettogeddy]

You are aware of the fact that there is basically no aftermarket support for these cars, right? And your chances of "slapping" a turbo on are low because you'll need to fabricate nearly everything except the turbo itself. These cars can be fast, but just have a look at stories of AccordEpicenter (member) or other turbocharged Accord owners and you'll see that they went above and beyond "slapping" things onto their cars to achieve the results that you seem to be after. As mentioned before, do a search and you are bound to come up with several examples of different turbo setups done in the recent past. Good luck with your 3G

im with him ^ if ur looking to slap stuff on u might as well get a civic cause they have like 100X more after market support over of beloved 3geez

[HondaBoy]

unless you are fabricating all the parts and have the hook up at the junk yards, expect to spend at least $1200 just getting started. but thats not even going to able to run more than 8 lbs i'm sure without blowing the head gasket out.
turbo+not a lot of money= fun for a little while then exploded engine
lol

[cavalierboy02]

well as far as the manafold i made them befor heres one i had made for my old truck befor i started the 350 swap
and as far as money goes i can get most of the metal i need from school
and i dont mind spending cash on swapin some stuff its just im not going to speend 5 grand on the car i got a guy at the junker that gives me the hook up on eveythang its just i need to know what will work in these cars and what wornt
who sale the obd1 kits are that plug and play and what is needed to make them work
heres a pick of one i did if i can find a pick of it done ill post it

[MessyHonda]

well as far as the manafold i made them befor heres one i had made for my old truck befor i started the 350 swap
and as far as money goes i can get most of the metal i need from school
and i dont mind spending cash on swapin some stuff its just im not going to speend 5 grand on the car i got a guy at the junker that gives me the hook up on eveythang its just i need to know what will work in these cars and what wornt
who sale the obd1 kits are that plug and play and what is needed to make them work
heres a pick of one i did if i can find a pick of it done ill post it

well if you can build your own manifold you can build the whole turbo it. i was thinking of using a header flange and just weld some pipes together. anyways you will have to look up how to do the obd1 conversion since no one sells a kit...you can ask the members for tips that have already done it.

[SQ is the SQUAD]

none is selling a kit yet, its all do-it-yourself

[86AccordLxi]

Jesus, dude. READ! There are NO kits for anything for 3g accords. Pretty much everything, even strut bars, are custom affairs. No manifolds, no management, etc. People have done the obd swap, or you can hook up and run Megasquirt.

The 3g is not a car where you can just slap parts onto. Buy a civic if you want that sort of convenience.

Alex

[MessyHonda]

hey hey guys.....at least he didnt go out and bought a h22.... some guy at prelude power bought a 2nd gen for 300 bucks then he bought a h22 that he plans to swap in.....everyone laughed cuz he was like were can i get a kit.....the worse part is that his lude is carbed....i laughed hard....

[cavalierboy02]

run Megasquirt? tthats a new thang to my ear mind fillin me in with some info on it

[cavalierboy02]

i dont care to do it all its just i dont know who to ask for info so thats why i ended up here i know you all will know what is needed to be done i dont care to do it

[ghettogeddy]

run Megasquirt? tthats a new thang to my ear mind fillin me in with some info on it

its a ecu upgrade for fuel management

['89AccordLX(Rus)]

Megasquirt Official Site

HTH

[gfrg88]

also, try looking around homemadeturbo.com for some more ideas.

https://www.3geez.com/forum/showthread.php?t=46162

https://www.3geez.com/forum/showthread.php?t=46593

https://www.3geez.com/forum/showthread.php?t=37169

try checking out some of those links

[Civic Accord Honda]

cool a 3gee race car

[snoopyloopy]

ok, first of all, you say you want to make the 3g "fast." define this "fast" that you're speaking of. our fastest members here are getting in the 13s in the 1/4 mile. in some circles, you might as well be walking if that's what time you're running. but the main question is really how much money do you want to spend? you say you don't want to drop 5k on it, but what about 4? you need to be more clear on stuff like that. otherwise, you'll get lots of asshole answers telling you to search because your questions are all answered by spending 5-10 minutes in the turbo section of the board.

[SQ is the SQUAD]

our fastest members here are getting in the 13s in the 1/4 mile.

i think the fastest 3g is actually doing 10's