yeah, most of you arent 20 years old either......

 

it really depends. i helped my buddy's turbo build up kit for his SOHC VTEC, and it came out pretty nicely; fully tuned also on stock motor w/ the high compression pistons. always drove the car hard, and still no signs of any reliability problems.
pulls very strong too

 

greg ur doing something wrong if ur only getting 11mpg highway... even my 88 TII that would push 17 psi in 4th gear would hit 23 mpg on the highway... granted it was around 12 in the city, and that was ***** footing it... my repu easily got 20 mpg, and it had a RX3 SP transmission with the stock 4.62 rear end... and a holley 600cfm carb on a street ported 13B... ur doing something way wrong.

as for the turbo FWD car crap... got a buddy with a 97 Nissan 200SX(Sentra), it came stock with a SR20DE... he did what lots of others do, put a SR20DET in it... running just 8psi(stock boost), with a 3" downpipe and 3" straight pipe, he should easily be in the 13's... but then again, he spanks all the turbo honda's around here as well lol... his 200SX is very very impressive... he got his new wastegate this thursday, his stock one wouldn't let him boost past 8 psi, he installed it friday, i should be able to see what its like on more boost this week... one of his biggest gripes about the FWD setup tho is the torque steer... he's constantly having to fight it... he still gets bout 25mpg tho

 

I'm only in favor of this if you never post on the board again.

Otherwise it makes no difference.

 

True, but some of us were 25 already when you were still making yellow poopies !

Listen to your elders !

 

Hell, I'm only twenty, and I wouldn't consider selling the car for a Honda. And mine doesn't even run!

 

i'm in the same boat!(cept i'm bout to turn 23 lol)

 

Not to hate, just an honest question Greg, but wont you have to run a higher octane gas on a turbo'd car? Wouldnt that even out the fuel economy field a little? Or are they not that tempermental?

~T.J.

 

Ever look at a B13 SE-R? I think that would be a much better choice for a turbo car over a civic. Drop in one of the bluebird DET's (which is supposedly the best DET version) and thats a pretty quick car with decent gas mileage.

 

If you purchase a Honda, it should be automatic ban!

Sorry, but if I were in your position, I'd just get another STOCK FB. You should have no probs getting 25mpg. Sure, it wouldn't be as fast as your Honda, but then again it wouldn't be a ******* Honda either.

Rotary Posser you are.

 

Okay, now, call me a ricer or whatev, but it's really WRONG to hate a company in general. Honda has made some FUN cars (and bikes).

Just because all the ricers seem attracted to them like glue, doesn't make the company bad.

CRX (first gen, not those crappy little girl cars) E series Civics (EG, EK, EP), NSX, hell, even the RSX/Integra is a sort of fun car.

Rant over, not sure if I made a point though. Head not clear today. . . .

 

2 points for the dumbest post of the day

 

we should have known when he started putting honda parts on his fb....

can i have some points now?

 

no

 

All Honda's are overpriced and underpowered. I could care less who buys them. I've never liked Honda and never will. If I wanted a cheap reliable car that was good on gas I'd get a MKIII Jetta before I got a pile of Honda.

 

yeah, a 92 SI hatch for 2 grand with 140hp STOCK and weighs less than your 101hp STOCK 12a is underpowered huh?

 

considering the civic is FWD, yes. it takes more power to acheive similar results from a FWD car.

 

find me PHSYICAL proof of your theory and i wont call you a dumbass,

 

look at time slips, thats proof enough. you got no room to call anyone here a dumbass, ur the one wanting to switch from an rx7 to a civic

 

...because a higher percentage of the horsepower at the flywheel makes it to the front drive wheels ?

 

1992 Honda Civic Si 0-60-8.5 1/4mile-16.4
1985 Mazda RX-7 GSL 0-60-9.9 1/4mile17.4
both cars stock
taken from this site
http://www.albeedigital.com/supercou...0-60times.html
same results my ***, the civic is a whole second faster...

 

because the motor is having to pull the car instead of pushing it?

 

now find me a time slip for a 12A that dyno'd at 140 hp and weighs the same as this civic si? guarantee it would be faster.

 

okay david, this makes no sense, it sounds like your giving fwd credit..

 

not to mention gregs... u don't have a 12A rx7... or a stock one for that matter. so u'd be downgrading going to that civic si.