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well i have to agree that they are cheap to turbo, or else we wouldnt be seeing the increase in turbo'd hondas! and just because you have a turbo, doesn't mean your fast, thats the expensive part!
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Personally.. Car for me was $400 (full interior 92 civic LX sedan), gsr swap about 1500, original turbo setup about $800-900 engine management $50 bucks(crome), fuel system dont remember still real cheap, Wheels in tires $600(C-8's wraped in KDW's), Built motor aprox $800. Full interior & yes my car is driven every single day back & forth to work. Your car alone prolly costed more then what ive got listed so far 
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Jen's car on here cost less then 2k to full turbo charge it, now that included injectors and engine managment. Remeber this is a honda so u dont need a standalone and or piggyback. All u need is a reflash and we have one of the best honda tuners in richmond and a reflash/tune is dirt cheap
The car has been turbocharged for 1.5 years now (Daily driven) and has only required oil changes and plugs.
Yeah its a 13 sec car but it was dirt cheap
Honda=cheap, reliable fun
Its the chevy of the import world. Parts on ebay for them are dirt cheap now. Hell I think modding a honda these days are alot cheaper then modding DSM's and DSMs are know for cheap upgrades.
The car has been turbocharged for 1.5 years now (Daily driven) and has only required oil changes and plugs.
Yeah its a 13 sec car but it was dirt cheap
Honda=cheap, reliable fun
Its the chevy of the import world. Parts on ebay for them are dirt cheap now. Hell I think modding a honda these days are alot cheaper then modding DSM's and DSMs are know for cheap upgrades.
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I'd still argue that it IS as cheap as it appears. Mostly because 90% of the cars on the street ARENT tuned correctly, do NOT have tires to put the power down, etc. Just because they are turbo'd doesnt mean its done right. THATS my point. Tons of people are doing it because you can get into the game cheaply, no matter if its right or not.
I wasnt speaking of racing anything. Just agreeing that turbo Hondas are popping up everywhere.
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was for. But I was only half joking. IF they are tuned correctly and driven properly they will last forever, much like anything.
Matt Shue is the shit. He doesnt even use my dyno anymore and I still recommend him to everyone I meet in need of a Honda or non-Ford tune.
I wasnt speaking of racing anything. Just agreeing that turbo Hondas are popping up everywhere.
Thats what the
was for. But I was only half joking. IF they are tuned correctly and driven properly they will last forever, much like anything.Matt Shue is the shit. He doesnt even use my dyno anymore and I still recommend him to everyone I meet in need of a Honda or non-Ford tune.
The "cheap to make fast" thing is an illusion. Nothing is cheap to make fast. Any car is a money pit if you try to make power and go fast. I can make fun of Hondas for being twice as expensive as DSMs to get into the 12s all I want.. but the fact is when you start to get closer to 10s it all starts to even out, along with a lot of other cars (though streetability could be argued... that's a whole other issue.. just talking straight track time ability here). If you want to go fast you're gonna have to dump loads of money into a car no matter what it is. The appearance of a cheap upgrade path is just a mind trick, especially with imports. The only car that i'd say is TRULY cheap to make fast is a 5.0 mustang. Everything else is just a moneypit.
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so that's approx. $5000-$5500 since you left out exhaust and clutch. Depending which car of mine you're comparing too.. that's not really a fair comparison. I'm going to assume the car is probably several seconds slower than my red car just based on the lack of money spent on certain things (turbo and fuel system) that require more money than that to make big power. I could be wrong though and you got a good deal on some used stuff (which would be a totally different arguement) I dunno. If you want a more fair comparison, My beater is a 12 second car and I spent a grand total of $800 modding the $2500 purchase (though in the defnse of your side of the arguement, my beater WILL need a better clutch to be able to launch it again.. this one has had it after 40,000 miles of BEATING on it)
