I drove a turbocharged '99 Civic today, yeah.......it was pathetic! This thing couldn't get out of its own way! It sounded cool when the turbo spooled up, but......it just didn't seem to go anywhere. WTF??? Seemed like a waste of money if you ask me.
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Drove a turbo Civic today....
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isnt that for some turbo setups on some civics, the power is only at really high rpms?
but i seen turbo civics that really pull..HARD...
is it ur friends? or?What makes me laugh about forums, is that no matter how much you try to help someone, they dont take the advice. Go ahead and do it the hard way.
You got to respect what you drive, and appreciate what you have, making the best of what you got. and if that means putting CAI, HID's, a phat stereo system, and a idiot in the drivers seat...then so be it!
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That's odd. I have been in two turbo Civics so far. Both pull hard as fuck! The first turbo Civic I got to ride in was a 94 coupe that had a B18C1 block and a B16 head and was well built. Thing ran mid 12's all day. The other one I have taken a ride in was a 90 hatch that had a 1.6L single cam, no vtec motor. The guy is known as Turbo Tom. That should give you a clue on what his specialty is. That car runs mid 13's all day. Both pull hard as a mutha'. There might have been something wrong with the car you were riding in. All I know is that from past experiences, turbo Civics are beasts."I'm out for presidents to represent me"
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This was a Civic EX (D16Y8) with a bunch of bolt-ons and the turbo. Now, had it been a B16A or B18C with a turbo....that would be a different story. This particular SOHC turbo motor.....SUCKED! I don't know, I thought it would be much more impressive than that. I drove it around the block a few times, of course I didn't say this out loud, but I was thinking...."you gotta be kidding, thats it???!!!" Like I said before, it sounded cool, but it didn't even come close to impressing me.....especially for how much money a set-up like that costs compared to a stock twin-cam motor, which I know would have completely stomped all over this thing.Last edited by mrhonda; 03-28-2004, 02:03 AM.00 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4.7 V8 4X4
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mabye it had something wrong..most of the guys who have turbo civics are pushing at least 200HP ish.
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