mileage

[87SIA20A3T]

My little a series has about 145,000 on the clock, and I want to turbocharge it. Would it be wise to do this without a rebuild? Any opinions are welcome

Thanks for your help

[MessyHonda]

how much money you got?

[87SIA20A3T]

lol. I'm acquiring paychecks. I figure it should be done in a month or so. I'd rather not have to sink a shit tone of money having to rebuild the bottom end ( and top end for the matter).

[MessyHonda]

save your money then.

[Hauntd ca3]

i woludnt risk whacking a turbo on a motor with heaps of miles
just asking for trouble otherwise
save for the full rebuild to handle the boost and you'll feel way better for it
the old wallet wont tho

[AccordB20A]

if ur gunna rebuild why not boost it? at least u'll know if u needa rebuild or not.

[2oodoor]

that is low mileage for an A20
You can set up a turbo with modest boost of 8-10 psi and be fine im sure

[87SIA20A3T]

The only problem my motor has is leaking valve seals, but I figured that it being low mileage for a A series, I could get away with it with out toasting some important in the engine. Has anyone run a stage 3 tri flow cam on 10 psi? or would there be too much overlap?

[2oodoor]

You should fix that before doing anything else, seriousley.
Anyway, typically, you do not want a valve popping cam grind with a turbo. These triflow grinds offset the two intake valves to open one a fraction of a second before the other so that the first intake charge tends to pull the other one thru with more force. Somebody correct me if Im explaining that wrong. Low BP turbo may be ok with those but I still wouldnt go stage 3 with anything other than NA ITB's, or DCOE carbs (or compairable) with a flowbench head (P&P, 5 angle valve job etc. ) your fuel charge will be all dressed up with no where to go )